Service Territory

    Wheat Belt's service territory covers approximately 2,500 square miles of the southern portion of the Nebraska panhandle. Parts of seven counties are served - Banner, Morrill, Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Keith and Arthur. The communities of Sunol, Gurley, Dalton, Lorenzo and Reddington are supplied by Wheat Belt PPD. Within the service area the towns of Broadwater, Lisco, Oshkosh, Lodgepole, Lewellen and Big Springs, are supplied energy by NPPD (Nebraska Public Power District), Sidney and Chappell are members of the MEAN (Municipal Energy Association of Nebraska). The Wheat Belt PPD main office is located in Sidney, Nebraska: two outposts are located in the towns of Dalton and Oshkosh.

    As of January 2008, Wheat Belt has $42,177,747 of plant in service and another $355,927 worth of construction work in progress to service 4952 accounts. Plant includes 150 miles of 34.5KV transmission line, 2,209 miles of overhead distribution and another 150 miles of underground distribution. The load is divided to 1,977 residential rural services, 1,475 seasonal residential, 959 irrigation accounts, 360 small commercial (1MVA) and 3 industrial accounts over 1MVA.

    Average annual sales average 160,000 MWH with an average winter time load of approximately 18 MW and a summer time peak due to irrigation of 55MW. Irrigation horsepower is over 65,000 horsepower. Wheat Belt PPD is a member of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association based in Denver Colorado Wheat Belt Service Territory


    Transmission System Planning AreasTransmission System Planning Areas

    Big Horn (BH)

    Eastern Colorado (EC)

    Southeastern Colorado (SEC)

    Foothills (FH)

    BH - Big Horn

    HI - Highline

    MV - Mountain view

    PV - Poudre Valley

    GL - Garland

    KC - K.C. Electric

    SE - Southeast

    UN - United

    HS - Hot Springs

    MC - Morgan County

    SI - San Isabel

     

    RV - Riverton Valley

    YW - Y-W Electric

       

    SJ - Sheridan-Johnson

         

    Eastern Nebraska (EN)

    Southcentral Colorado (SCC)

    Southeastern Wyoming/

    Western Colorado (WC)

    MW - Midwest

    GC - Gunnison County

    Western Nebraska (SEW/WN)

    DM - Delta-Montrose

    NW - Northwest

    SC - Sangre De Cristo

    CB - Carbon

    EM - Empire

    PH - Panhandle

    SV - San Luis Valley

    CR - Chimney Rock

    LP - La Plata

    WB - Wheatbelt

     

    NB - Niobrara

    SM - San Miguel

       

    RS - Roosevelt

    WR - White River

       

    RU - Rural

     
       

    WL - Wheatland

    Middle Park (MP)

       

    WY - Wyrulec

    MP - Mountain Park


     

    Western New Mexico (WNM)

    Southwestern New Mexico (SWNM)

    Central New Mexico (CMN)

    Southern New Mexico (SNM)

    CD - Continental Divide

    SR - Sierra

    MO - Mora-San Miguel

    OC - Otero County

     

    CO - Columbus

    CN - Central New Mexico

     


Last Update: Monday, February 11, 2008

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