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Electricity Exports from Nebraska

In 2010, 18.5 percent of the electricity generated in Nebraska was sold out of state. Electricity exports increased 22.2 percent to 6,781 million kilowatthours in 2010 from 5,550 million kilowatthours in 2009.

Nebraska's Electricity Exports
1990 – 2010

[Million Kilowatthours (kWh)]

Year Net Generation Retail Sales Exports Exports as a
Percent of
Net Generation
1990 21,633 17,868 3,765 17.4%
1991 23,000 18,605 4,395 19.1%
1992 22,387 17,784 4,603 20.6%
1993 22,724 18,749 3,975 17.5%
1994 21,946 19,873 2,073 9.4%
1995 25,279 20,892 4,387 17.4%
1996 27,323 21,497 5,826 21.3%
1997 28,388 22,582 5,806 20.5%
1998 28,720 23,145 5,575 19.4%
1999 29,981 22,810 7,171 23.9%
2000 29,046 24,349 4,697 16.2%
2001 30,412 24,723 5,689 18.7%
2002 31,550 25,661 5,889 18.7%
2003 30,368 25,857 4,511 14.9%
2004 31,944 25,876 6,068 19.0%
2005 31,392 26,976 4,416 14.1%
2006 31,599 27,276 4,323 13.7%
2007 32,403 28,248 4,155 12.8%
2008 32,374 28,811 3,563 11.0%
2009 34,002 28,452 5,550 16.3%
2010 36,630 29,849 6,781 18.5%

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

This table was updated on January 3, 2012. Typically, there is one year between updates.