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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

A group of OPD5 apprentices each advanced a step closer to the goal of becoming electrical linemen when they passed a rigorous set of exams earlier this month.

A power transmission line in a remote area near Bunkerville was severed and brought down in an incident believed to have taken place on Tuesday, Dec. 17. The damage to the line was apparently caused by gunfire.

OPD5 completed its 14th annual Holiday Food Drive last week. District personnel showed up at schools in both Moapa Valley and Virgin Valley on Monday morning, Dec. 2. With the help of students, they quickly gathered up canned food donations

OPD5 officials visited local high schools last week to present nearly $4,000 raised through the district’s “Round Up For Education” Program. Now in its 12th year, Round Up For Education allows OPD5 customers to voluntarily round up the balance on

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.