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Johnson 1

Hydro power plant · Gosper County, Nebraska

Nameplate capacity
22 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#59
of 138 plants
In service since
1941
April 1941

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Central Nebraska Pub P&I Dist
County
Gosper County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.18%
Rank among hydro plants in Nebraska
#7 of 9
EIA plant code
2228

Generating units

Individual generating units at Johnson 1
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric11 MW11 MW1941Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric11 MW10 MW1941Operating

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 22 MW solar plant and a 22 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