🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Nebraska
Nebraska operates 31 natural gas power plants totaling 1,968 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 1.2M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants31operating
Capacity1,967 MWnameplate
Generation1.2M MWhannual
Where natural gas plants sit in Nebraska
All Nebraska natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County | Plattsmouth | Cass County | 345 MW | Omaha Public Power District |
| Sarpy County | Bellevue | Sarpy County | 338 MW | Omaha Public Power District |
| Rokeby | Lincoln | Lancaster County | 266 MW | Lincoln Electric System |
| Beatrice | Beatrice | Gage County | 247 MW | Nebraska Public Power District |
| Terry Bundy Generating Station | Lincoln | Lancaster County | 216 MW | Lincoln Electric System |
| C W Burdick | Grand Island | Hall County | 143 MW | City Of Grand Island - (Ne) |
| Canaday | Lexington | Gosper County | 109 MW | Nebraska Public Power District |
| Hallam | Hallam | Lancaster County | 57 MW | Nebraska Public Power District |
| North Denver | Hastings | Adams County | 39 MW | City Of Hastings - (Ne) |
| Falls City | Falls City | Richardson County | 31 MW | City Of Falls City - (Ne) |
| J Street | Lincoln | Lancaster County | 27 MW | Lincoln Electric System |
| Nebraska City # 1 | Nebraska City | Otoe County | 26 MW | City Of Nebraska City |
| Don Henry | Hastings | Adams County | 22 MW | City Of Hastings - (Ne) |
| Auburn | Auburn | Nemaha County | 19 MW | Auburn Board Of Public Works |
| Wahoo | Wahoo | Saunders County | 14 MW | City Of Wahoo - (Ne) |
| Nebraska City # 2 | Nebraska City | Otoe County | 14 MW | City Of Nebraska City |
| Broken Bow | Broken Bow | Custer County | 9 MW | City Of Broken Bow - (Ne) |
| Western Sugar Coop - Scottsbluff | Scottsbluff | Scotts Bluff County | 7 MW | Western Sugar Cooperative |
| Crete | Crete | Saline County | 6 MW | City Of Crete |
| Sidney (Ne) | Sidney | Cheyenne County | 5 MW | City Of Sidney - (Ne) |
| West Point Municipal | West Point | Cuming County | 4 MW | City Of West Point - (Ne) |
| Syracuse # 2 | Syracuse | Otoe County | 4 MW | City Of Nebraska City |
| Franklin (Ne) | Franklin | Franklin County | 4 MW | City Of Franklin - (Ne) |
| Laurel | Laurel | Cedar County | 4 MW | City Of Laurel - (Ne) |
| Curtis | Curtis | Frontier County | 3 MW | City Of Curtis - (Ne) |
| Oxford (Ne) | Oxford | Furnas County | 3 MW | Village Of Oxford - (Ne) |
| Beaver City | Beaver City | Furnas County | 2 MW | City Of Beaver City - (Ne) |
| Emerson | Emerson | Dixon County | 2 MW | City Of Emerson - (Ne) |
| Ansley | Ansley | Custer County | 2 MW | City Of Ansley - (Ne) |
| Turtle Creek | Springfield | Sarpy County | — | Omaha Public Power District |
| Standing Bear Lake | Omaha | Douglas County | — | Omaha Public Power District |