What Cuming County Public Power District does

Cuming County Public Power District (CCPPD) is a not-for-profit public power utility organized as a political subdivision of the State of Nebraska, headquartered at 500 S. Main Street in West Point, Nebraska. Founded in 1936 (originally as the Cuming County Rural Public Power Association, renamed in 1958) and energizing its first lines in 1938, CCPPD distributes electricity across an exclusive service territory in Cuming County, including the communities of Bancroft, Beemer, Dodge, and West Point. The district currently serves 3,849 meters across 1,238 miles of distribution line, with average residential usage of approximately 1,880 kWh per month at an average rate of 10 cents per kWh.

CCPPD's core product is electricity distribution, delivered through owned infrastructure (power lines, substations, transformers, and meters) and operated as a cost-based utility that does not mark up rates to generate profit. Revenue mechanics combine a fixed monthly customer charge covering infrastructure and administrative costs, a demand charge based on peak kilowatt consumption, and an energy charge based on kilowatt-hours consumed, with supplemental offerings including budget billing, automatic bank draft, credit card payments, and a SmartHub online portal (powered by a third-party cooperative platform). Adjacent product modules include a Distributed Generation Solar Program with net metering, an Irrigation Load Control Program with discounted rates for agricultural customers, a Utility Loan Program, safety education programs, and community initiatives such as Operation Round Up, the Utility Line Scholarship, the Youth Energy Leadership Camp, the Youth Tour to Washington D.C., and 4-H Awards.

CCPPD is governed by a Board of Directors elected by customers and currently led by General Manager Chet McWhorter (since September 2014). The district employs approximately 19 staff across operations, finance, communications, IT, billing, and executive functions. CCPPD is operationally and strategically affiliated with the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) — which handles after-hours calls and holds the website copyright — and is a member-system of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and the Nebraska Rural Electric Association (NREA). Distribution is exclusively direct-to-customer through owned infrastructure within the county, with no competitors permitted in the franchise territory and no organic geographic expansion in progress, though a 2018 proposed merger with Burt County Public Power District signals interest in scale via consolidation.

Name

Cuming County Public Power District

Legal name

Cuming County Public Power District

Website

https://ccppd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1936

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cuming County Public Power District is a not-for-profit Nebraska public power utility that distributes electricity to 3,849 meters across 1,238 miles of line in Cuming County, serving residential, agricultural, and small-community customers at cost-based rates.

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Headquarters

HQ city

West Point

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Electricity Sales - Customer Charge: Monthly fixed charge covering district's fixed costs including meter, wires, poles, transformer, substations, customer services expenses, depreciation, administrative expenses (insurances) and line maintenance expenses
2. Electricity Sales - Demand Charge: Charge based on the rate at which customers consume electricity (kilowatts), measured by the highest rate in the billing period. Higher demand requires more utility capacity and equipment.
3. Electricity Sales - Energy Charge: Charge based on total kilowatt-hours consumed during the billing period. As a not-for-profit electric company, rates are not marked up to generate profit - customers pay only what it costs to keep the lights on.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Cuming County Public Power District (CCPPD) is a not-for-profit public power utility that distributes electricity to residential, commercial, and agricultural customers across Cuming County, Nebraska. It operates 1,238 miles of power line serving 3,849 meters in communities including West Point, Bancroft, Beemer, and Dodge. The district charges cost-based rates with no profit markup and offers billing options such as SmartHub online portal, automatic bill payment, budget billing, and irrigation load control programs.

Product overview

Cuming County Public Power District (CCPPD) is a not-for-profit public power utility providing electricity distribution as its core product. The company offers a unified electricity service with multiple billing and payment modules including Smart Hub online portal, Automatic Bill Payment, Budget Billing, and credit card payment options. Additional service modules include Distributed Generation Solar Program for net metering, Irrigation Load Control Program with discounted rates, Operation Round Up charitable program, Utility Line Scholarship, Utility Loan Program, Youth Energy Leadership Camp and Youth Tour sponsorships, 4-H Awards, Safety Training Programs, and Assistance Programs for customers in need. The district serves 3,849 meters across 1,238 miles of power lines in Cuming County, Nebraska.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electricity Distribution Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,849 meters served across 1,238 miles of line in Cuming County
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNPPD handles after-hours calls for CCPPD. CCPPD is a member of NPPD network. The copyright notice on CCPPD's website indicates NPPD affiliation. NPPD also partners on email newsletter distribution through wuffu.com platform.
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)coreOthersAnnual dues of $54,281.44 paid to NRECA. NRECA organizes the Youth Tour to Washington D.C. and Youth Energy Leadership Camp that CCPPD participates in. CCPPD is a member-system of NREA.
• Nebraska Rural Electric Association (NREA)coreOthersAnnual membership dues paid. NREA organizes Youth Energy Leadership Camp at Camp Comeca near Cozad, Nebraska. CCPPD sponsors four area youth for this camp annually.
• Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)minorOthersCopyright holder for CCPPD website content. NPPD provides infrastructure and services supporting CCPPD operations.
• Nebraska Congressional DelegationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYouth Tour participants have breakfast with Nebraska congressional delegation in Washington D.C. and visit congressional offices as part of the program.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Cornhusker Public Power District: Rural Nebraska public power district serving agricultural customers with comparable governance and operational profile. Closely comparable on customer mix, scale, and NPPD wholesale relationship.
• Northeast Nebraska Public Power District: Regional public power district serving rural northeast Nebraska with similar agricultural load profile, irrigation customers, and small-town service territory. Strongly comparable in customer mix and operating model though not directly adjacent to CCPPD.
• Loup Valley Rural Public Power District: Rural public power district in central Nebraska with comparable customer scale, agricultural/irrigation mix, and NPPD-affiliated distribution model. Useful benchmark for rural Nebraska PPD economics.
• Southern Public Power District: Southern Nebraska public power district operating in a comparable rural/agricultural service territory with similar load-control, irrigation, and rate structures. Useful structural and operational comparable.

Direct peers

• Burt County Public Power District: Neighboring Nebraska public power district of similar scale and rural agricultural customer mix. CCPPD held a formal merger vote with BCPPD in November 2018, indicating they are direct operational and structural comparables.

Broad incumbents

• Omaha Public Power District (OPPD): Nebraska's largest public power district serving the Omaha metro area. While urban and much larger, OPPD is the same legal/structural model (political subdivision, not-for-profit, customer-elected board) and competes for state-level policy and association influence.
• Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD): Wholesale supplier and operational partner to CCPPD; holds copyright on CCPPD's website and provides after-hours call handling. NPPD is a generation-and-transmission utility serving much of Nebraska, making it a direct operational and structural comparable despite its much larger scale.
• Lincoln Electric System (LES): Customer-owned public utility serving Lincoln, Nebraska. Same not-for-profit, political-subdivision governance structure as CCPPD, providing a structural and rate-setting comparable in a different market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CumingCountyPPD
• Facebookfacebook.com/CCPPD
• Instagraminstagram.com/cumingcoppd

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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