POWEREDBYWHO
· STATE FILE · NE
EIA RATE DATA AS OF 2026-02
FOLLOW THE MONEY IN
Nebraska
3 data-center projects on file — 3.3 GW of nameplate capacity, $800.0M in announced investment. Federal data on what residents are paying for the grid to serve them, sourced from the EIA Electric Power Monthly.
Avg residential bill
$120
/ month
Per household · 2026-02
Sales to industrial
30.5%
of state kWh
Factories + data centers · 2026-02
Residential rate rank
#50
of 51
Among the cheapest in the country
10yr rate climb
+23%
#48 of 51
Climbed slower than the US since 2016
Largest power plant
1.36 GW
· coal
Gerald Gentleman · Lincoln County
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What residents pay
EIA · Electric Power Monthly
Nebraska · residential · latest
11.79¢/kWh
↑ +8.7% YoY
As of Single month · 2026-02
Nebraska · residential · 2026 YTD avg
11.77¢/kWh
↑ +10.3% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
US national · residential · 2026 YTD avg
17.54¢/kWh
↑ +8.5% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
§ 02
How the grid runs
Net generation · 2026-02
Where Nebraska's electricity actually comes from. Each fuel source as a share of total state generation in the most recent reported month.
NEBRASKA · GENERATION MIX · 2026-02
3.19 TWh net · all sectors
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Supply vs demand
EIA-860M generator inventory · projects pipeline
Nebraska is staring at an 1.4 GW energy shortfall: 3.0 GW of data-center load is under construction or permitted in the state, but utilities have only 1.6 GW of new generation in the EIA-860M pipeline to serve it. (For scale, the state's already-running data-center load is 300 MW.) The largest plant in the supply pipeline is Princeton Road Station in Lancaster County — 696 MW of natural gas across 14 units, first online 2029-06. On the way out: North Omaha — 240 MW of natural gas, retiring 2026-12.
Two bars, one scale. Demand is sorted by certainty — under construction first, then permitted, then proposed. The dashed rule marks where the supply pipeline runs out; everything to the right of it is demand on file with no supply filed against it.
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Data-center load
3 projects
Projects on file
3
published (excludes draft / archived)
Nameplate MW
3.30 GW
≈ 14 GWh/yr at 50% load
Announced investment
$800.0M
aggregate disclosed capex
§ 06
Industry money in Nebraska
2 PACs active
Tracked super PACs that have spent in races for federal seats in Nebraska this cycle. Crypto, AI, and energy-aligned committees are surfaced separately so the industry source of each dollar is legible.
FELLOWSHIP PAC
CRYPTOCantor Fitzgerald-funded
FOR
$350k
AGAINST
—
FILINGS
1
DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC
AIAnthropic-linked / Public First Action network
FOR
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Follow the money in Nebraska
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in NE
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.