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Consultants told Ralston, NEBR they would be rolling in $ if they built an arena. Now they have huge tax increases to pay for it: http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/ralston-arena-town-s-hope-for-windfall-was-based-on/article_9d718860-80ed-58d4-a120-bd2f90057b98.html
I want my public utilities!
Opening Nebraska's energy industry to private competition could save ratepayers $250 million, consultant says
http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/opening-nebraska-s-energy-industry-to-private-competition-could-save/article_c10390e5-9a67-59da-8014-827015dc136e.html
POSTED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 12:30 AM | UPDATED: 12:37 AM, THU SEP 10, 2015.
By Joe Duggan / World-Herald Bureau
LINCOLN Consultants and executives from the energy industry assailed Nebraskas public power system Wednesday, saying private competition could save ratepayers millions of dollars.
Opening Nebraskas retail electrical market to outside competition could save the states energy customers $250 million or more annually, said Gary Aksamit with Aksamit Resources Management in Dallas. He was one of several panelists at a Lincoln energy conference who could potentially benefit if Nebraska ended its status as the only public power state.
John McClure, vice president of government affairs for the Nebraska Public Power District, said he couldnt respond to the estimate without seeing the analysis behind it. But he argued public power has served the state well over the long term and will continue to do so.
I dont feel any need to apologize for public powers performance in Nebraska, he said. Rates in Nebraska are very competitive.
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Opening Nebraska's energy industry to private competition could save ratepayers $250 million (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Sep 2015
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Turbineguy
(37,359 posts)1. Their analysis is probably correct
just as it was for California when ENRON was running their grid.
They'll save money because the lights will be out.
-none
(1,884 posts)2. ^^^This^^^
Somehow I don't think any money will be saved by the public by privatizing a public utility. Has it ever happened before... Anywhere?