Chimney Rock Public Power District
805 8th St, Bayard, Nebraska, United States

Chimney Rock Public Power District is a publicly owned rural electric distribution system serving Morrill, Scottsbluff and small parts of Banner, Sioux and Box Butte counties in the panhandle of Nebraska. Our office is located in Bayard, Nebraska. Chimney Rock, named for the famous landmark on the Oregon Trail is proud to serve our residential, irrigation and commercial customers.

Our mission is to provide prompt, quality, affordable service to our customers.

Chimney Rock is a not-for-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. (We pay In-lieu of taxes instead of property tax)

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.