Energy efficiency is the least cost energy resource, reducing demand for utilities and making each kilowatt of energy generated more productive. [...] While OPPD’s electric rates are some of the lowest in the country, an accomplishment 1 that MEEA applauds, it is imperative to examine the true affordability of energy services across OPPD’s 13-county territory, and the burden felt by certain households. [...] According to data assembled in the DOE’s Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Tool, nationwide the average energy burden for a low-income household (0- 80% AMI) is 6%, while the average energy burden for non-low-income households is 2%. [...] MEEA urges OPPD to take advantage of this and develop a new, long-term, low-income energy efficiency program to alleviate energy burden for low-income households. [...] MEEA encourages OPPD to measure the success of their service by analyzing energy bills, not just base rates, and the resulting energy burdens experienced by customers across the region.
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Table of Contents
- To the Omaha Public Power District OPPD Board of Directors 1
- Low Bills Not Just Low Rates 1
- Federal Funding Opportunities 2
- 57 out of 254 census tracts are defined as disadvantaged 3
- Energy Burden in the OPPD Service Territory 3
- Table 1 OPPD 13-County Service Area Energy Burden by Income Bracket 4
- High EB Tracts High EB Tracts High EB Tracts 4
- Severe EB Tracts Severe EB Tracts Severe EB Tracts 4
- Chart 1 OPPD Service Area County Energy Burden by Income Bracket 4
- Table 2 The 20 Census Tracts within OPPDs 13-County Service Area with the Highest 5
- Energy Burden for Low-Income Households 5
- 4 COLFAX 31037964800 1938 40.6 13 5
- 5 JOHNSON 31097967600 1041 54.5 12 5
- 9 RICHARDSON 31147968600 1984 62.2 11 5
- 15 OTOE 31131966900 1786 44.3 10 5
- 16 OTOE 31131967000 1315 42.7 10 5
- 17 DOUGLAS 31055000700 519 83.0 9 5
- 19 DOUGLAS 31055005400 1228 66.1 8 5
- 20 DOUGLAS 31055005901 913 79.0 8 5
- Compounding Cost Burdens 6
- Table 3 County level average households income brackets energy burden and 6
- County 6
- Low-Income 6
- Low-Income Households 6
- Conclusion 7
