How many hydro power plants are in Nebraska?

Nebraska has 10 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 0.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest hydro power plant in Nebraska?

Gavins Point in Cedar County, Nebraska is the largest, at 132 MW. It came online in 1957.

How many hydro power plants were built in Nebraska in 2025?

0 hydro power plants came online in Nebraska in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing hydro power plants in Nebraska?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Hydro power plants in Nebraska

Nebraska has 10 operating hydro power plants with 0.3 GW of capacity.

Operating10

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Nebraska had 10 hydro power plants online in 2016 and 10 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Hydro power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest hydro power plants in Nebraska

Operating, by capacity

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Gavins Point	Cedar County	1957	132 MW
2	Kingsley	Keith County	1984	50 MW
3	Columbus	Platte County	1936	46 MW
4	North Platte	Lincoln County	1935	26 MW
5	Johnson 2	Gosper County	1941	23 MW
6	Jeffrey	Lincoln County	1941	22 MW
7	Johnson 1	Gosper County	1941	22 MW
8	Monroe (NE)	Platte County	1936	8 MW
9	Kearney	Buffalo County	1921	2 MW
10	Spalding	Greeley County	1956	0 MW

Hydro power plants that came online most recently in Nebraska

Newest first

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Kingsley	Keith County	1984	50 MW
2	Gavins Point	Cedar County	1957	132 MW
3	Spalding	Greeley County	1956	0 MW
4	Johnson 2	Gosper County	1941	23 MW
5	Johnson 1	Gosper County	1941	22 MW
6	Jeffrey	Lincoln County	1941	22 MW
7	Columbus	Platte County	1936	46 MW
8	Monroe (NE)	Platte County	1936	8 MW
9	North Platte	Lincoln County	1935	26 MW
10	Kearney	Buffalo County	1921	2 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks hydro power plants

Operating hydro power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about hydro power plants in Nebraska

How many hydro power plants are in Nebraska?: Nebraska has 10 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 0.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest hydro power plant in Nebraska?: Gavins Point in Cedar County, Nebraska is the largest, at 132 MW. It came online in 1957.
How many hydro power plants were built in Nebraska in 2025?: 0 hydro power plants came online in Nebraska in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing hydro power plants in Nebraska?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.