TERRY BUNDY GENERATING STATION

Operating

Natural Gas power plant

Capacity
167 MW
Primary fuel
Natural Gas
County
Lancaster County
Operator
LINCOLN ELECTRIC SYSTEM
Status
Operating
Commissioned
2003
EIA plant ID
7887
Generators
8
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Net generation (2024)
158 GWh
Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
8.3%
Data vintage
EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
Coordinates
40.9096, -96.6131

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TERRY BUNDY GENERATING STATION, a 167 MW Natural Gas power plant in Lancaster County, Nebraska. Operated by LINCOLN ELECTRIC SYSTEM, commissioned 2003.

How TERRY BUNDY GENERATING STATION compares

With 167 MW of capacity, TERRY BUNDY GENERATING STATION ranks 13th among the 86 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Nebraska and 5th of the 28 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 9.5% of Nebraska's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.0% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 582nd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2003, it is newer than 81% of the 85 operating Nebraska plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, LINCOLN ELECTRIC SYSTEM, runs 3 operating plants in Nebraska totaling 460 MW. It shares Lancaster County with 5 other operating plants, including ROKEBY and SHELDON.

EIA-860 lists 8 generators at the site with 216 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 167 MW). Net generation was 158 GWh in 2024 (an 8.3% capacity factor), down 29% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2003 and 2014.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by LINCOLN ELECTRIC SYSTEM, under 0.1 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 315 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ROKEBY (266 MW, Oil). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, 1623 Farnam - Omaha in Omaha, about 42.6 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

TERRY BUNDY GENERATING STATION is a 167 MW natural gas power plant in Lancaster County, NE, operated by LINCOLN ELECTRIC SYSTEM, commissioned in 2003. Lancaster County carries critical modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 4.7 of 5 at the 92nd national percentile. Tornado is the leading peril, rated Relatively High by FEMA at the 97th 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.

4.7 of 5Modeled catastrophe exposure
CriticalExposure band
TornadoLeading peril
Relatively ModerateFEMA county risk rating

Lancaster County hazard ratings

PerilFEMA ratingNational percentilePeril scoreEvents per year
TornadoRelatively High97th4.9 of 50.78
Heat waveRelatively Low94th4.8 of 58.3
HailRelatively High93rd4.7 of 57.8
Strong windVery High92nd4.7 of 54.5
WildfireRelatively Moderate81st4.2 of 5<0.01
Winter weatherVery High75th4.0 of 513.5
Ice stormRelatively High74th4.0 of 50.88
LightningRelatively High65th3.6 of 545.9
Riverine floodingRelatively Moderate15th1.6 of 51.4
EarthquakeVery Low12th1.5 of 5<0.01

Perils not assessed in Lancaster 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.

PerilWhy it is not scored
HurricaneFEMA rating is "No Rating" for this county
Coastal floodingFEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county

Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Lancaster 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.