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Overton Power District #5 is celebrating its 90th anniversary this month. OPD5 was officially established on October 28, 1935, as a general improvement district under Nevada state law.

A key House panel passed a bipartisan bill this week that would streamline the Federal Emergency Management Agency and dramatically speed up delivery of crucial disaster relief funds to rural electric districts and cooperatives devastated by wildfires, hurricanes, ice storms

A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to speed up federal approval for energy and infrastructure projects on public lands.

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The OPD5 line crew in Mesquite hosted about 20 employees from local landscaping companies at an informal luncheon held on Thursday, May 22, in the district’s Mesquite warehouse. The purpose of the gathering was to provide a safety resource for

During the moderate weather of springtime in southern Nevada, energy demand is usually fairly low in the OPD5 territory. Even so, there is no time for the OPD5 crews to rest. Rather, the spring season is a busy time for

Two OPD5 staff members joined with more than 2,000 electric utility leaders at the annual National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Legislative Conference held in Washington, DC, on April 27-29.

An important bill was introduced to the U.S. Congress last week that would preserve an important source of electricity for OPD5 and 1.3 million other power customers across the southwestern United States.

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.