Terry Bundy Generating Station

🔥 Natural GasElectric Utility216 MW capacity

18th largest plant in Nebraska · 1385th nationally

Terry Bundy Generating Station is a natural gas power plant in Nebraska with a nameplate capacity of 216 MW. It generates roughly 89.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 8,484 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 5% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 462 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%5%
Peaking — intermittent or backup

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 2.5k MWh (2% of capacity)JFMar: 446 MWh (0% of capacity)MAMJJul: 765 MWh (0% of capacity)JAug: 2.7k MWh (2% of capacity)ASep: 3.4k MWh (2% of capacity)SOct: 1.1k MWh (1% of capacity)ONDec: 3.5k MWh (2% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (216 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.

Capacity216 MWnameplate
Annual Generation89.1k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor5%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂20.6kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameTerry Bundy Generating Station
OperatorLincoln Electric System
CityLincoln
CountyLancaster County
StateNebraska
ZIP68517
Coordinates40.90965, -96.61309

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasCoalWindSolar

Generators (8)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
2Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2003
3Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2004
4Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas60.5 MWOperating2003
1Natural Gas Fired Combined CycleNatural Gas28.2 MWOperating2004
BSUPetroleum LiquidsDistillate Oil1.8 MWOperating2004
LFG1Landfill GasLandfill Gas1.6 MWOperating2014
LFG2Landfill GasLandfill Gas1.6 MWOperating2014
LFG3Landfill GasLandfill Gas1.6 MWOperating2014

Emissions (annual)

CO₂20.6k metric tons
CO₂ Rate462 lb/MWh
This plant462 lb/MWhU.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 lb/MWh

Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.

Grid context

NERC RegionMRO
Balancing AuthoritySouthwest Power Pool

About Natural Gas plants

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.

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