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Two members of the OPD5 Engineering department completed all the requirements for their Staking Certification program earlier this month. Scott Robison, in the Overton office, and David Gutshall, in the Mesquite office, completed the rigorous course which included completing 12

The OPD5 Finance Department completed its annual independent financial audit last month. Once again the results were a clean audit with no findings of irregularities, inaccuracies or non-compliance in the district’s ledger or financial statements.

Outgoing OPD5 General Manager Mendis Cooper gave a final report to the Board of Directors during a meeting held on Wednesday, March 19, in Overton. Cooper is retiring this month after a 37-year career at OPD5 with more than 12

A group of thirteen OPD5 employees attended the annual “Best Practices Workshop” event on March 19-20 at the Aliante Casino in Las Vegas. These included employees from the district’s Line Operations, Engineering, and Substation Operations departments.

Just a month after approving a long-standing program offering scholarships to select high school graduates, the OPD5 board reviewed their scholarship policy again at a meeting held on Wednesday, March 19 in Overton. This time, the purpose was to consider

OPD5 has made an important change to the way it distributes its customer newsletter. In an attempt to make this document more convenient, accessible, and economical, the long-standing newsletter entitled Watts Up has been shifted to an all-digital format.

Mesquite Fire and Rescue officials hosted a group of OPD5 staff members on a special visit to the new Fire Station #1 on Thursday, Feb. 20. It was Mesquite Fire Chief Jayson Andrus who led the tour of the 105

OPD5 Board of Trustees Chairman Jack Nelson recently received the National Rural Electric Association (NRECA) Director Gold Certificate. He was recognized for his accomplishment during a board meeting held in Mesquite on Wednesday, Feb. 19.

A delegation from OPD5 traveled to Carson City last week to meet with legislators at the State Capitol and advocate for ratepayers in the Moapa Valley and Virgin Valley communities. A group of the district’s management team, along with one

The power service for nearly 1,000 Mesquite homes is about to get a whole lot more reliable. What’s more, most of the residents who live in those homes probably don’t even know that anything is happening. Even so, there is