Value Added Services

In addition to providing electric service, Niobrara Electric also provides the following value added services:

• Energy Audits: NEA provides free home energy audits to any customer who wants one. By using a blower door situated in the entry to your home, NEA can pinpoint where you need to seal cracks or add insulation.

• Rebate Programs: Energy Efficiency Credits (Rebates) are available from Niobrara electric and Tri-State G&T for the purchase of certain electric water heaters and geothermal heat pumps. Tri-State G&T also offers credits for the purchase of new electric motors and other types of electric heat. Be sure to call NEA before you buy. NEA also stocks super efficient water heaters with lifetime warranties.

• Other Programs:

• Main Street Messenger. NEA will assist the Niobrara Senior Center with their current program of setting up elderly residents of Niobrara county with medical alert phones and pendants. Residents outside Niobrara County can contact NEA directly for this service as well. Anyone with questions on how the systems work or the costs involved can contact Sheldon Albertson or Jim Barker at Niobrara electric in Lusk at (307) 334-3221 or (800) 322-0544.

• Scaltrol Water Treatment Systems. If you have any questions please contact NEA.

• Electricians: Niobrara electric has a master electrician, Mr. Jim Barker, and a journeyman electrician, Mr. Roger Bonsell, on staff to provide for all of your electrical needs. Jim and roger do all types of electrical work including farm and ranch wiring, household troubleshooting and repairs, and oil field work. They are available to anyone, not just NEA members.

• Youth Programs:

• Scholarships. With the assistance of Basin electric Power Cooperative, Tri-State G&T, and unclaimed Capital Credits, NEA currently gives four $1000 scholarships and four $500 scholarships to the dependents of member/consumers.

• Safety Demonstrations. Using a demonstration board built by Line Foreman, Dave Leimser, NEA will perform safety demonstrations to any group who asks. All of the schools in the counties NEA serves, as well as groups such as the volunteer fire department, have seen the demonstration.

• On The Job Training. NEA offers local youth an opportunity to receive practical work experience by providing on the job training programs each semester and summer for office workers, and each summer for outside workers.

• Tours. With the help of Tri-State G&T and Basin Electric, NEA offers tours for any group who asks to the Laramie River Power Station or the Dry Fork Coal Mine.

• Youth Energy Camp. Each summer NEA sponsors two campers to attend the youth energy camp at Halsey, NE.

• 4-H Contributor. Each year NEA contributes to the 4-H programs in the area.