Nameplate capacity
4.9 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#83
of 138 plants
In service since
1953
January 1953
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Pender - (NE)
- County
- Thurston County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among other plants in Nebraska
- #10 of 29
- EIA plant code
- 2296
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.5 MW | 1.2 MW | 1968 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.9 MW | 0.8 MW | 1961 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1953 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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 4.9 MW solar plant and a 4.9 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