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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.

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.

A new Line Operations Manager has been appointed at OPD5. Moapa Valley resident Kyle Leavitt was promoted to the position earlier this month after his predecessor Corey Dalley retired. Leavitt has been working at the district for more than 20

Dalley retires from OPD5 after 30 years of service

OPD5 line workers in the field worked together with substation operators back at the office to bring back power quickly to thousands of customers earlier this week in Mesquite.