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Electricity Providers and Their Consumers
in Nebraska

2004

In 2004, the state had 942,291 electricity consumers supplied by 162 companies.  Over 80 percent of Nebraska's customers were residential, 15 percent were commercial, and four percent were industrial.  The transportation category \ had no customers.  Beginning with the 2003 data, the transportation category replaced the "other" category for the sales of power to electrified rail and urban transit systems whose primary propulsive energy source was electricity.

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Nebraska's Electricity Consumer Count
by Company and by Sector

2004
Company Ownership Consumers
Commercial Industrial Residential Transportation1 Total
State of Nebraska 145,319 33,592 763,380 0 942,291
Alliance, City of Municipal2 1,002 11 4,136 0 5,149
Ansley, City of Municipal2 72 0 271 0 343
Arapahoe, City of Municipal2 192 0 496 0 688
Arnold, Village of Municipal2 160 0 360 0 520
Auburn Board of Public Works Municipal2 650 12 2,215 0 2,877
Bartley, Village of Municipal2 12 0 177 0 189
Battle Creek, City of Municipal2 84 2 481 0 567
Bayard, City of Municipal2 113 6 527 0 646
Beatrice, City of Municipal2 1,271 147 5,899 0 7,317
Beaver City, City of Municipal2 31 0 350 0 381
Benkelman, City of Municipal2 157 1 522 0 680
Blue Hill, City of Municipal2 95 2 351 0 448
Bradshaw, Village of Municipal2 24 7 155 0 186
Brainard, Village of Municipal2 0 0 221 0 221
Bridgeport Utilities, City of Municipal2 188 0 723 0 911
Broken Bow, City of Municipal2 446 3 1,804 0 2,253
Burt County Public Power District Political Subdivision3 176 514 3,366 0 4,056
Burwell, City of Municipal2 145 5 581 0 731
Butler County Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 564 844 4,772 0 6,180
Callaway, Village of Municipal2 50 0 325 0 375
Cambridge, City of Municipal2 125 0 501 0 626
Campbell, Village of Municipal2 70 2 177 0 249
Cedar-Knox Public Power District Political Subdivision3 557 642 5,419 0 6,618
Central City, City of Municipal2 251 11 1,378 0 1,640
Chappell, City of Municipal2 124 0 553 0 677
Cherry-Todd Electric Coop, Inc. Cooperative4 532 0 332 0 864
Chester, Village of Municipal2 63 0 150 0 213
Chimney Rock Public Power District Political Subdivision3 271 643 1,867 0 2,781
Clarkson, City of Municipal2 102 0 325 0 427
Cornhusker Public Power District Political Subdivision3 341 1,785 6,641 0 8,767
Cozad, Board of Public Works Municipal2 315 3 1,782 0 2,100
Crete, City of Municipal2 372 3 2,268 0 2,643
Cuming County Public Power District Political Subdivision3 606 1 3,319 0 3,926
Curtis, City of Municipal2 178 13 513 0 704
Custer Public Power District Political Subdivision3 4,927 0 4,384 0 9,311
Davenport, Village of Municipal2 43 0 170 0 213
David City, City of Municipal2 214 32 1,161 0 1,407
Dawson County Public Power District Political Subdivision3 1,392 5,049 15,055 0 21,496
Decatur, Village of Municipal2 63 0 317 0 380
Deshler, City of Municipal2 88 0 382 0 470
De Witt, Village of Municipal2 33 1 273 0 307
Dorchester, Village of Municipal2 34 0 250 0 284
Edgar, City of Municipal2 81 9 237 0 327
Elk Creek, Village of Municipal2 16 0 62 0 78
Elkhorn Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 570 3 8,158 0 8,731
Emerson, City of Municipal2 71 0 347 0 418
Endicott, Village of Municipal2 9 0 82 0 91
Fairbury, City of Municipal2 537 18 2,771 0 3,326
Fairmont, Village of Municipal2 87 0 281 0 368
Falls City, City of Municipal2 539 16 2,198 0 2,753
Franklin, City of Municipal2 162 0 553 0 715
Fremont, City of Municipal2 1,916 461 11,861 0 14,238
Friend, City of Municipal2 145 0 511 0 656
Gering, City of Municipal2 426 39 3,311 0 3,776
Giltner, City of Municipal2 38 5 169 0 212
Gothenburg, City of Municipal2 338 14 1,468 0 1,820
Grand Island, City of Municipal2 3,960 79 19,178 0 23,217
Grant, City of Municipal2 183 8 604 0 795
Greenwood, Village of Municipal2 35 0 255 0 290
Hampton, Village of Municipal2 60 0 201 0 261
Hastings, City of Municipal2 2,175 74 10,378 0 12,627
Hebron, City of Municipal2 222 0 777 0 999
Hemingford, Village of Municipal2 175 1 388 0 564
Hickman, City of Municipal2 47 1 479 0 527
High West Energy, Inc. Cooperative4 627 572 1,698 0 2,897
Highline Electric Association Cooperative4 137 1,081 755 0 1,973
Hildreth, Village of Municipal2 0 0 245 0 245
Holbrook, Village of Municipal2 0 0 160 0 160
Holdrege, City of Municipal2 437 1 2,517 0 2,955
Howard Greeley Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 552 687 3,464 0 4,703
Hubbell, City of Municipal2 22 1 34 0 57
Imperial, City of Municipal2 332 25 1,025 0 1,302
Indianola, City of Municipal2 30 0 324 0 354
KBR Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 597 323 3,110 0 4,030
Kimball, City of Municipal2 377 13 1,238 0 1,628
LaCreek Electric Association, Inc. Cooperative4 17 33 155 0 205
Laurel, City of Municipal2 142 0 463 0 605
Leigh, Village of Municipal2 0 0 299 0 299
Lexington, City of Municipal2 757 2 3,310 0 4,069
Lincoln Electric System Municipal2 15,639 213 104,675 0 120,527
Lodgepole, City of Municipal2 59 0 186 0 245
Loup River Public Power District Political Subdivision3 3,605 36 14,042 0 17,683
Loup Valleys Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 468 2,038 2,392 0 4,898
Lyman, Village of Municipal2 50 17 197 0 264
Lyons, City of Municipal2 112 0 445 0 557
Madison, City of Municipal2 171 2 824 0 997
McCook Public Power District Political Subdivision3 1,147 2 3,460 0 4,609
Midwest Electric Member Corp. Cooperative4 1,065 1,480 3,113 0 5,658
Minden, City of Municipal2 284 0 1,271 0 1,555
Mitchell, City of Municipal2 152 1 760 0 913
Morrill, Village of Municipal2 173 120 825 0 1,118
Mullen, Village of Municipal2 66 0 300 0 366
Nebraska City, City of Municipal2 859 25 4,640 0 5,524
Nebraska Public Power District Political Subdivision3 17,194 730 68,315 0 86,239
Neligh, City of Municipal2 300 0 750 0 1,050
Nelson, City of Municipal2 77 0 280 0 357
Niobrara Electric Association, Inc. Cooperative4 351 0 484 0 835
Niobrara Valley El Member Corp. Cooperative4 0 964 4,482 0 5,446
Norris Public Power District Political Subdivision3 3,270 1,160 13,055 0 17,485
North Central Public Power District Political Subdivision3 1,427 0 3,586 0 5,013
North Platte, City of Municipal2 1,622 0 10,689 0 12,311
Northeast Nebraska Public Power District Political Subdivision3 660 34 7,229 0 7,923
Northwest Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 1,015 543 1,569 0 3,127
Omaha Public Power District Political Subdivision3 39,834 135 275,854 0 315,823
Ord, City of Municipal2 256 0 1,114 0 1,370
Oxford, Village of Municipal2 113 0 404 0 517
Panama, Village of Municipal2 0 0 106 0 106
Panhandle Rural El Member Association Cooperative4 1,838 0 1,821 0 3,659
Pender, City of Municipal2 160 0 520 0 680
Perennial Public Power District Political Subdivision3 765 1,802 4,573 0 7,140
Pierce, City of Municipal2 173 12 959 0 1,144
Plainview, City of Municipal2 180 1 671 0 852
Polk, Village of Municipal2 49 2 203 0 254
Polk County Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 492 1 2,884 0 3,377
Prague, Village of Municipal2 19 0 165 0 184
Randolph, City of Municipal2 126 3 460 0 589
Red Cloud, City of Municipal2 147 8 675 0 830
Reynolds, Village of Municipal2 8 0 58 0 66
Roosevelt Public Power District Political Subdivision3 536 452 1,874 0 2,862
St. Paul, City of Municipal2 253 14 1,000 0 1,267
Sargent, City of Municipal2 110 0 350 0 460
Schuyler, City of Municipal2 416 20 2,085 0 2,521
Scribner, City of Municipal2 110 1 431 0 542
Seward, City of Municipal2 300 4 2,637 0 2,941
Seward County Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 1,456 2 3,142 0 4,600
Shickley, Village of Municipal2 65 0 190 0 255
Sidney, City of Municipal2 687 49 3,339 0 4,075
Snyder, City of Municipal2 44 4 154 0 202
South Central Public Power District Political Subdivision3 3,416 7 3,770 0 7,193
South Sioux City, City of Municipal2 744 0 4,655 0 5,399
Southern Public Power District Political Subdivision3 2,131 8,389 14,824 0 25,344
Southwest Public Power District Political Subdivision3 3,431 13 2,279 0 5,723
Spalding, Village of Municipal2 122 0 364 0 486
Spencer, City of Municipal2 66 0 272 0 338
Stanton County Public Power District Political Subdivision3 497 1 2,198 0 2,696
Stratton, City of Municipal2 82 0 215 0 297
Stromsburg, City of Municipal2 153 8 501 0 662
Stuart, City of Municipal2 104 0 295 0 399
Superior, City of Municipal2 266 11 1,094 0 1,371
Sutton, City of Municipal2 164 0 697 0 861
Syracuse, City of Municipal2 193 14 992 0 1,199
Talmage, Village of Municipal2 27 0 118 0 145
Tecumseh, City of Municipal2 210 4 851 0 1,065
Trenton, City of Municipal2 99 0 337 0 436
Twin Valleys Public Power District Political Subdivision3 906 811 4,163 0 5,880
Valentine, City of Municipal2 356 0 1,377 0 1,733
Wahoo, City of Municipal2 365 83 1,752 0 2,200
Wakefield, City of Municipal2 50 1 550 0 601
Walthill, Village of Municipal2 68 0 271 0 339
Wauneta, Village of Municipal2 114 19 326 0 459
Wayne, City of Municipal2 351 42 1,941 0 2,334
West Point, City of Municipal2 299 73 1,485 0 1,857
Western Area Power Administration Federal6 16 0 0 0 16
Wheat Belt Public Power District Political Subdivision3 400 959 3,401 0 4,760
Wilber, City of Municipal2 142 5 810 0 957
Wilcox, Village of Municipal2 31 0 181 0 212
Winside, Village of Municipal2 0 0 271 0 271
Wisner, City of Municipal2 162 2 626 0 790
Wood River, City of Municipal2 132 0 446 0 578
Wymore, City of Municipal2 135 0 775 0 910
Wyrulec Company Cooperative4 232 0 290 0 522
Y-W Electric Association, Inc. Cooperative4 0 70 0 0 70

Sources: EIA-861 Database.  Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes: NA = Not Applicable. Organizations, groups, companies, or individuals in our links pages are for information only and are not an endorsement by the State of Nebraska or the Nebraska Energy Office and its management or staff.

1 Beginning with the 2003 data, the Transportation Sector replaces the Other Sector for the sales of power to electrified rail and urban transit systems whose primary propulsive energy source is electricity.

2 Municipals could be described as cities, towns, and villages, which purchase or generate electric power primarily for distribution and resale to the citizens within their municipal borders.  They are generally regulated by elected city councils.

3 A political subdivision is similar to counties, utility districts, or irrigation districts.

4 A cooperative electric utility is an electric utility legally established to be owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its service.  The utility company will generate, transmit, and/or distribute supplies of electric energy to a specified area not being serviced by another utility.  Such ventures are generally exempt from federal income tax laws.  Most electric cooperatives have been initially financed by the Rural Utilities Service (prior Rural Electrification Administration), U.S. Department of Agriculture.

5 State ownership refers to statewide organizations whose scope is larger than county level.

6 Federal utilities are federal government agencies whose primary function is the production and sale of electricity, either wholesale or retail.  They include utilities under the supervision of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.

This table was updated on March 2, 2006.

Typically, there is one year between updates.