This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Nebraska, sorted by type and name. In 2024, Nebraska had a total summer capacity of 10.9 GW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 37,229 GWh. In 2025, the electrical energy generation mix was 45.6% coal, 29.1% wind, 17.2% nuclear, 3.9% natural gas, 3.2% hydroelectric, 0.6% solar, 0.2% biomass, and 0.2% petroleum. Distributed small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered 63 GWh to the state's electricity grid in 2025.

Nebraska is the only state where all electricity utilities are publicly owned as municipal systems, public districts, or rural cooperatives. The state has few fossil-fuel reserves but has abundant renewable generation and agricultural resources. It is an increasing harvester of wind energy and a major producer of biofuels (primarily ethanol), with further potential for biomass generation. Nebraska has no renewable portfolio standard while supporting net metering. It was a top-ten state for per-capita energy consumption in 2019 due in large part to its energy-intensive agriculture, meat packing, and food processing industries. About 10% more electricity was generated than was consumed in-state.

Nuclear power stations PlantOperatorCountyCoordinatesCapacity(MW) Generationtype Year openedYear closedRefCooper Nuclear StationNPPD Nemaha 770 Steam turbine 1974Currently operating Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating StationOPPD Washington 480 Steam turbine 19732016 Hallam Nuclear Power FacilityAtomics International Lancaster 75 Steam turbine 19631964

Fossil-fuel power stations Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Coal PlantOperatorCountyCoordinatesCapacity(MW)YearopenedRef ADM Columbus ADM Platte 61 2010 ADM Lincoln ADM Lancaster 7.9 1988 Gerald Gentleman Station NPPD Lincoln 1362.6 1979 (Unit 1 - 681.3MW)1982 (Unit 2 - 681.3MW) Lon D. Wright Power Plant City of Fremont Dodge 128.5 1957 (Unit 1 - 15.5MW)1963 (Unit 2 - 21.0MW)1976 (Unit 3 - 82.0MW) Nebraska City Power StationOPPD Otoe 1345.3 1979 (Unit 1 - 654.3MW)2009 (Unit 2 - 691.0MW) North Omaha Power Station OPPD Douglas 336.3 1954 (Unit 1 - 64.8MW)1957 (Unit 2 - 90.8MW)1959 (Unit 3 - 86.0MW)1963 (Unit 4 - 120.1MW)1968 (Unit 5 - 216.2MW) Platte Generating Station City of Grand Island Hall 100 1982 Sheldon Power StationNPPD Lancaster 219 1961 (Unit 1 - 104.0MW)1965 (Unit 2 - 115.0MW) Western Sugar Cooperative Scottsbluff Western Sugar Cooperative Scotts Bluff 5.0 1987 Whelan Energy CenterPPGA Adams 309 1981 (Unit 1 - 77.0MW)2011 (Unit 2 - 232.0MW)

Natural gas

NameOperatorCountyCoordinatesCapacity(MW)Generation typeYearopenedRef Auburn Auburn Power Board Nemaha 17.5 Reciprocating engine (x6) 1949-1993 Beatrice Power Station NPPD Gage 220 3x1 combined cycle 2005 Broken Bow City of Broken Bow Custer 7.2 Reciprocating engine (x4) 1974 C.W. Burdick Power Plant City of Grand Island Hall 81.6 Simple cycle (x3) 1968/2003 Canaday Station NPPD Gosper 99.3 Steam turbine 1958 Cass County OPPD Cass 322.8 Simple cycle (x2) 2003 Don Henry City of Hastings Adams 18.0 Simple cycle 1972 Falls City Falls City Utility Department Richardson 26.7 Reciprocating engine (x7) 1946-2018 J Street LES Lancaster 29.0 Simple cycle 1972 Lon Wright(Derril Marshall Generating Station) City of Fremont Dodge 38.0 Simple cycle 2003 Nebraska City #1 City of Nebraska City Otoe 21.6 Reciprocating engine (x6) 1955-1979 Nebraska City #2 City of Nebraska City Otoe 7.6 Reciprocating engine (x2) 1998 North Denver City of Hastings Adams 41.0 Steam turbine (x2) 1957/1967 North Omaha OPPD Douglas 241.6 Steam turbine (x3) 1954-1959 Rokeby LES Lancaster 255.1 Simple cycle (x3) 1975/1997/2001 Sarpy County OPPD Sarpy 314.9 Simple cycle (x5) 1972/1996/2000 Standing Bear Lake StationOPPDDouglas150Reciprocating engine (x9)2025 Terry Bundy Generating Station LES Lancaster 121.9 3x1 combined cycle,simple cycle 2004 (77.4MW)2003 (45.5MW) Turtle Creek StationOPPDSarpy450Simple cycle (x3)2025 Wahoo City of Wahoo Saunders 13.2 Reciprocating engine (x5) 1947-1973

Petroleum

PlantOperatorCountyCoordinatesCapacity(MW)Generation typeYearopenedRef Hebron NPPD Thayer 41.5 Simple cycle 1973 Jones Street OPPD Douglas 122.6 Simple cycle (x2) 1973 Kimball Municipal Power Plant City of Kimball Kimball 7.6 Reciprocating engine (x6) 1944-1974 McCook NPPD Red Willow 42.7 Simple cycle 1973 Ord Loup Power District Valley 10.8 Reciprocating engine (x5) 1963-1997 Tecumseh City of Tecumseh Johnson 6.6 Reciprocating engine (x5) 1944-1974 Wayne City of Wayne Wayne 20.2 Reciprocating engine (x8) 1947-1998

Renewable power stations Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Biomass Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Fueltype Generationtype Yearopened Ref Elk City Station Douglas County 6.4 Landfill gas Reciprocating engine (x8) 2002/2006 Missouri River WWTP Douglas County 3.0 Biogas Reciprocating engine (x3) 1985/2001 Papillion Creek WWTP Sarpy County 1.5 Biogas Reciprocating engine (x3) 1987 Terry Bundy GS Lancaster County 4.8 Landfill gas Reciprocating engine (x3) 2014

Geothermal There were no utility-scale geothermal power facilities in the state of Nebraska in 2019.

Hydroelectric

PlantLocationCoordinatesCapacity(MW) Number ofturbinesYearopenedRefColumbus Platte County 45.0 3 1936 Gavins Point Cedar County 102.0 3 1956 Jeffrey Lincoln County 21.0 2 1941 Johnson 1 Gosper County 20.0 2 1941 Johnson 2 Gosper County 22.5 1 1941 Kearney Buffalo County 1.0 1 1921 Kingsley Keith County 41.0 1 1984 Monroe Platte County 3.0 3 1936 North Platte Lincoln County 24.0 2 1935 Spalding Greeley County 0.2 2 1919/1956 Kearney canal and dam were completed in 1886, water powered a DC current dynamo by 1889, and an elegant brick powerhouse was constructed in 1890 that also housed a steam engine along with an 800 horsepower turbine. The early system delivered lighting to the city of Kearney and powered a trolley system, but suffered from various equipment and water-delivery issues that persisted after the shift to AC alternating current. Major reworking of bulkhead, penstock and powerhouse components were completed in 1921. The historic powerhouse was ultimately demolished in 2007.

Solar

Project nameLocationCoordinatesCapacity(MWAC)YearopenedRefCity of Lexington Dawson County 3.6 2017 Fort Calhoun Washington County 5.0 2019 Hastings Adams County 1.5 2019 Holdrege Lancaster County 4.0 2016 Kearney Buffalo County 5.8 2017 Lon Wright Dodge County 2.3 2018 Platteview Solar Saunders County 81 2024South Sioux City Dakota County 2.3 2016

Wind

Additional data reported by the United States Wind Turbine DatabaseProject nameLocationCoordinatesCapacity(MW)Number ofturbinesYearopenedRefAinsworth Wind Brown County 59.4 43 2005 Broken Bow Wind Custer County 152.9 50 2012/2014 Cottonwood Wind Webster County 89.7 40 2017 Crofton Bluffs Wind Knox County 40.0 22 2012 Elkhorn Ridge Wind Knox County 81.0 27 2009 Flat Water Wind Richardson County 60.0 40 2010 Grande Prairie Wind Farm Holt County 400.0 200 2016 Kimball Wind Kimball County 30.0 12 2018 Laredo Ridge Wind Boone County 79.9 54 2011 Lon Wright Wind Dodge County 40.9 19 2017 Prairie Breeze Wind Antelope County 215.7 179 2014/2015/2016 Rattlesnake Creek Wind Dixon County 318.1 101 2019 Sholes Wind Wayne County 160.0 71 2019 Steele Flats Wind Jefferson County 74.8 44 2013 TPW Petersburg Wind Boone County 40.5 27 2011 Upstream Wind Antelope County 202.5 81 2018

Storage power stations There were no utility-scale storage power stations in the state of Nebraska in 2019.

HVDC converter stations

Project nameLocationCoordinatesCapacity(MW) Voltage(kV)YearopenedRefDavid A. Hamil Converter Station Scotts Bluff County 100 50 1977 Virginia Smith Converter Station Cheyenne County 200 50 1988

Utilities Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation District Lincoln Electric System Nebraska Public Power District North Central Public Power District Northwest Rural Public Power District Omaha Public Power District Southern Power District Southwest Public Power District

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