Turtle Creek
Natural gas power plant · Sarpy County, Nebraska
Nameplate capacity
528 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#5
of 138 plants
In service since
2025
June 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Omaha Public Power District
- County
- Sarpy County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 4.35%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Nebraska
- #1 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 64547
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 264 MW | 221 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 264 MW | 221 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
| Cooper Nuclear Station | Nuclear | 801 MW |
| North Omaha | Coal | 645 MW |
| Grande Prairie Wind Farm | Wind | 400 MW |
| Cass County | Natural gas | 345 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 528 MW solar plant and a 528 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