# Kingsley

SPP asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/kingsley

Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District - Keith County - SPP

Kingsley Hydroelectric Plant is a 50 MW conventional hydroelectric facility with a single generating unit in Keith County, Nebraska. The plant is owned and operated by the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District (CNPPID), a political subdivision of the State of Nebraska. All power from the plant is sold at wholesale into the Southwest Power Pool, settling at the NPPD_KINGSLEY price node. The underlying federal hydropower project (FERC No. No whole-plant or unit retirement is scheduled; CNPPID has separately flagged a major, not-yet-scoped repair project at Kingsley Dam itself, though timeline and cost remain undetermined.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 50 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 785 — plant-785

## Facts

- **Technology:** Conventional Hydroelectric
- **Operator:** Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator:** Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District — Owner, operator, and FERC licensee ([source](https://cnppid.com/operations/hydropower))
- **Offtaker / commercial participant / transmission owner:** Nebraska Public Power District — Purchaser of Kingsley Hydro's output; transmission and distribution owner ([source](https://www.nppd.com/powering-nebraska/energy-resources/hydropower))
- **Equipment supplier:** Voith Hydro Holding — Turbine supplier ([source](https://www.voith.com/corp-en/products-services/hydropower-components/turbines.html))
- **Equipment supplier:** Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation — Electric generator supplier ([source](https://www.voith.com/corp-en/hydropower-components/generators.html))
- **Balancing authority / market operator:** Southwest Power Pool — Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator ([source](https://www.spp.org/))

## Sources

- [cnppid.com](https://cnppid.com/operations/hydropower) — cnppid.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [cnppid.com](https://cnppid.com/sites/default/files/2024-10-07%20Board%20Minutes.pdf) — cnppid.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [cnppid.com](https://cnppid.com/sites/default/files/FERC-project-license.pdf) — cnppid.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [cnppid.com](https://cnppid.com/sites/default/files/Facilities%20Connection%20Requirements%20-%2020170515.pdf) — cnppid.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [dwee.nebraska.gov](https://dwee.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/publications/56%202024.pdf) — dwee.nebraska.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [lowimpacthydro.org](https://lowimpacthydro.org/lihi-certificate-37-kingsley-dam-hydroelectric-project-nebraska/) — lowimpacthydro.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/kingsley
Website: [Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District](https://cnppid.com/operations/hydropower)

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