Broken Bow
Natural gas power plant · Custer County, Nebraska · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Broken Bow - (NE)
- County
- Custer County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Nebraska
- #19 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 2221
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 3.5 MW | 3.5 MW | 1970 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.1 MW | 2.0 MW | 1961 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 1951 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.8 MW | 0.7 MW | 1945 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.8 MW | 0.7 MW | 1951 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1936 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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 8.7 MW solar plant and a 8.7 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