Energy Consumption in Nebraska's Residential Sector


The residential sector consists of private households.  Energy is consumed primarily for space heating, water heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, cooking, clothes drying, and lighting.  Fuel used for motor vehicles by household members is included in the transportation sector.

For the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, a net total or net energy consumption (less electrical system energy losses) is provided to indicate the energy actually consumed by these sectors.  In addition, energy consumed in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity (electrical system energy losses) is allocated to each sector based on the electricity consumed by the sector.  Thus, total energy consumption represents the energy consumed by the sector as well as that used to provide electricity to the sector.

Between 2004 and 2005, residential sector net energy use increased 3 percent to 80.1 trillion British thermal units (Btu), which was 16.1 percent below the peak of 95.5 trillion Btu recorded in 1972.  Total energy consumption attributed to the residential sector in 2005 was 149.9 trillion Btu, an increase of 3.9 percent from 2004.  Electricity use increased 6.3 percent from 2004, petroleum use increased 6.7 percent, natural gas use decreased 0.2 percent, and coal consumption decreased 12.5 percent while renewable energy use increased 3.0 percent.

In 2005, nearly half (47.9 percent) of the residential sector's energy needs were met by natural gas.  Thirty-nine and seven-tenths percent (39.7%) of the energy consumed in the residential sector was electricity, 8.4 percent were petroleum products, 4.1 percent was renewable energy, and less than one percent was coal.  According to the 2005 American Community Survey, 66 percent of Nebraska's households use natural gas for home heating, 21 percent use electricity, 10.4 percent use petroleum products, and none use renewable energy or coal.

The solar data below includes small amounts of solar thermal and photovoltaic energy consumed by the commercial sector that cannot be separately identified.







Energy Consumption by Fuel Type, Residential Sector
Nebraska, 1960-2005

[Trillion British Thermal Units (Btu)]
Year Coal Electricity Natural
Gas
Petroleum Renewable Net
Energy
Consumption
Electrical
System
Energy
Losses
Total
Energy
Consumption
Heating
Oil
Kerosene Propane Geothermal Solar1 Wood
1960 2.691 6.508 40.879 0.813 1.912 7.181 0.000 0.000 2.150 62.134 16.095 78.229
1961 1.818 7.104 41.643 0.838 1.822 7.780 0.000 0.000 1.978 62.982 17.266 80.248
1962 1.901 7.579 44.669 0.754 1.908 8.699 0.000 0.000 1.823 67.332 18.210 85.542
1963 1.303 8.331 40.340 0.759 1.294 10.532 0.000 0.000 1.651 64.209 19.921 84.130
1964 0.925 8.897 44.656 0.874 1.337 9.436 0.000 0.000 1.496 67.620 21.148 88.768
1965 0.718 9.607 47.202 0.649 2.568 10.210 0.000 0.000 1.376 72.330 22.941 95.271
1966 0.553 9.725 52.692 0.884 1.956 10.664 0.000 0.000 1.307 77.782 23.313 101.095
1967 0.396 9.608 53.604 0.953 0.526 11.313 0.000 0.000 1.221 77.620 22.960 100.580
1968 0.411 10.575 53.269 0.970 2.494 12.369 0.000 0.000 1.152 81.241 25.243 106.484
1969 0.814 12.562 55.053 0.858 2.051 14.445 0.000 0.000 1.084 86.866 29.986 116.852
1970 0.410 14.014 58.761 1.143 2.148 14.698 0.000 0.000 1.032 92.206 33.920 126.126
1971 0.329 14.701 58.139 1.102 2.554 14.127 0.000 0.000 1.032 91.984 35.467 127.451
1972 0.360 13.926 60.861 1.260 3.012 15.002 0.000 0.000 1.032 95.454 33.383 128.837
1973 0.164 15.136 51.008 1.223 3.040 13.178 0.000 0.000 1.049 84.798 35.976 120.775
1974 0.084 15.396 49.760 1.059 2.331 11.355 0.000 0.000 1.101 81.086 37.302 118.387
1975 0.050 16.014 53.615 1.009 2.107 11.676 0.000 0.000 1.204 85.675 38.510 124.185
1976 0.055 16.112 54.774 1.471 2.429 11.764 0.000 0.000 1.307 87.912 38.659 126.571
1977 0.082 16.579 52.951 1.327 2.132 10.330 0.000 0.000 1.410 84.811 39.727 124.538
1978 0.098 18.244 48.210 1.549 1.634 10.508 0.000 0.000 1.410 81.653 44.269 125.922
1979 0.221 17.957 53.385 2.652 0.147 5.254 0.000 0.000 1.514 81.131 42.977 124.108
1980 0.072 18.838 47.946 2.095 0.057 5.164 0.000 0.000 5.740 79.911 45.420 125.331
1981 0.051 19.112 42.995 2.243 0.164 4.778 0.000 0.000 5.158 74.502 44.935 119.437
1982 0.088 19.943 50.404 2.132 0.164 5.194 0.000 0.000 6.168 84.093 47.318 131.412
1983 0.187 21.968 46.405 1.444 0.262 6.177 0.000 0.000 5.728 82.172 51.875 134.047
1984 0.367 21.386 46.943 1.774 0.389 2.757 0.000 0.000 7.014 80.629 49.010 129.640
1985 0.057 21.136 45.846 2.059 0.227 3.597 0.000 0.000 7.225 80.147 48.690 128.837
1986 0.019 21.580 42.023 1.732 0.105 3.236 0.000 0.000 6.581 75.277 48.719 123.996
1987 0.019 21.763 38.293 1.293 0.074 4.468 0.000 0.000 5.489 71.400 48.484 119.884
1988 0.181 23.247 42.784 1.220 0.091 4.364 0.000 0.000 5.858 77.745 51.775 129.521
1989 0.022 22.941 44.242 1.690 0.046 4.457 0.041 0.009 5.923 79.361 53.367 132.737
1990 0.017 23.200 40.828 1.142 0.024 3.545 0.045 0.009 4.017 72.820 53.668 126.496
1991 0.045 24.356 44.002 1.147 0.031 4.435 0.049 0.009 4.212 78.276 55.890 134.176
1992 0.023 22.388 40.544 0.840 0.058 4.512 0.053 0.010 4.419 72.837 51.015 123.862
1993 0.020 24.655 47.036 0.980 0.060 4.221 0.056 0.010 3.709 80.737 56.253 137.000
1994 0.023 25.179 43.720 0.854 0.030 3.961 0.052 0.016 3.520 77.339 56.742 134.096
1995 0.024 25.920 44.125 0.513 0.021 4.250 0.056 0.016 3.520 78.429 58.880 137.325
1996 0.003 26.412 49.329 0.659 0.021 5.689 0.059 0.016 3.656 85.827 60.077 145.920
1997 0.225 27.257 46.999 0.525 0.040 4.573 0.063 0.015 2.839 82.521 61.771 144.307
1998 0.000 27.843 40.886 0.376 0.054 6.051 0.065 0.016 2.523 77.797 63.161 140.974
1999 0.000 27.055 40.530 0.447 0.036 6.194 0.074 0.015 2.655 76.993 61.902 138.910
2000 0.000 28.477 42.704 0.643 0.045 6.291 0.074 0.015 2.855 81.088 64.789 145.891
2001 0.014 29.474 47.449 0.473 0.059 5.886 0.079 0.014 2.781 86.215 65.985 152.214
2002 0.017 30.558 43.870 0.396 0.017 7.134 0.079 0.014 2.823 84.894 68.476 153.384
2003 0.016 30.204 42.196 0.506 0.025 6.816 0.101 0.013 2.972 82.834 66.967 149.815
2004 0.008 29.878 38.457 0.561 0.031 5.697 0.108 0.013 3.046 77.787 66.415 144.214
2005 0.007 31.763 38.377 0.515 0.038 6.155 0.123 0.018 3.121 80.099 69.766 149.883

Sources:  State Energy Data Report.  Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes:  Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to independent rounding.
1 The solar data includes small amounts of solar thermal and photovoltaic energy consumed by the commercial sector that cannot be separately identified.


The table and graphs were updated on June 19, 2008.  Typically, there are two years between updates.

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