Average Cost of Electricity for Irrigation by
Member System of the
Nebraska Rural Electric Association
Nebraska, 1980 – 2004
The "Irrigation Survey" conducted by the Nebraska Rural Electric Association every two years is now an internal document for their members only. The tables below are the numbers from the years that the survey was released to the public. Since the data no longer available, there will be no further updates.
| Year | Burt | Butler | Cedar- Knox |
Cherry- Todd |
Chimney Rock |
Cornhusker | Cuming | Custer | Dawson | Annual Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | $0.0650 | $0.0570 | NA | $0.0420 | $0.0500 | $0.0620 | $0.0630 | $0.0470 | $0.0590 | $0.0546 |
| 1981 | $0.0800 | $0.0720 | NA | $0.0440 | $0.0590 | $0.0930 | $0.0910 | $0.0710 | $0.0920 | $0.0734 |
| 1982 | $0.2810 | $0.1550 | NA | $0.0550 | $0.0810 | $0.1670 | $0.2840 | $0.0740 | $0.0910 | $0.1112 |
| 1983 | $0.1070 | $0.0850 | NA | $0.0650 | $0.0730 | $0.1040 | $0.1200 | $0.0770 | $0.0800 | $0.0846 |
| 1984 | $0.1140 | $0.0900 | NA | $0.0600 | $0.0780 | $0.0960 | $0.1070 | $0.0700 | $0.0790 | $0.0820 |
| 1985 | $0.1080 | $0.1210 | NA | $0.0430 | $0.0630 | $0.1040 | $0.1130 | $0.0740 | $0.0870 | $0.0836 |
| 1986 | $0.1560 | $0.1460 | NA | $0.0540 | $0.0690 | $0.1360 | $0.1510 | $0.0710 | $0.0770 | $0.0963 |
| 1987 | $0.1250 | $0.0850 | NA | $0.0730 | $0.0760 | $0.0840 | $0.1040 | $0.0740 | $0.0830 | $0.0865 |
| 1988 | $0.0800 | $0.0810 | NA | $0.0660 | $0.0610 | $0.0720 | $0.0840 | $0.0670 | $0.0770 | $0.0761 |
| 1989 | $0.0770 | $0.0810 | NA | $0.0610 | $0.0680 | $0.0720 | $0.0820 | $0.0650 | $0.0860 | $0.0754 |
| 1990 | $0.1030 | $0.0910 | $0.0670 | $0.0670 | $0.0750 | $0.0820 | $0.1080 | $0.0640 | $0.0750 | $0.0814 |
| 1991 | $0.0820 | $0.0890 | $0.0670 | $0.0650 | $0.0730 | $0.0680 | $0.0790 | $0.0660 | $0.0720 | $0.0762 |
| 1992 | $0.1490 | $0.4740 | $0.1760 | $0.0710 | $0.0730 | $0.2650 | $0.1340 | $0.0740 | $0.0930 | $0.1349 |
| 1993 | $0.4760 | $0.1910 | $0.3900 | $0.0720 | $0.0790 | $0.1750 | $0.1900 | $0.1530 | $0.2160 | $0.1785 |
| 1994 | $0.1210 | $0.1542 | $0.0840 | $0.0680 | $0.0720 | $0.1346 | $0.1230 | $0.0720 | $0.1009 | $0.0943 |
| 1996 | $0.1430 | $0.1545 | $0.0790 | $0.0620 | $0.0750 | $0.0866 | $0.1037 | $0.0766 | $0.1045 | $0.0936 |
| 1998 | $0.1700 | $0.1135 | $0.0860 | $0.0680 | $0.0720 | $0.0838 | $0.1100 | $0.0713 | $0.0876 | $0.0882 |
| 2000 | $0.0900 | $0.0990 | $0.0950 | $0.0630 | $0.0660 | $0.0623 | $0.0630 | $0.0638 | $0.0717 | $0.0760 |
| 2002 | $0.1000 | $0.0920 | $0.0800 | $0.0580 | $0.0700 | $0.0621 | $0.0710 | $0.0663 | $0.0727 | $0.0744 |
| 2004 | $0.1400 | $0.1050 | $0.0800 | $0.0600 | $0.0300 | $0.0780 | $0.0878 | $0.0716 | $0.0797 | $0.0851 |
| Year | Elkhorn | Franklin | High West Energy |
Highline Electric Assn. |
Howard Greeley |
KBR | Lacreek Electric |
Loup Valleys |
McCook | Midwest | Niobrara Electric |
Annual Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | $0.0560 | $0.0650 | NA | NA | $0.0590 | $0.0570 | NA | $0.0480 | $0.0560 | $0.0610 | $0.0400 | $0.0546 |
| 1981 | $0.0850 | $0.1280 | NA | NA | $0.0760 | $0.0670 | NA | $0.0710 | $0.0700 | $0.0760 | $0.0460 | $0.0734 |
| 1982 | $0.1110 | $0.1280 | NA | NA | $0.1080 | $0.0840 | NA | $0.0890 | $0.0800 | $0.0880 | $0.0570 | $0.1112 |
| 1983 | $0.0960 | $0.1100 | NA | NA | $0.0830 | $0.0970 | NA | $0.0780 | $0.0750 | $0.0830 | $0.0530 | $0.0846 |
| 1984 | $0.0930 | $0.0860 | NA | NA | $0.0830 | $0.0840 | NA | $0.0750 | $0.0770 | $0.0870 | $0.0560 | $0.0820 |
| 1985 | $0.0950 | $0.0990 | NA | NA | $0.1010 | $0.0800 | NA | $0.0880 | $0.0770 | $0.0790 | $0.0600 | $0.0836 |
| 1986 | $0.1040 | $0.1020 | NA | NA | $0.1180 | $0.0970 | NA | $0.0900 | $0.0750 | $0.0950 | $0.0750 | $0.0963 |
| 1987 | $0.0880 | $0.1180 | NA | NA | $0.0880 | $0.0830 | NA | $0.0830 | $0.0760 | $0.0970 | $0.0680 | $0.0865 |
| 1988 | $0.0800 | $0.1000 | NA | NA | $0.0840 | $0.0860 | NA | $0.0740 | $0.0770 | $0.0880 | $0.0600 | $0.0761 |
| 1989 | $0.0790 | $0.1110 | NA | NA | $0.0820 | $0.0770 | NA | $0.0770 | $0.0780 | $0.0900 | $0.0540 | $0.0754 |
| 1990 | $0.0870 | NA | NA | NA | $0.0860 | $0.0780 | NA | $0.0750 | $0.0740 | $0.0870 | $0.0580 | $0.0814 |
| 1991 | $0.0780 | NA | NA | NA | $0.0760 | $0.0770 | NA | $0.0690 | $0.0760 | $0.0880 | $0.0640 | $0.0762 |
| 1992 | $0.1490 | NA | NA | NA | $0.1890 | $0.0920 | NA | $0.1150 | $0.1000 | $0.1020 | $0.0600 | $0.1349 |
| 1993 | $0.1600 | NA | NA | NA | $0.2050 | $0.1020 | NA | $0.1940 | $0.1470 | $0.1170 | $0.0660 | $0.1785 |
| 1994 | $0.1081 | NA | NA | NA | $0.1460 | $0.0967 | NA | $0.0950 | $0.0849 | $0.0900 | $0.0558 | $0.0943 |
| 1996 | $0.0892 | NA | NA | NA | $0.1060 | $0.0909 | NA | $0.0890 | $0.1123 | $0.1000 | $0.0572 | $0.0936 |
| 1998 | $0.0940 | NA | NA | NA | $0.1050 | $0.0917 | NA | $0.0820 | $0.0892 | $0.0830 | $0.0426 | $0.0882 |
| 2000 | $0.0766 | NA | $0.0624 | NA | $0.0749 | $0.0900 | NA | $0.0704 | $0.0792 | $0.0740 | $0.0488 | $0.0760 |
| 2002 | $0.0777 | NA | $0.0662 | $0.0690 | $0.0730 | $0.0940 | $0.0527 | $0.0675 | $0.0797 | $0.0798 | $0.0478 | $0.0744 |
| 2004 | $0.0860 | NA | $0.0777 | $0.0797 | $0.0850 | $0.1002 | $0.0538 | $0.0727 | $0.0811 | $0.0917 | $0.0560 | $0.0851 |
| Year | Niobrara Valley |
Norris | North Central |
Northeast Nebraska |
Northwest | Panhandle | Perennial | Polk | Roosevelt | Annual Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | $0.0540 | NA | $0.0490 | $0.0540 | $0.0590 | $0.0240 | NA | $0.0610 | $0.0400 | $0.0546 |
| 1981 | $0.0640 | NA | $0.0640 | $0.0640 | NA | $0.0580 | NA | $0.0830 | $0.0500 | $0.0734 |
| 1982 | $0.0780 | NA | $0.0740 | $0.1240 | $0.0950 | $0.0720 | NA | $0.2390 | $0.0600 | $0.1112 |
| 1983 | $0.0790 | NA | $0.0720 | $0.0720 | $0.1020 | $0.0680 | NA | $0.1000 | $0.0640 | $0.0846 |
| 1984 | $0.0780 | NA | $0.0700 | $0.0850 | $0.0880 | $0.0800 | NA | $0.1010 | $0.0680 | $0.0820 |
| 1985 | $0.0740 | NA | $0.0700 | $0.0750 | $0.0680 | $0.0540 | NA | $0.1430 | $0.0760 | $0.0836 |
| 1986 | $0.0820 | NA | $0.0720 | $0.0980 | $0.1060 | $0.0730 | NA | $0.1270 | $0.0850 | $0.0963 |
| 1987 | $0.0730 | NA | $0.0700 | $0.0760 | $0.0840 | $0.0750 | NA | $0.0930 | $0.0910 | $0.0865 |
| 1988 | $0.0680 | NA | $0.0650 | $0.0590 | $0.0830 | $0.0700 | NA | $0.0740 | $0.0790 | $0.0761 |
| 1989 | $0.0710 | NA | $0.0620 | $0.0620 | $0.0720 | $0.0620 | NA | $0.0740 | $0.0750 | $0.0754 |
| 1990 | $0.0730 | NA | $0.0760 | $0.0800 | $0.0800 | $0.0830 | NA | $0.0910 | $0.0820 | $0.0814 |
| 1991 | $0.0680 | NA | $0.0680 | $0.0710 | $0.0850 | $0.0910 | NA | $0.0800 | $0.0780 | $0.0762 |
| 1992 | $0.0880 | NA | $0.1020 | $0.2140 | $0.0950 | $0.0890 | NA | $0.3450 | $0.0820 | $0.1349 |
| 1993 | $0.0940 | NA | $0.1210 | $0.5930 | $0.1010 | $0.0990 | NA | $0.1900 | $0.0900 | $0.1785 |
| 1994 | $0.0816 | NA | $0.0884 | $0.1010 | $0.0799 | $0.0423 | NA | $0.1159 | $0.0774 | $0.0943 |
| 1996 | $0.0717 | NA | $0.0556 | $0.1070 | $0.0951 | $0.0939 | NA | $0.1034 | $0.0773 | $0.0936 |
| 1998 | $0.0770 | $0.1270 | $0.0700 | $0.0894 | $0.0955 | $0.0410 | NA | $0.0960 | $0.0705 | $0.0882 |
| 2000 | $0.0670 | $0.0908 | $0.0642 | $0.0597 | $0.0850 | $0.0870 | $0.0829 | $0.0820 | $0.0643 | $0.0760 |
| 2002 | $0.0700 | $0.0909 | $0.0677 | $0.0476 | $0.0796 | $0.0756 | $0.0791 | $0.0860 | $0.0612 | $0.0744 |
| 2004 | $0.0780 | $0.1136 | $0.0775 | $0.0740 | $0.0900 | $0.0862 | $0.0990 | $0.0950 | $0.0702 | $0.0851 |
| Year | Rural Electric |
Seward | South Central |
Southern | Southwest | Stanton | Twin Valleys |
Wheat Belt |
Wyrulec | York | Annual Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | $0.0420 | $0.0640 | $0.0540 | $0.0670 | $0.0640 | $0.0590 | $0.0630 | $0.0510 | $0.0470 | $0.0620 | $0.0546 |
| 1981 | $0.0500 | $0.0850 | $0.0730 | $0.0920 | $0.0750 | $0.0870 | $0.0900 | $0.0660 | $0.0570 | $0.0690 | $0.0734 |
| 1982 | $0.0600 | $0.1180 | $0.0900 | $0.1210 | $0.1060 | $0.1710 | $0.0880 | $0.0870 | $0.0720 | $0.0800 | $0.1112 |
| 1983 | $0.0780 | $0.0840 | $0.0780 | $0.0870 | $0.0870 | $0.1090 | $0.0800 | $0.0830 | $0.0590 | $0.1050 | $0.0846 |
| 1984 | $0.0720 | $0.0970 | $0.0770 | NA | $0.0820 | $0.0960 | $0.0780 | $0.0690 | $0.0680 | $0.0800 | $0.0820 |
| 1985 | $0.0590 | $0.1060 | $0.0810 | NA | $0.0790 | $0.0980 | $0.0890 | $0.0670 | $0.0600 | $0.0840 | $0.0836 |
| 1986 | $0.0640 | $0.1310 | $0.0880 | NA | $0.0820 | $0.1320 | $0.0840 | $0.0780 | $0.0690 | $0.0940 | $0.0963 |
| 1987 | $0.0740 | $0.1050 | $0.0860 | NA | $0.0850 | $0.0880 | $0.0960 | $0.0940 | $0.0720 | $0.1020 | $0.0865 |
| 1988 | $0.0680 | $0.0870 | $0.0670 | NA | $0.0820 | $0.0800 | $0.0920 | $0.0740 | $0.0610 | $0.0890 | $0.0761 |
| 1989 | $0.0610 | $0.0860 | $0.0830 | NA | $0.0920 | $0.0810 | $0.0820 | $0.0700 | $0.0650 | $0.0740 | $0.0754 |
| 1990 | $0.0700 | $0.1060 | $0.0900 | NA | $0.0810 | $0.1070 | $0.0840 | $0.0750 | $0.0680 | $0.0810 | $0.0814 |
| 1991 | $0.0690 | $0.0810 | $0.0720 | NA | $0.0880 | $0.0800 | $0.0780 | $0.0760 | $0.0760 | $0.0880 | $0.0762 |
| 1992 | $0.0700 | $0.1750 | $0.1110 | NA | $0.1080 | $0.1820 | $0.0970 | $0.0870 | $0.0830 | $0.0740 | $0.1349 |
| 1993 | $0.0700 | $0.1280 | $0.2870 | NA | $0.1330 | $0.1890 | $0.2600 | $0.0880 | $0.0810 | $0.2540 | $0.1785 |
| 1994 | $0.0655 | $0.1070 | $0.0939 | NA | $0.0850 | $0.1400 | $0.0920 | $0.0740 | $0.0720 | $0.0964 | $0.0943 |
| 1996 | $0.0676 | $0.0930 | $0.0972 | NA | $0.1000 | $0.1100 | $0.1340 | $0.0798 | $0.0760 | $0.1031 | $0.0936 |
| 1998 | $0.0678 | $0.0900 | $0.0970 | NA | $0.0820 | $0.1123 | $0.0917 | $0.0760 | $0.0761 | $0.1004 | $0.0882 |
| 2000 | NA | $0.1110 | $0.0740 | NA | $0.0720 | $0.0850 | $0.0930 | $0.0680 | $0.0722 | NA | $0.0760 |
| 2002 | NA | $0.0890 | $0.0720 | NA | $0.0780 | $0.0940 | $0.0910 | $0.0670 | $0.0749 | NA | $0.0744 |
| 2004 | NA | $0.1120 | $0.0874 | NA | $0.0873 | $0.1170 | $0.0990 | $0.0808 | $0.0970 | NA | $0.0851 |
Source: Irrigation Survey. Nebraska Rural Electric Association, Lincoln, NE.
Notes: NA indicates the system was not included in the survey. The average columns contain the average of all the systems. The survey was conducted annually from 1980 to 1994. From 1995 to 2004, the survey was conducted every two years. After 2004, the survey was released only to members of the Nebraska Rural Electric Association.
This table was completed on November 29, 2005.