Loup Valleys Rural Public Power District

04/22/2026

Happy Administrative Professional’s day to these wonderful ladies! Today, we celebrate and send a special “thank you” to these ladies who keep our office running smoothly. Sarah, Shaina and Kelsey are the friendly faces and voices behind our daily operations, and we truly appreciate their hard work and dedication!

04/21/2026

VCED is proud to announce its partnership with Loup Valley's Rural Public Power District to assist in administering their Revolving Loan Fund. Learn more by visiting:g
https://ordnebraska.com/vced-partners-with-lvrpp-on-revolving-loan-fund/

04/17/2026

ATTENTION: Customers - We had TWO contacts with overhead power lines that caused outages yesterday in our District. Neither of these contacts were reported to our office, which could have caused seriously bodily injury or even death. Please report any contacts made with power lines. This helps our crews stay safe and those who make the mistake of not looking up and coming in contact with an over head line.

It can be easy to overlook things that we see every day, including overhead power lines. Failure to notice overhead lines can be deadly!! If you or an object you are touching contacts or gets too close to a power line, you could be seriously injured or killed.

Overhead power lines require 10 feet of clearance in all directions. This distance rule applies to the power lines draped from pole to pole that line roads (distribution lines), as well as the drop-down lines that service homes or other structures.

If your job requires you to operate equipment in the vicinity of large transmission lines and towers, they require even more clearance than distribution and drop-down lines. That clearance is determined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA mandates line clearance distances for all types of power lines.

Look up and look out for overhead power lines. Info graphic below is courtesy of safeelectricity.org.

04/13/2026

We treated these linemen to a ribeye lunch to express our gratitude. These linemen are highly valued and their dedication and hard work never go unnoticed. Please take a moment to thank a lineman on this Lineman Appreciation Day!

01/09/2026

Dustin Arduser and Chris Stutzman were awarded the 2025 Good Neighbor Award from the Nebraska Rural Electric Association on December 4, 2025.

The Good Neighbor Award program is designed to recognize individuals for outstanding contributions to their electric system, community, or state. Many individuals often go out of their way to do a good deed for someone in their community or provide some exceptional service to the members of their community. The Good Neighbor Award program recognizes these people who strive to make a contribution to their community and others.

Dustin and Chris were selected for their heroism on October 9th. At approximately 11:00 pm on October 9, 2025, Dustin and Chris were returning from an outage call when they witnessed a semi-truck with a load of hay tipping over while traveling on the south bound lane of US Highway 81 not far from the Village of McCool Junction. Chris called 911 and Dustin pulled the bucket truck to the outside southbound lane to give a barrier to traffic. Dustin then turned on the strobes and flashers as they assessed the scene of the accident. Chris remained on the phone and relayed to the 911 dispatcher that there were two passengers and that an ambulance would be needed. Dustin went back to the truck and grabbed the ground rod driver and then proceeded to break the front windshield of the semi. Once a portion of the windshield was broken, they were able to pull it away and the passengers exited the semi safely. They stayed and helped until McCool Junction Fire & Rescue showed up. Perennial does monthly safety meetings as well as annual first aid and CPR training, so we're always prepared.

12/31/2025

City of Burwell residents only. This is not an outage conducted by us, however we wanted to help spread the word of the upcoming outage.

12/29/2025