Nebraska Public Power District bought land for $5 million — from NPPD executives

Nebraska Public Power District bought land for $5 million — from NPPD executives

The Nebraska Public Power District paid $5 million for a piece of land in rural Lancaster County owned by two executives of the agency. The amount was around five times the assessed value of the 202 acres of farmland. In…

Nebraska Public Power District bought land for $5 million — from NPPD executives - Flatwater Free Press

Early this year, the Nebraska Public Power District paid $5 million for a piece of rural Lancaster County land. The price tag — around five times the land’s assessed value — is eyebrow raising on its own. Even more surprising is who sold the land to NPPD: two NPPD executives.  The land, 202 acres of mostly irrigated farmland, had been previously owned by married couple Ronald and Donna Starzec.  Ronald is NPPD’s land management manager, responsi…