Nebraska City # 1
Natural gas power plant · Otoe County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
26 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#54
of 138 plants
In service since
1953
May 1953
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Nebraska City
- County
- Otoe County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 0.21%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Nebraska
- #13 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 2255
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.5 MW | 5.8 MW | 1979 | Operating |
| 9 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 6.4 MW | 5.8 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| 8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 4.1 MW | 3.6 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 3.1 MW | 2.7 MW | 1957 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 2.0 MW | 1955 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.0 MW | 1.7 MW | 1964 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.5 MW | 1.0 MW | 1953 | 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
| J Street | Natural gas | 27 MW |
| North Platte | Hydro | 26 MW |
| Johnson 2 | Hydro | 23 MW |
| Don Henry | Natural gas | 22 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 26 MW solar plant and a 26 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