SARPY COUNTY
OperatingNatural Gas power plant
- Capacity
- 338 MW
- Primary fuel
- Natural Gas
- County
- Sarpy County
- Operator
- OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1972
- EIA plant ID
- 2292
- Generators
- 6
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 192 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 6.4%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 41.1706, -95.9706
SARPY COUNTY, a 338 MW Natural Gas power plant in Sarpy County, Nebraska. Operated by OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, commissioned 1972.
How SARPY COUNTY compares
With 338 MW of capacity, SARPY COUNTY ranks 6th among the 86 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Nebraska and 2nd of the 28 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 19% of Nebraska's operating Natural Gas capacity and 4.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 428th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1972, it is newer than 52% 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 Sarpy County with one other operating plant, PAPILLION CREEK WASTEWATER.
EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 338 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 192 GWh in 2024 (a 6.4% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1972 and 2000.
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 2,910 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 6.2 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
SARPY COUNTY is a 338 MW natural gas power plant in Sarpy County, NE, operated by OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, commissioned in 1972. Sarpy County carries critical modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 4.5 of 5 at the 89th national percentile. Tornado is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 99th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a natural gas plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Sarpy County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | Relatively High | 99th | 4.9 of 5 | 0.21 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Moderate | 96th | 4.8 of 5 | 8.2 |
| Hail | Relatively High | 90th | 4.6 of 5 | 7.0 |
| Ice storm | Relatively High | 80th | 4.2 of 5 | 0.90 |
| Strong wind | Relatively High | 72nd | 3.9 of 5 | 4.3 |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | 70th | 3.8 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Lightning | Relatively Moderate | 63rd | 3.5 of 5 | 46.7 |
| Winter weather | Relatively High | 60th | 3.4 of 5 | 13.5 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Moderate | 25th | 2.0 of 5 | 1.3 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 10th | 1.4 of 5 | <0.01 |
Perils not assessed in Sarpy 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 Sarpy 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.