Steven Brown

OPD5 staff and the students at Mack Lyon Middle School (MLMS) teamed up last month in a food drive meant to replenish the stores at the Cappalappa Family Resource Center food pantry. This is the 14th year that OPD5 has

When thinking about OPD5, one might first think of line crews, bucket trucks, power lines, poles and substations. But when it’s time to actually interact with the district, the real touchpoint for the public is the OPD5 customer service department.

Three OPD5 power poles, located on the eastern side of the Mormon Mesa, were damaged by what appeared to be gun fire. The damage cost the district more than $10,000 in equipment and labor to repair.

A member of the OPD5 Board of Directors recently received his Board Leadership Certificate (BLC) from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) for completing a rigorous director’s training program.

OPD5 substation crews were hard at work earlier this month completing a monthly routine that improves service reliability for all local customers.