
In 2010, Nebraska used 168.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas, an increase of 3.3 percent from 2009. The industrial sector consumed 51 percent of the total consumption, the residential sector consumed 24 percent, and the commercial sector consumed 19 percent. The transportation and electric power sectors consumed 4 percent and 2 percent, respectively. Within the residential sector, according to the “2010 American Community Survey”, 65 percent of Nebraska households used natural gas as their primary heating fuel.

| Year | Sectors | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End–Use Sectors | Electric Power |
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| Commercial | Industrial | Residential | Transportation | |||
| 1960 | 21.9 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 6.3 | 31.0 | 135.7 |
| 1961 | 22.4 | 37.4 | 40.2 | 6.6 | 33.1 | 139.7 |
| 1962 | 21.7 | 40.5 | 43.2 | 6.6 | 32.3 | 144.3 |
| 1963 | 22.4 | 41.0 | 40.7 | 6.5 | 36.5 | 147.1 |
| 1964 | 24.2 | 47.0 | 45.1 | 8.2 | 37.7 | 162.2 |
| 1965 | 25.5 | 48.2 | 47.6 | 8.7 | 36.3 | 166.2 |
| 1966 | 29.9 | 65.0 | 52.9 | 9.3 | 39.5 | 196.7 |
| 1967 | 41.4 | 43.7 | 53.8 | 10.3 | 39.5 | 188.7 |
| 1968 | 41.8 | 49.6 | 53.4 | 10.0 | 48.6 | 203.3 |
| 1969 | 46.0 | 52.2 | 55.2 | 11.5 | 45.2 | 210.0 |
| 1970 | 46.8 | 56.4 | 58.3 | 13.1 | 47.6 | 222.3 |
| 1971 | 47.3 | 56.7 | 57.7 | 13.2 | 48.8 | 223.7 |
| 1972 | 45.5 | 56.8 | 60.0 | 13.1 | 49.2 | 224.6 |
| 1973 | 38.7 | 72.8 | 50.4 | 13.6 | 54.1 | 229.6 |
| 1974 | 42.3 | 71.5 | 49.4 | 11.5 | 48.0 | 222.8 |
| 1975 | 43.1 | 73.8 | 53.8 | 10.4 | 37.7 | 218.8 |
| 1976 | 48.7 | 64.9 | 55.0 | 10.4 | 19.6 | 198.6 |
| 1977 | 47.0 | 61.0 | 52.9 | 12.2 | 15.6 | 188.8 |
| 1978 | 40.7 | 52.3 | 48.2 | 8.9 | 12.8 | 163.1 |
| 1979 | 43.5 | 51.9 | 53.5 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 170.0 |
| 1980 | 43.4 | 51.9 | 48.9 | 7.0 | 11.9 | 163.1 |
| 1981 | 40.6 | 43.1 | 43.9 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 138.3 |
| 1982 | 43.0 | 37.1 | 51.4 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 138.2 |
| 1983 | 39.1 | 37.4 | 47.2 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 129.3 |
| 1984 | 41.9 | 38.6 | 47.8 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 134.5 |
| 1985 | 39.4 | 33.2 | 46.7 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 126.1 |
| 1986 | 36.4 | 20.4 | 42.3 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 104.7 |
| 1987 | 34.2 | 30.1 | 38.9 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 109.4 |
| 1988 | 39.4 | 32.3 | 43.5 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 122.0 |
| 1989 | 37.4 | 30.6 | 44.8 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 120.2 |
| 1990 | 36.5 | 25.8 | 41.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 111.1 |
| 1991 | 40.3 | 24.8 | 44.7 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 115.8 |
| 1992 | 34.5 | 26.5 | 41.4 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 106.9 |
| 1993 | 34.7 | 38.7 | 48.3 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 126.1 |
| 1994 | 38.9 | 37.0 | 44.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 126.8 |
| 1995 | 40.0 | 44.8 | 45.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 136.4 |
| 1996 | 40.8 | 36.2 | 49.0 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 132.9 |
| 1997 | 33.9 | 44.5 | 47.1 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 132.4 |
| 1998 | 28.9 | 53.1 | 40.8 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 130.7 |
| 1999 | 27.6 | 45.8 | 40.6 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 121.5 |
| 2000 | 28.9 | 46.8 | 42.5 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 127.0 |
| 2001 | 27.8 | 40.2 | 46.7 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 122.0 |
| 2002 | 28.2 | 40.7 | 43.8 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 120.3 |
| 2003 | 28.4 | 38.4 | 42.2 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 118.9 |
| 2004 | 29.9 | 39.2 | 38.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 115.0 |
| 2005 | 27.4 | 41.2 | 38.0 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 119.1 |
| 2006 | 28.1 | 53.6 | 35.9 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 129.9 |
| 2007 | 30.1 | 65.8 | 38.6 | 5.4 | 10.9 | 150.8 |
| 2008 | 34.8 | 76.7 | 42.4 | 10.0 | 7.2 | 171.0 |
| 2009 | 31.8 | 81.2 | 40.1 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 163.5 |
| 2010 | 32.1 | 85.4 | 40.1 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 168.9 |
Sources: State Energy Data Report. Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.
Notes: Beginning with the reporting of 1996 annual data, EIA changed the customer category used for reporting deliveries to consumers in the agricultural industry from commercial to industrial. Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to independent rounding, and totals from one table to the next may not be equivalent.
The table and graph were updated on April 18, 2013.
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