Annual Electricity Generation by Fuel Type
Nebraska

Electricity generation increased less than one percent to 31,599 gigawatthours in 2006 from 31,392 gigawatthours in 2005.  Most of Nebraska's electricity was generated by coal and nuclear power plants (65 percent and 28 percent, respectively).  Hydroelectric plants, natural gas plants, renewable plants, and petroleum plants generated 2.8 percent, 2.4 percent, 1.0 percent, 0.06 percent, respectively.  (Renewable excludes hydroelectric.)

In 2006, generation by hydroelectric power increased 2.5 percent and generation of electricity by nuclear power increased 2.3 percent from 2005 while generation by petroleum was cut by more than a third, generation by natural gas decreased 5.3 percent, and generation by coal decreased 0.7 percent.  In 2006, electricity generation by renewable energy more than doubled from 2005--the second consecutive year of an increase of this size.  This came on the heels of no change in 2004 and a huge increase in 2003.  The amount of electricity generated by renewable energy in 2003 was seven times the amount generated in 2002.

There was an increase in electricity generation from renewable energy between 1992-1998, because the Sheldon plant, operated by Nebraska Public Power District, was producing electricity from tire chips.  There was no generation reported from this renewable energy source after 1998.  The process was discontinued, because it was not considered cost-effective.

Also see the Generating Units report, the Units and Capacity by Energy Source report, and the Units and Capacity by Energy Source and Year of Initial Operation report for additional information.

Nebraska's Annual Electricity Generation by Fuel Type
1976-2006

Year Coal Hydroelectric Natural
Gas		 Nuclear Petroleum Renewable Annual
Total
1976 3,919 1,276 1,599 5,824 673 0 13,291
1977 4,493 1,221 1,255 7,452 446 0 14,867
1978 4,664 1,187 994 7,725 642 0 15,212
1979 6,027 1,246 1,088 8,658 398 0 17,417
1980 8,122 1,336 945 5,783 127 0 16,313
1981 8,482 1,197 351 5,988 47 0 16,065
1982 8,121 1,213 121 8,751 65 0 18,271
1983 9,471 1,346 114 6,084 40 0 17,055
1984 10,715 1,331 118 5,781 19 0 17,964
1985 10,232 1,441 103 4,135 25 0 15,936
1986 9,319 1,679 131 7,658 56 0 18,843
1987 10,152 1,568 135 8,589 47 0 20,491
1988 12,225 1,351 162 6,828 71 0 20,637
1989 11,581 1,158 225 8,075 56 0 21,095
1990 12,659 140 307 7,511 13 0 20,630
1991 13,561 1,046 300 8,049 12 0 22,968
1992 12,402 1,075 145 8,748 9 6 22,385
1993 14,740 1,002 153 6,805 19 6 22,725
1994 14,002 1,312 259 6,345 18 9 21,945
1995 16,080 1,426 245 7,485 27 16 25,279
1996 16,041 1,602 192 9,457 20 12 27,324
1997 17,209 1,672 206 9,269 31 1 28,388
1998 18,336 1,683 400 8,259 42 1 28,721
1999 17,794 1,719 348 10,091 29 0 29,981
2000 18,425 1,501 438 8,629 54 0 29,047
2001 20,194 1,124 340 8,726 25 3 30,412
2002 19,900 1,097 404 10,122 18 8 31,550
2003 20,908 980 369 7,997 48 65 30,368
2004 20,415 913 289 10,241 21 65 31,944
2005 20,773 871 795 8,802 30 121 31,392
2006 20,633 893 753 9,003 19 299 31,599

Sources:  Electric Power Annual.  Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes:  Petroleum includes petroleum coke.  Renewable energy sources include geothermal, wood, wind, waste, and solar but exclude hydroelectric.  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 November 6, 2007.  Typically, there is one year between updates.

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