Auburn

Natural gas power plant · Nemaha County, Nebraska

Nameplate capacity
19 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#60
of 138 plants
In service since
1949
June 1949

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
Operator
Auburn Board of Public Works
County
Nemaha County
Generating units
6
Share of state capacity
0.15%
Rank among natural gas plants in Nebraska
#15 of 30
EIA plant code
2215

Generating units

Individual generating units at Auburn
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
7Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.6 MW5.2 MW1987Operating
4ANatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine3.7 MW3.7 MW1993Operating
5Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine3.3 MW3.0 MW1973Operating
6Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.7 MW2.5 MW1967Operating
1Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.4 MW2.2 MW1982Operating
2Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine1.0 MW0.9 MW1949Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 19 MW solar plant and a 19 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Nebraska power plants · What Nebraska actually generates