Expenditures for electricity increased to $2,581.1 million (or $2.6 billion) in 2012, which was 10.4 percent more than the $2,338.2 million spent on electricity in 2011. The residential sector spent 38 percent of the total with the industrial sector spending 32 percent and the commercial sector spending 30 percent.
The expenditures are in nominal dollars to provide a better comparison.
| Year | End–Use Sectors | Annual Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | Industrial | Residential | ||
| 2012 | $773.9 | $834.9 | $972.3 | $2,581.1 |
| 2011 | $729.8 | $681.0 | $927.3 | $2,338.2 |
| 2010 | $727.8 | $613.0 | $903.4 | $2,244.2 |
| 2009 | $682.8 | $547.1 | $820.3 | $2,050.2 |
| 2008 | $630.9 | $496.4 | $767.2 | $1,894.4 |
| 2007 | $600.5 | $434.8 | $740.0 | $1,775.3 |
| 2006 | $557.8 | $409.0 | $688.8 | $1,655.6 |
| 2005 | $528.8 | $390.6 | $665.0 | $1,584.4 |
| 2004 | $496.8 | $368.9 | $609.7 | $1,475.5 |
| 2003 | $498.6 | $351.9 | $607.8 | $1,458.3 |
| 2002 | $526.8 | $293.9 | $602.9 | $1,423.6 |
| 2001 | $495.5 | $275.8 | $561.9 | $1,333.2 |
| 2000 | $484.3 | $262.8 | $544.6 | $1,291.8 |
| 1999 | $448.7 | $245.9 | $517.1 | $1,211.8 |
| 1998 | $451.7 | $248.8 | $526.8 | $1,227.3 |
| 1997 | $448.7 | $237.7 | $510.0 | $1,196.3 |
| 1996 | $428.4 | $227.7 | $487.0 | $1,143.1 |
| 1995 | $420.9 | $222.9 | $484.1 | $1,127.9 |
| 1994 | $411.8 | $213.3 | $465.4 | $1,090.5 |
| 1993 | $386.8 | $200.4 | $451.6 | $1,038.7 |
| 1992 | $378.6 | $193.2 | $411.4 | $983.2 |
| 1991 | $389.5 | $194.7 | $435.0 | $1,019.1 |
| 1990 | $378.7 | $193.5 | $423.4 | $995.7 |
| Year | End–Use Sectors | Annual Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | Industrial | Residential | ||
| 1989 | $374.0 | $184.0 | $414.0 | $972.0 |
| 1988 | $351.0 | $158.0 | $405.0 | $914.0 |
| 1987 | $333.8 | $149.0 | $381.4 | $864.2 |
| 1986 | $327.3 | $146.4 | $372.6 | $846.3 |
| 1985 | $327.2 | $148.5 | $365.5 | $841.2 |
| 1984 | $316.6 | $139.3 | $371.0 | $826.9 |
| 1983 | $277.7 | $146.4 | $392.7 | $816.8 |
| 1982 | $227.9 | $130.7 | $286.0 | $644.5 |
| 1981 | $217.0 | $123.9 | $288.0 | $628.9 |
| 1980 | $178.5 | $123.0 | $249.1 | $550.6 |
| 1979 | $142.9 | $98.0 | $206.8 | $447.6 |
| 1978 | $130.7 | $84.2 | $197.1 | $412.0 |
| 1977 | $120.6 | $73.7 | $169.1 | $363.4 |
| 1976 | $106.3 | $70.2 | $150.1 | $326.6 |
| 1975 | $86.9 | $54.0 | $130.3 | $271.2 |
| 1974 | $77.6 | $37.2 | $111.2 | $226.0 |
| 1973 | $72.8 | $31.0 | $99.9 | $203.7 |
| 1972 | $68.7 | $26.8 | $96.3 | $191.9 |
| 1971 | $65.3 | $26.7 | $95.9 | $187.9 |
| 1970 | $58.3 | $25.0 | $87.0 | $170.3 |
Sources: State Energy Price and Expenditure Report. Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.
Note: Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to independent rounding.
The table and graph were updated on December 5, 2014.
Typically, there are one to two
years between updates.