Omaha Public Power District
Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) is a publicly owned utility serving about 413,000 customers across the Omaha metro and southeast Nebraska. OPPD does not offer an EV-specific or whole-home time-of-use rate; residential customers pay seasonal rates set by OPPD's elected board. OPPD ran a residential EV charger rebate pilot that is no longer accepting applications, and it studies overnight charging behavior through a Choose Green Charging effort that asks drivers to charge after 9 p.m.
At a glance
Municipal- Serves
- Nebraska
- Customers
- 413,414
- EV rate plan
- –
- EVSE rebate
- –
- Managed-charging program
- Yes
Managed-charging programs
Choose Green Charging
OPPD studies residential EV charging behavior and encourages drivers to charge overnight. Participants schedule charging to begin after 9 p.m., when demand is lower and Nebraska wind generation is typically higher.
Choose Green Charging is an off-peak charging encouragement effort. It asks drivers to schedule charging to begin after 9 p.m. so it aligns with lower overnight demand and higher Nebraska wind generation. No monetary incentive is documented for participation.
OPPD does not offer an EV-specific time-of-use rate, and it does not offer a whole-home time-of-use option for residential customers. Instead, OPPD bills residential customers on seasonal rates: Standard Residential service is 11.937 cents per kilowatt-hour in summer (June 1 to September 30) and 9.503 cents in the non-summer months, plus a fixed monthly service charge and a fuel adjustment. Because the price does not change by hour of day, charging overnight costs the same per kilowatt-hour as charging at dinnertime, though overnight charging still eases strain on the grid.
OPPD does not currently have an open EV charger rebate. Its earlier residential rebate pilot, which paid toward a qualified Level 2 charger and an EV purchase, is no longer accepting applications. Without an active rebate or an EV rate to stack, the main program an OPPD customer can engage with today is the Choose Green Charging effort, which asks drivers to schedule charging to begin after 9 p.m. so it lines up with lower overnight demand and Nebraska wind generation. Commercial and multifamily rebate terms could not be confirmed against an OPPD source.
Nebraska is the only state served entirely by public power, so OPPD sets its own rates through an elected board of directors rather than a state public service commission. That governance shapes the program landscape: there is no PSC docket forcing a regulated EV rate, and rate and rebate changes move at the board's pace. EV owners in OPPD territory should check the board's current rate schedule directly, since the absence of time-of-use pricing means charger choice and habits matter more than rate enrollment.
Service territory
Iowa
- Pottawattamie
Nebraska
- Burt
- Cass
- Colfax
- Dodge
- Douglas
- Johnson
- Lancaster
- Nemaha
- Otoe
- Pawnee
- Richardson
- Sarpy
- Saunders
- Washington
Cost to charge
Other utilities in Nebraska
State guides
Sources
- OPPD Electric Vehicles (EVs) program pageRetrieved Jun 2026
- OPPD Residential Rates (seasonal, no TOU)Retrieved Jun 2026
- DOE AFDC: OPPD EV and EV Charging Station Rebate listingRetrieved Jun 2026
Federal and state-level program details are tracked at DSIRE.
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