Falls City
Natural gas power plant · Richardson County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
31 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#50
of 138 plants
In service since
1930
August 1930
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Falls City - (NE)
- County
- Richardson County
- Generating units
- 9
- Share of state capacity
- 0.26%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Nebraska
- #11 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 2237
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 9.3 MW | 9.3 MW | 2018 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.2 MW | 5.9 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.0 MW | 6.0 MW | 1982 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.7 MW | 2.3 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 2.0 MW | 1958 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.0 MW | 1.4 MW | 1950 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.1 MW | 0.8 MW | 1946 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.9 MW | 0.9 MW | 1937 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.6 MW | 0.6 MW | 1930 | 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
| North Denver | Natural gas | 39 MW |
| Prairie Breeze III | Wind | 36 MW |
| Kimball Wind | Wind | 30 MW |
| J Street | Natural gas | 27 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 31 MW solar plant and a 31 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