NPPD owns and operates two hydroelectric generating facilities — at North Platte and Kearney on the Platte River and purchases 100 percent of the energy output from facilities owned by Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District and Loup Public Power District. At each plant, water passes through turbines, generates electricity and continues on unchanged. The generators, totaling 28 megawatts, can serve 9,500 homes (view water data).