JONES STREET
OperatingOil power plant
- Capacity
- 130 MW
- Primary fuel
- Oil
- County
- Douglas County
- Operator
- OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1973
- EIA plant ID
- 2290
- Generators
- 2
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Net generation (2024)
- 15.6 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 1.4%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 41.2515, -95.9227
JONES STREET, a 130 MW Oil power plant in Douglas County, Nebraska. Operated by OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, commissioned 1973.
How JONES STREET compares
With 130 MW of capacity, JONES STREET ranks 15th among the 86 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Nebraska and 2nd of the 26 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 20% of Nebraska's operating Oil capacity and 1.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 33rd-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1973, it is newer than 56% of the 85 operating Nebraska plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, runs 6 operating plants in Nebraska totaling 2,853 MW. It shares Douglas County with 3 other operating plants, including NORTH OMAHA and ELK CITY STATION.
EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 130 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was 15.6 GWh in 2024 (a 1.4% capacity factor).
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line owned by OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, under 0.1 miles away. Another 7 operating power plants totaling 3,117 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WALTER SCOTT JR ENERGY CENTER (1,779 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, 1623 Farnam - Omaha in Omaha, about 0.9 miles away.
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
JONES STREET is a 130 MW oil power plant in Douglas County, NE, operated by OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, commissioned in 1973. Douglas County carries critical modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 4.7 of 5 at the 93rd national percentile. Tornado is the leading peril, rated Very High by FEMA at the 97th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to an oil plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Douglas County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | Very High | 97th | 4.9 of 5 | 0.29 |
| Heat wave | Relatively High | 97th | 4.9 of 5 | 8.2 |
| Hail | Very High | 94th | 4.8 of 5 | 6.9 |
| Ice storm | Very High | 76th | 4.0 of 5 | 0.91 |
| Strong wind | Very High | 69th | 3.8 of 5 | 4.3 |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | 69th | 3.7 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Winter weather | Very High | 60th | 3.4 of 5 | 13.7 |
| Lightning | Relatively High | 56th | 3.2 of 5 | 46.0 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively High | 42nd | 2.7 of 5 | 1.8 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 12th | 1.5 of 5 | <0.01 |
Perils not assessed in Douglas County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Hurricane | FEMA rating is "No Rating" for this county |
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Douglas County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.