Cass County

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine Operating

Commissioned: 2003
Net generation, 2025: 154,720 MWh
Grid: 345 kV to Omaha Public Power District (SWPP)
Location: Cass County, Nebraska
Operated by: Omaha Public Power DistrictSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2004 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2004 to 2025

Owner: Omaha Public Power DistrictSource100.0%, EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT), as of Dec 31, 2023

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Technology: Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age: 23 years since 2003
Unused energy: 2,867 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
Heat rate: 11,523 Btu/kWh 2025

All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Gem	Parents Name Omaha Public Power District Share pct 100 Gem entity id E100000002300 Unit ids G100000403337, G100000403338 Location id L100000402172 Eia plant ids 55972
Grid	Nerc region MRO Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 345 Transmission owner Omaha Public Power District Balancing authority code SWPP Balancing authority name Southwest Power Pool
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)	EPA FRS ID 110015683786 Subparts reported C, D NAICS code 221112 Subpart PP (CO2 supply) No Subpart RR (geologic sequestration) No Subpart UU (CO2 injection) No Reporting year 2023 GHGRP facility ID 1008168
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	1,782,788
Capacity factor, 2025	0.051
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	11,522.7
Net generation (MWh), 2025	154,720
Balancing authority code	SWPP

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Sources

EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)

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