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LB1026

Nebraska Bill LB1026: Rules for Closing Power Plants

Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:18 AM

In one sentence

This bill stops electric suppliers from closing or changing certain power plants if customers are waiting for service, unless specific safety, legal, disaster, or cost reasons exist.

Defines terms like commercial charging stations and privately developed renewable energy generation facilities.
Prohibits electric suppliers from retiring, shutting down, stopping operation of, or substantially altering certain generation facilities when customers wait for service.
Allows exceptions if federal or state law requires the change, the facility is mechanically unsafe, it is damaged beyond repair by a natural disaster, or continuing its operation is uneconomical.
Requires the governing body of an electric supplier to pass a resolution stating at least one valid reason before closing or changing a facility.

The bill was indefinitely postponed on April 17, 2026, so it did not become law.
The text does not explain how the state will measure if a facility is 'uneconomical' to operate.

Plain language

Privately developed renewable energy generation facility: A power plant owned by private businesses that uses solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, landfill gas, or biogas to make electricity and is not wholly owned by a government entity.
Electric supplier: Any legal entity in Nebraska that supplies, produces, or distributes electricity for sale at wholesale or retail, excluding certain private charging station operators.

Official record

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Prohibit retirement, shutdown, cessation of operation, and alteration of operation of certain energy generation facilities

Official activity