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Gavins Point

Hydro power plant · Cedar County, Nebraska

Nameplate capacity
132 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#26
of 138 plants
In service since
1956
September 1956

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
USACE-Omaha
County
Cedar County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
1.09%
Rank among hydro plants in Nebraska
#1 of 9
EIA plant code
6624

Generating units

Individual generating units at Gavins Point
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric44 MW34 MW1956Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric44 MW34 MW1956Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric44 MW34 MW1957Operating

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 132 MW solar plant and a 132 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