Nameplate capacity
3.4 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#98
of 138 plants
In service since
1955
January 1955
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Curtis - (NE)
- County
- Frontier County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Nebraska
- #27 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 2232
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.4 MW | 1.2 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.1 MW | 1.0 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.9 MW | 0.8 MW | 1955 | 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
| City of Lexington | Solar | 3.5 MW |
| Laurel | Natural gas | 3.5 MW |
| Oxford (NE) | Natural gas | 3.4 MW |
| Mobile | Other | 3.1 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 3.4 MW solar plant and a 3.4 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