Nebraska's Electricity Expenditures in the
Agricultural Sector
Expenditures on electricity increased to $190.8 million in 2010, which was a 15–percent increase from 2009 expenditures of $165.6 million. The record high was set in 2008 at $194.3 million. The annual expenditures for electricity in the agricultural sector in Nebraska are listed and graphed below.
| Year | Expense | |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | . . . . . . | $1.6 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Year | Expense | Year | Expense | Year | Expense | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | . . . . . . | $190.8 | 2020 | . . . . . . | NA | 2030 | . . . . . . | NA | ||
| 2011 | . . . . . . | NA | 2021 | . . . . . . | NA | 2031 | . . . . . . | NA | ||
| 2012 | . . . . . . | NA | 2022 | . . . . . . | NA | 2032 | . . . . . . | NA | ||
| 2013 | . . . . . . | NA | 2023 | . . . . . . | NA | 2033 | . . . . . . | NA | ||
| 2014 | . . . . . . | NA | 2024 | . . . . . . | NA | 2034 | . . . . . . | NA | ||
| 2015 | . . . . . . | NA | 2025 | . . . . . . | NA | 2035 | . . . . . . | NA | ||
| 2016 | . . . . . . | NA | 2026 | . . . . . . | NA | 2036 | . . . . . . | NA | ||
| 2017 | . . . . . . | NA | 2027 | . . . . . . | NA | 2037 | . . . . . . | NA | ||
| 2018 | . . . . . . | NA | 2028 | . . . . . . | NA | 2038 | . . . . . . | NA | ||
| 2019 | . . . . . . | NA | 2029 | . . . . . . | NA | 2039 | . . . . . . | NA |
Sources: United States Department of Agriculture. Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.
Note: The personal use of electricity by farm families is not included in these figures.
The table and graph were updated on December 7, 2011.
Typically, there is one year between updates.