Nameplate capacity
7.8 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#71
of 138 plants
In service since
1936
January 1936
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Loup River Public Power Dist
- County
- Platte County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among hydro plants in Nebraska
- #8 of 9
- EIA plant code
- 2273
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.6 MW | 2.3 MW | 1936 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.6 MW | 2.3 MW | 1936 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.6 MW | 2.3 MW | 1936 | 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
| Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln | Natural gas | 7.9 MW |
| Alliance Solar | Solar | 7.8 MW |
| Western Sugar Coop - Scottsbluff | Natural gas | 7.1 MW |
| Tecumseh | Natural gas | 7.0 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 7.8 MW solar plant and a 7.8 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