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Beatrice

Natural gas power plant · Gage County, Nebraska

Nameplate capacity
247 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#16
of 138 plants
In service since
2005
January 2005

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Nebraska Public Power District
County
Gage County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
2.03%
Rank among natural gas plants in Nebraska
#5 of 30
EIA plant code
8000

Generating units

Individual generating units at Beatrice
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
ST1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle94 MW83 MW2005Operating
CT1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle77 MW70 MW2005Operating
CT2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle77 MW66 MW2005Operating

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 247 MW solar plant and a 247 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