NEBRASKA CITY

How NEBRASKA CITY compares

With 1,390 MW of capacity, NEBRASKA CITY is the largest of the 86 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Nebraska and the largest of the 8 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 33% of Nebraska's operating Coal capacity and 17% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 80th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1979, it is newer than 64% 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 Otoe County with 3 other operating plants, including NEBRASKA CITY # 1 and NEBRASKA CITY # 2.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 1,390 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional steam coal technology. Net generation was 5,952 GWh in 2024 (a 49% capacity factor), down 17% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1979 and 2009.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is COOPER (345 kV), about 19.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, under 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 1,430 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is COOPER (801 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, 1623 Farnam - Omaha in Omaha, about 44.8 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology