North Platte
Hydro power plant · Lincoln County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
26 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#53
of 138 plants
In service since
1935
January 1935
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Nebraska Public Power District
- County
- Lincoln County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.22%
- Rank among hydro plants in Nebraska
- #4 of 9
- EIA plant code
- 2274
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 13 MW | 12 MW | 1935 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 13 MW | 12 MW | 1935 | 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
| Kimball Wind | Wind | 30 MW |
| J Street | Natural gas | 27 MW |
| Nebraska City # 1 | Natural gas | 26 MW |
| Johnson 2 | Hydro | 23 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