Lyons

Other power plant · Burt County, Nebraska

Nameplate capacity
2.5 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#105
of 138 plants
In service since
1953
January 1953

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
City of Lyons - (NE)
County
Burt County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among other plants in Nebraska
#20 of 29
EIA plant code
2253

Generating units

Individual generating units at Lyons
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
4APetroleum Liquids1.2 MW0.6 MW1967Operating
3Petroleum Liquids0.8 MW0.3 MW1960Operating
2Petroleum Liquids0.5 MW0.2 MW1953Operating

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 2.5 MW solar plant and a 2.5 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