Waste Management, Omaha Start Nebraska's First Gas-To-Energy Plant

Date: May 30, 2002

Source: News Room

Waste Management Inc. (NYSE: WMI), the Omaha Public Power District and Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns have celebrated the opening of Nebraska's first landfill gas-to-energy facility at the Douglas County Recycling and Disposal Facility in Elk City. The station generates about 3.2 megawatts of electricity, or enough electricity for more than 2,000 homes. Waste Management leases three acres of land to OPPD for the generating plant. OPPD pays Waste Management for the gas and for building, operating and maintaining the plant. In turn, OPPD offers its customers the opportunity to buy some of the renewable energy at a slight premium.

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