Natural Gas Service Providers and
Their Prices in Nebraska


In 2004, the residential sector paid an average of $9.06 per thousand cubic feet for natural gas, the commercial sector paid $7.60, the industrial sector paid $6.68, and the electric power sector paid $6.51.

The state's natural gas was supplied by twenty companies whose average 2004 residential rates ranged from Hastings Utilities' $5.68 to the City of Stromsburg's $12.02 per thousand cubic feet.  Commercial rates ranged from Hastings Utilities' $5.17 to the City of Falls City's $11.35.  Rates for natural gas used by electric utilities ranged from Hastings Utilities' $6.09 to the City of Wahoo's $9.58.  Industrial rates ranged from the City of Wisner's $4.74 to the City of Stromsburg's $10.31.

Notes:  An archive is available.  Divide the price by ten (10) to obtain the price per hundred cubic feet (ccf) or the approximate price per therm.


Nebraska's Natural Gas Prices by Company and by Sector
2004
(Price per Thousand Cubic Feet)
Company Type of
Company
Sectors
Commercial Electric
Power		 Industrial Residential Vehicle
Fuel
             
State of Nebraska   $7.60 $6.51 $6.68 $9.06 NA
             
Alma Natural Gas Company, City of Consumer-Owned $10.50 NA NA $9.98 NA
Aquila Inc. Investor-Owned $8.54 NA $6.56 $9.65 NA
Central City Gas Department Consumer-Owned $7.26 NA $6.35 $7.55 NA
Falls City, City of Consumer-Owned $11.35 NA $7.84 $9.29 NA
Fremont Department of Utilities Consumer-Owned $9.18 NA $7.37 $10.62 NA
Hastings Utilities Consumer-Owned $5.17 $6.09 $6.62 $5.68 NA
Kinder Morgan Inc. Investor-Owned $8.40 NA NA $8.62 NA
Lyons, City of Consumer-Owned $8.54 NA NA $8.81 NA
Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha Consumer-Owned $7.25 $6.37 $6.43 $8.52 NA
MidAmerican Energy Company Investor-Owned $8.43 NA $6.63 $9.62 NA
Nebraska City Utilities Consumer-Owned $7.89 $6.89 $7.77 $8.96 NA
Northwestern Energy Investor-Owned $6.93 NA $7.02 $10.07 NA
Pender, Village of Consumer-Owned $8.37 NA NA $9.07 NA
Ponca Public Utilities Consumer-Owned $9.23 NA NA $9.95 NA
Scribner Utilities, City of Consumer-Owned $9.76 NA NA $8.42 NA
Stromsburg, City of Consumer-Owned $11.11 NA $10.31 $12.02 NA
Stuart Gas Company Consumer-Owned $8.20 $7.00 $6.75 $10.01 NA
Superior, City of Consumer-Owned $9.99 NA $9.85 $10.15 NA
Wahoo, City of Consumer-Owned $10.55 $9.58 NA $10.85 NA
Wisner, City of Consumer-Owned $7.31 NA $4.74 $7.76 NA

Sources:  Natural Gas Annual and Form EIA-176, Annual Report of Natural and Supplemental Gas Supply and Disposition.  Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes:  NA = Not Applicable.  Organizations, groups, companies, or individuals in the agency's links pages are for information only and are not an endorsement by the State of Nebraska or the Nebraska Energy Office and its management or staff.

This table was completed on February 21, 2006.

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