Sign inOpen map

Hydroelectric power plants in Nebraska

10 operating hydroelectric power plants in Nebraska with 329 MW of hydroelectric capacity, largest first. From EIA-860M, August 2026.

Plants

10

Hydroelectric capacity

329 MW

Net generation, 2025

1.15 TWh

Largest

Gavins Point

132 MW

Largest hydroelectric power plants in Nebraska

#PlantHydroelectric MW2025 net generation, GWhGWh, 2025Capacity factorOperator
1Gavins PointCedar County13269459.9%USACE-Omaha
2KingsleyKeith County5049.411.3%Central Nebraska Pub P&I Dist
3ColumbusPlatte County4612531.2%Loup River Public Power Dist
4North PlatteLincoln County2661.026.6%Nebraska Public Power District
5Johnson 2Gosper County2363.032.0%Central Nebraska Pub P&I Dist
6JeffreyLincoln County2281.042.8%Central Nebraska Pub P&I Dist
7Johnson 1Gosper County2250.826.9%Central Nebraska Pub P&I Dist
8Monroe (NE)Platte County7.827.2–Loup River Public Power Dist
9KearneyBuffalo County1.50.42.9%Nebraska Public Power District
10SpaldingGreeley County0.20.00.0%Village of Spalding - (NE)

Projects where hydroelectric is the largest fuel or at least a fifth of nameplate capacity. MW is hydroelectric nameplate only; net generation covers the whole project. Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24, and EIA-923 2025. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources

More power plant lists for Nebraska

Largest power plants in Nebraska50 plants · 11,584 MWSolar farms in Nebraska27 plants · 158 MWWind farms in Nebraska33 plants · 3,527 MWBattery storage projects in Nebraska6 projects · 9 MWNatural gas power plants in Nebraska29 plants · 2,843 MWCoal power plants in Nebraska8 plants · 3,970 MW
All plants in NebraskaLargest hydroelectric power plants in the US