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Nebraska Energy Statistics

Nebraska's Electricity Expenditures in the
Agricultural Sector

Expenditures on electricity decreased to $270.8 million in 2022, which was a 4.0–percent decrease from 2021 expenditures of $282.0 million.

A record high was set in 2012 at $312.3 million. The annual expenditures for electricity in the agricultural sector in Nebraska are listed in the data table and graphed in Figure 1 below. The expenditures are in nominal dollars to provide a better comparison.

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line chart showing Nebraska's Electricity Expenditures in the Agricultural Sector.

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Nebraska's
Electricity Expenditures in the
Agricultural Sector
1949 – 2022

(Million Nominal Dollars)

Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense
2010 . . . . . . $190.8 2020 . . . . . . $255.0 2030 . . . . . . NA
2011 . . . . . . $232.0 2021 . . . . . . $282.0 2031 . . . . . . NA
2012 . . . . . . $312.3 2022 . . . . . . $270.8 2032 . . . . . . NA
2013 . . . . . . $281.8 2023 . . . . . . NA 2033 . . . . . . NA
2014 . . . . . . $294.4 2024 . . . . . . NA 2034 . . . . . . NA
2015 . . . . . . $246.9 2025 . . . . . . NA 2035 . . . . . . NA
2016 . . . . . . $275.6 2026 . . . . . . NA 2036 . . . . . . NA
2017 . . . . . . $291.3 2027 . . . . . . NA 2037 . . . . . . NA
2018 . . . . . . $267.0 2028 . . . . . . NA 2038 . . . . . . NA
2019 . . . . . . $221.8 2029 . . . . . . NA 2039 . . . . . . NA

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Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense
1980 . . . . . . $66.8 1990 . . . . . . $104.1 2000 . . . . . . $112.9
1981 . . . . . . $75.1 1991 . . . . . . $104.1 2001 . . . . . . $140.7
1982 . . . . . . $86.1 1992 . . . . . . $102.0 2002 . . . . . . $164.1
1983 . . . . . . $83.2 1993 . . . . . . $101.7 2003 . . . . . . $148.9
1984 . . . . . . $86.0 1994 . . . . . . $113.4 2004 . . . . . . $134.6
1985 . . . . . . $78.0 1995 . . . . . . $100.7 2005 . . . . . . $136.7
1986 . . . . . . $74.2 1996 . . . . . . $112.0 2006 . . . . . . $159.1
1987 . . . . . . $88.6 1997 . . . . . . $117.2 2007 . . . . . . $160.9
1988 . . . . . . $96.1 1998 . . . . . . $120.8 2008 . . . . . . $194.3
1989 . . . . . . $106.7 1999 . . . . . . $104.2 2009 . . . . . . $165.6

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Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense Year . . . . . . Expense
1950 . . . . . . $1.4 1960 . . . . . . $3.4 1970 . . . . . . $6.4
1951 . . . . . . $1.8 1961 . . . . . . $3.6 1971 . . . . . . $6.6
1952 . . . . . . $1.9 1962 . . . . . . $3.8 1972 . . . . . . $7.0
1953 . . . . . . $2.3 1963 . . . . . . $4.0 1973 . . . . . . $7.6
1954 . . . . . . $2.3 1964 . . . . . . $4.4 1974 . . . . . . $10.0
1955 . . . . . . $2.3 1965 . . . . . . $4.5 1975 . . . . . . $16.1
1956 . . . . . . $2.4 1966 . . . . . . $4.9 1976 . . . . . . $28.9
1957 . . . . . . $2.5 1967 . . . . . . $5.0 1977 . . . . . . $43.0
1958 . . . . . . $2.7 1968 . . . . . . $5.7 1978 . . . . . . $63.0
1959 . . . . . . $3.1 1969 . . . . . . $6.4 1979 . . . . . . $64.4

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Year . . . . . . Expense
1949 . . . . . . $1.6

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Sources: United States Department of Agriculture. Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Lincoln, NE.

Note: The personal use of electricity by farm families is not included in these figures.

The table and graph were updated on January 29, 2024.
Typically, there is one year between updates.

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