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Wakefield

Other power plant · Dixon County, Nebraska

Nameplate capacity
4.1 MW
Rank in Nebraska
#86
of 138 plants
In service since
1961
January 1961

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
City of Wakefield - (NE)
County
Dixon County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.03%
Rank among other plants in Nebraska
#12 of 29
EIA plant code
2311

Generating units

Individual generating units at Wakefield
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
5Petroleum Liquids1.3 MW1.0 MW1966Operating
6Petroleum Liquids1.3 MW1.1 MW1971Operating
IC4Petroleum Liquids0.9 MW0.6 MW1961Operating
2Petroleum Liquids0.6 MW0.5 MW2015Operating

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 4.1 MW solar plant and a 4.1 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