Standing Bear Lake
Natural gas power plant · Douglas County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
163 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#23
of 138 plants
In service since
2025
November 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- Omaha Public Power District
- County
- Douglas County
- Generating units
- 9
- Share of state capacity
- 1.34%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Nebraska
- #7 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 64548
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 9 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 18 MW | 17 MW | 2025 | 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
| Upstream Wind Energy LLC | Wind | 203 MW |
| Lon Wright | Coal | 172 MW |
| Sholes Wind Energy Center | Wind | 160 MW |
| C W Burdick | Natural gas | 143 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 163 MW solar plant and a 163 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