Power Plants in Nebraska

Nebraska's power sector in numbers

Bywatts maps 86 operating power plants with 8.3 GW of nameplate capacity in Nebraska. Coal leads with 51% of that capacity across 8 plants, followed by Natural Gas (21%) and Nuclear (10%). The inventory also includes 8 plants (543 MW) that EIA-860 lists as retired, the largest being FORT CALHOUN (502 MW, retired 2016).

The largest operating plants are NEBRASKA CITY (1,390 MW, Coal, OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT), GERALD GENTLEMAN (1,363 MW, Coal, NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT) and COOPER (801 MW, Nuclear, NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT).

Of the 85 operating plants with a recorded commissioning year, 17 came online in 2000 or later and 10 in 2010 or later; the busiest decade for new capacity was the 1970s (4.5 GW).

The largest operators by operating capacity are NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT (12 plants, 3.1 GW), OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT (6 plants, 2.9 GW) and LINCOLN ELECTRIC SYSTEM (3 plants, 460 MW).

Retail electricity sales in Nebraska reached 37.6 TWh in 2025, up 27.6% over ten years and up 6.9% year on year; residential customers took 28.6% of it. The average retail price across all sectors was 9.55 cents per kWh, up 7.2% since 2015.

The database also maps 12 named substations (2 of the 4 with a recorded voltage are rated 345 kV or above), 1 data center (operated by 1623 Farnam), 21 solar installers and 19 solar companies in Nebraska.

Operating capacity by fuel

Retail electricity sales

Sources: HIFLD power-plant inventory (capacity, fuel, operator), EIA-860 (commissioning year, retirements, operable capacity), EIA retail sales and revenue series through January 2026. Counts are of plants Bywatts lists, not every generator in the state.