2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 70 POWER DISTRICTS AND CORPORATIONS
70-1014 Electric generation facilities and transmission lines; approval or denial of application; findings required.

70-1014. Electric generation facilities and transmission lines; approval or denial of application; findings required.

After hearing, the board shall have authority to approve or deny the application. Except as provided in section 70-1014.01 for special generation applications and except as provided in section 70-1014.02, before approval of an application, the board shall find that the application will serve the public convenience and necessity, and that the applicant can most economically and feasibly supply the electric service resulting from the proposed construction or acquisition, without unnecessary duplication of facilities or operations.

Source

Laws 1963, c. 397, § 14, p. 1265;
Laws 1981, LB 181, § 51;
Laws 2003, LB 65, § 2;
Laws 2010, LB1048, § 5.
Effective Date: July 15, 2010

Annotations In determining whether a proposed application should be approved, the Nebraska Power Review Board does not have the power to determine that the proposed transmission line should be built along a particular route. Lincoln Electric System v. Terpsma, 207 Neb. 289, 298 N.W.2d 366 (1980).
Nebraska Power Review Board is authorized, after hearing, to decide which of two competing facilities shall furnish service. City of Auburn v. Eastern Nebraska Public Power Dist., 179 Neb. 439, 138 N.W.2d 629 (1965).