Chimney Rock is a non-profit political subdivision of the State of Nebraska and subject to laws enacted by the legislature. Nebraska is the only state in the U.S. that is 100 percent public power, which means local control and electric rates that are lower than the national average. The advantages of public power are many. Since there are no stockholders, dividends are reinvested in the system. Profit as such is not required, however, a certain margin is to satisfy bond indentures and meet operating needs. Financing is available through tax exempt bonding and as a public entity, no property tax is paid. Unlike electric cooperatives, which have capital credits, and periodically retire some of them, public power districts do not. All of these factors combined have created some of the lowest electric rates in the nation, with service that meets and exceeds customers' expectation. Local control is provided through a publicly elected 7-member Board of Directors, who are all customers, to protect the rights of the customers they represent. Any customer who has a principal residence served by the District may be a candidate for Chimney Rock’s Board of Directors.

Board of Directors	Employees
Jim Anest      President Doug Kizzire      Vice-President Richard Kildow      Secretary/Treasurer Kevin Stuart Gary Kniss Stan Propp	Larry Fiscus      Manager Curtis Shimp      Operations Superintendent Alvin Harimon      Line Operations Foreman Betty Duncan      Billing Supervisor Diana Panas      Office Manager Ron Hubbard      Journeyman Lineman Scott Dechant      Master Electrician Brandon Wychoff       Lineman Scot Ouderkirk       Lineman Tina Douglas      Cashier/Receptionist

The Service Area

The Chimney Rock Public Power District (CRPPD or Nebraska-3-Chimney Rock) service territory covers approximately 1,200 square miles in the central panhandle of Nebraska.  Generally, the CRPPD service territory is limited to the rural portions of northwest Morrill County, western Scottsbluff County, and a small portion of northeast Banner, Southwest corner of Box Butte, and southeast Sioux Counties.  The CRPPD territory is divided by the North Platte River with roughly three-fourths of the service area north of the river.  There are two significant reservoirs,  Lake Alice and Lake Minatare in the northwestern portion of the CRPPD service territory; the Chimney Rock National Historic Site is situated in the south central part of the service area.

     Nearly all of the territory served by CRPPD is utilized for agriculture, either cattle grazing or cultivated and irrigated for row crop production.  There is a combination of surface gravity and pump sprinkler irrigation.  Precipitation in this area averages 14.6 inches per year of which 11.0 inches falls between the first of April and the end of September.  The average length of the growing season is approximately 135 days at the lower elevations between 3700 and 4000 feet.

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