In 2005, Nebraskans paid an average of seven cents per kilowatthour for electricity. The
industrial,
commercial, and
residential sectors each paid an average
rate of seven cents per kilowatthour. The transportation category had no customers and therefore
no rate. 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.
The state's electricity was supplied by 162 companies whose average 2005 rates ranged from the Western
Area Power Administration's 1.58 cents to the City of Beaver City's 11.19 cents per kilowatthour.
Residential rates ranged from the City of Crete's 4.73 cents to the Village of Lyman's 13.02 cents per
kilowatthour. Commercial rates ranged from the Western Area Power Administration's 1.58 cents to
the City of Hubbell's 13.38 cents per kilowatthour. Industrial rates ranged from the Omaha Public
Power District's 3.46 cents to the City of Randolph's 13.56 cents per kilowatthour.
An archive is available.
Sources: EIA-861 Database. Energy Information Administration,
Washington, DC. Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.
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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 December 13, 2006.
Typically, there is one year between updates.
