Average Cost of Electricity for Irrigation by
Member System of the
Nebraska Rural Electric Association
Nebraska, 1980-2004

Table 1 of 4
[Cents per Kilowatthour (kWh)]

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

Table 2 of 4
[Cents per Kilowatthour (kWh)]

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

Table 3 of 4
[Cents per Kilowatthour (kWh)]

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

Table 4 of 4
[Cents per Kilowatthour (kWh)]

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 survey was conducted annually up to 1994 and is now conducted every two years.  The average columns contain the average of all the systems.

This table was updated on November 29, 2005.  Typically, there are two years between updates.

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