Cass County
Natural gas power plant · Cass County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
345 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#7
of 138 plants
In service since
2003
May 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Omaha Public Power District
- County
- Cass County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 2.84%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Nebraska
- #2 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 55972
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 173 MW | 162 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| CT-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 173 MW | 162 MW | 2003 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Nebraska
| Turtle Creek | Natural gas | 528 MW |
| Grande Prairie Wind Farm | Wind | 400 MW |
| Sarpy County | Natural gas | 338 MW |
| Whelan Energy Center | Coal | 324 MW |
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 345 MW solar plant and a 345 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