Power plants in Nebraska

Nebraska has 139 power plants of 1 MW or more in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 12.1 GW of nameplate capacity, the 37th-largest total among the 50 states and DC. Coal accounts for 33% of that capacity. The biggest single site is Nebraska City at 1,390 MW. Units that came online from 2020 to 2025 add 2,237 MW, led by wind at 62%. Units retired since 2016 at plants still operating total 130 MW, most of it natural gas.

Coal3,970 MW33%
Wind3,527 MW29%
Natural gas2,916 MW24%
Nuclear801 MW6.6%
Oil and petroleum429 MW3.5%
Hydroelectric329 MW2.7%
Solar160 MW1.3%
Biomass and waste11.8 MW0.1%
Battery storage6 MW0.0%

What is running, by the decade it came online

NuclearCoalNatural gasOil and petroleumHydroelectricWindSolarBattery storageBiomass and waste

Columns above the line show capacity still operating in 2025, stacked by fuel. Below the line: capacity retired in each decade at plants that still operate.

The 25 largest plants

Rank	Plant	Runs on	Capacity	First unit	Operator
1	Nebraska City	Coal	1,390 MW	1979	Omaha Public Power District
2	Gerald Gentleman	Coal	1,363 MW	1979	Nebraska Public Power District
3	Cooper Nuclear Station	Nuclear	801 MW	1974	Nebraska Public Power District
4	North Omaha	Coal	645 MW	1954	Omaha Public Power District
5	Turtle Creek	Natural gas	528 MW	2025	Omaha Public Power District
6	Grande Prairie Wind Farm	Wind	400 MW	2016	BHE Renewables, LLC
7	Cass County	Natural gas	345 MW	2003	Omaha Public Power District
8	Sarpy County	Natural gas	338 MW	1972	Omaha Public Power District
9	Whelan Energy Center	Coal	324 MW	1981	City of Hastings (NE)
10	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project	Wind	318 MW	2018	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, LLC
11	Milligan 1 Wind Farm	Wind	300 MW	2020	Milligan 1 Wind, LLC
12	Thunderhead Wind Energy LLC	Wind	300 MW	2022	Invenergy Services LLC
13	Haystack Wind Project, LLC	Wind	298 MW	2022	Haystack Wind Project, LLC
14	Rokeby	Natural gas	266 MW	1975	Lincoln Electric System
15	Little Blue Wind Project, LLC	Wind	251 MW	2021	Little Blue Wind Project, LLC
16	Beatrice	Natural gas	247 MW	2005	Nebraska Public Power District
17	Plum Creek Wind Project (NE)	Wind	230 MW	2020	Plum Creek Wind, LLC
18	Sheldon	Coal	229 MW	1961	Nebraska Public Power District
19	Terry Bundy Generating Station	Natural gas	216 MW	2003	Lincoln Electric System
20	Prairie Breeze	Wind	206 MW	2014	SunEdison LLC
21	Upstream Wind Energy LLC	Wind	202 MW	2018	Invenergy Services LLC
22	Lon Wright	Coal	172 MW	1957	City of Fremont (NE)
23	Standing Bear Lake	Natural gas	163 MW	2025	Omaha Public Power District
24	Sholes Wind Energy Center	Wind	160 MW	2019	Sholes Wind Energy Center, LLC
25	C W Burdick	Natural gas	143 MW	1968	City of Grand Island (NE)

All 139 plants in the finder

Largest plant for each main fuel

Main fuel	Plants	Capacity	Largest plant	Its capacity
Coal	8	4,303 MW	Nebraska City	1,390 MW
Wind	33	3,527 MW	Grande Prairie Wind Farm	400 MW
Natural gas	29	2,600 MW	Turtle Creek	528 MW
Nuclear	1	801 MW	Cooper Nuclear Station	801 MW
Oil and petroleum	28	419 MW	Jones Street	130 MW
Hydroelectric	9	329 MW	Gavins Point	132 MW
Solar	25	158 MW	Platteview Solar LLC	81 MW
Biomass and waste	2	7 MW	Scribner Diesel Generation Facility	4 MW
Battery storage	4	5.3 MW	South Sioux City Energy Storage	1.5 MW

Balancing areas

Area	Plants	Capacity
Southwest Power Pool	132	12.1 GW
WAPA Rocky Mountain	7	58.8 MW

Biggest operators here

Operator	Plants	Capacity
Omaha Public Power District	8	3,540 MW
Nebraska Public Power District	12	3,008 MW
Invenergy Services LLC	4	612 MW
Lincoln Electric System	3	509 MW
BHE Renewables, LLC	1	400 MW
City of Hastings (NE)	4	387 MW
Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, LLC	1	318 MW
Milligan 1 Wind, LLC	1	300 MW
Haystack Wind Project, LLC	1	298 MW
City of Grand Island (NE)	3	262 MW