(HOLDREGE, Neb.) - The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District’s board of directors approved updated land administration policies at their monthly meeting held Monday (August 4) in Holdrege.
Four different updated policies were approved by the directors. Policy LA-09 was approved to change the Johnson Lake subleasing policy. Each permit to sublease shall be for a term of one year and include an annual fee of $1,000, which is an increase from the previous $500.
The board also approved the policy related to delinquent residential lease payments and the standardized timeline and list of actions when lease payment is delinquent at Johnson Lake, Plum Creek Reservoir and Lake McConaughy.
The other two policies cover the lease transfer and renewal policy at Lake McConaughy, Johnson Lake and Plum Creek. Lake McConaughy is covered in policy LA-12 and states that Central shall charge a lease transfer fee of $2,500 per transfer of a residential lease. A fee of $2,500 is also charged for a lease term renewal of the 30-year fixed term agreement at Lake McConaughy.
Within policy LA-13, a lease transfer fee of $2,500 will be charged for a lease at Johnson Lake or Plum Creek Reservoir. A lease transfer fee of $1,000 is charged at Merriweather and Lakeview Acres for the 30-year fixed term lease agreements. A similar renewal fee of $2,500 applies per renewal at Johnson Lake and Plum Creek and $1,000 for Merriweather and Lakeview Acres.
The updated policies go into effect starting Aug. 4, 2025 after the board approved them on Monday.
Also at Monday’s board meeting:
• Directors approved changing the date of the August working meeting from Aug. 22 to Aug. 26 starting at 9 a.m., at District headquarters in Holdrege.
• Electrical Project Operations Manager Eric Hixson told the board that the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) requested five extra hours of power generation on July 29 at the Johnson No. 1 and Johnson No. 2 hydroplants to help meet energy demand.
• Civil Engineer Tyler Thulin reported that Lake McConaughy’s elevation was at 3226.4 feet on Monday (46.2%). Inflows are around 650 cubic feet per second (cfs), which is up 280 cfs from the working meeting on July 25. Outflows are about 1820 cfs. Thulin told the board rain events have reduced releases and he is diverting around 500 cfs less at the CNPPID Diversion Dam than normal diversions this time of year.