Natural Gas Consumption Per Consumer,
Cost Per Consumer, and Number of Consumers in the
Residential and Commercial Sectors in Nebraska
1967-2006


Residential

In 2006, the number of residential consumers decreased by 1,000 consumers to 499,504; average annual consumption per consumer decreased four thousand cubic feet to 72 thousand cubic feet; and the average annual residential natural gas bill increased two dollars to $814, in comparison to the previous year, due to an increase in price.  The average annual residential natural gas bill reached a record $854 in 2001.

Commercial

The number of commercial consumers in 2006 remained relatively the same for the third consecutive year.  The average annual consumption per commercial consumer increased 4 percent to 496 thousand cubic feet, and the average annual commercial natural gas bill increased 4 percent to $4,772, in comparison to the previous year, due to the increase in consumption and a small increase in price.


Tables


Residential
Year Consumption
(mcf)		 Cost Consumers
(thousand)
1967 179 $142 301
1968 174 $138 307
1969 176 $146 314
1970 183 $156 318
1971 177 $164 325
1972 180 $178 334
1973 155 $161 326
1974 142 $162 348
1975 151 $194 356
1976 160 $218 344
1977 146 $262 363
1978 131 $258 367
1979 147 $339 364
1980 125 $342 391
1981 111 $384 395
1982 130 $542 394
1983 119 $588 398
1984 122 $622 391
1985 119 $595 393
1986 107 $490 396
1987 97 $424 400
1988 108 $481 404
1989 110 $493 407
1990 102 $469 407
1991 108 $502 413
1992 99 $477 419
1993 117 $572 413
1994 104 $521 428
1995 105 $507 428
1996 111 $542 440
1997 106 $603 445
1998 78 $400 524
1999 88 $445 460
2000 89 $572 476
2001 98 $854 476
2002 90 $556 487
2003 86 $673 492
2004 78 $707 497
2005 76 $812 501
2006 72 $814 500
Commercial
Year Consumption
(mcf)		 Cost Consumers
(thousand)
1967 987 $476 42
1968 908 $441 46
1969 959 $491 48
1970 956 $505 49
1971 945 $555 50
1972 910 $531 50
1973 790 $577 49
1974 783 $636 54
1975 770 $765 56
1976 919 $1,061 53
1977 870 $1,213 54
1978 799 $1,228 51
1979 946 $1,895 46
1980 903 $2,064 48
1981 677 $2,004 60
1982 995 $3,476 43
1983 659 $2,778 59
1984 706 $3,014 59
1985 657 $2,767 60
1986 596 $2,341 61
1987 563 $2,084 61
1988 642 $2,404 61
1989 619 $2,331 60
1990 604 $2,330 60
1991 661 $2,562 61
1992 562 $2,242 61
1993 573 $2,447 61
1994 628 $2,663 62
1995 654 $2,590 61
1996 668 $2,986 61
1997 655 $3,196 52
1998 453 $1,925 64
1999 511 $2,116 54
2000 524 $2,861 55
2001 499 $3,728 56
2002 498 $2,545 57
2003 507 $3,498 56
2004 523 $3,975 57
2005 477 $4,508 57
2006 496 $4,772 57

Sources:  Natural Gas Annual.  Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

This table was updated on November 5, 2007.  Typically, there is one year between updates.

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