Gerald Gentleman
Coal power plant · Lincoln County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
1,363 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#2
of 138 plants
In service since
1979
April 1979
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Nebraska Public Power District
- County
- Lincoln County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 11.22%
- Rank among coal plants in Nebraska
- #2 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 6077
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 681 MW | 665 MW | 1979 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 681 MW | 700 MW | 1982 | 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
| Nebraska City | Coal | 1,390 MW |
| Cooper Nuclear Station | Nuclear | 801 MW |
| North Omaha | Coal | 645 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 1,363 MW solar plant and a 1,363 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