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Electricity Providers and Their Consumers
in Nebraska

2009

In 2009, the state had 995,075 electricity consumers supplied by 160 companies.  Eighty (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

2009

Company Ownership Consumers
Commercial Industrial Residential Transportation1 Total
State of Nebraska 154,061 41,391 799,623 0 995,075
Alliance, City of Municipal2 932 11 4,132 0 5,075
Ansley, City of Municipal2 71 0 258 0 329
Arapahoe, City of Municipal2 189 0 495 0 684
Arnold, Village of Municipal2 164 0 337 0 501
Auburn Board of Public Works Municipal2 757 3 2,086 0 2,846
Bartley, Village of Municipal2 11 0 178 0 189
Battle Creek, City of Municipal2 85 2 485 0 572
Bayard, City of Municipal2 105 6 526 0 637
Beatrice, City of Municipal2 1,314 140 5,874 0 7,328
Beaver City, City of Municipal2 35 0 355 0 390
Benkelman, City of Municipal2 171 0 511 0 682
Blue Hill, City of Municipal2 111 4 336 0 451
Bradshaw, Village of Municipal2 28 3 148 0 179
Brainard, Village of Municipal2 0 0 220 0 220
Bridgeport Utilities, City of Municipal2 174 4 705 0 883
Broken Bow, City of Municipal2 585 7 1,743 0 2,335
Burt County Public Power District Political Subdivision3 126 629 3,393 0 4,148
Burwell, City of Municipal2 141 5 565 0 711
Butler County Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 589 787 4,798 0 6,174
Callaway, Village of Municipal2 50 0 335 0 385
Cambridge, City of Municipal2 130 1 480 0 611
Campbell, Village of Municipal2 70 1 171 0 242
Cedar-Knox Public Power District Political Subdivision3 729 895 5,374 0 6,998
Central City, City of Municipal2 284 12 1,343 0 1,639
Chappell, City of Municipal2 215 0 500 0 715
Cherry-Todd Electric Coop, Inc. Cooperative4 635 0 345 0 980
Chester, Village of Municipal2 63 0 141 0 204
Chimney Rock Public Power District Political Subdivision3 282 763 1,895 0 2,940
Cornhusker Public Power District Political Subdivision3 401 2,114 6,802 0 9,317
Cozad Board of Public Works Municipal2 322 2 1,751 0 2,075
Crete, City of Municipal2 670 3 2,398 0 3,071
Cuming County Public Power District Political Subdivision3 747 310 2,846 0 3,903
Curtis, City of Municipal2 178 12 515 0 705
Custer Public Power District Political Subdivision3 5,447 0 4,461 0 9,908
Davenport, Village of Municipal2 35 0 167 0 202
David City, City of Municipal2 207 33 1,194 0 1,434
Dawson County Public Power District Political Subdivision3 1,475 5,538 15,377 0 22,390
Decatur, Village of Municipal2 61 0 305 0 366
Deshler, City of Municipal2 84 0 371 0 455
De Witt, Village of Municipal2 35 1 246 0 282
Dorchester, Village of Municipal2 30 0 301 0 331
Edgar, City of Municipal2 87 14 234 0 335
Elk Creek, Village of Municipal2 14 0 47 0 61
Elkhorn Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 628 6 8,413 0 9,047
Emerson, City of Municipal2 65 0 341 0 406
Endicott, Village of Municipal2 8 0 80 0 88
Fairbury, City of Municipal2 528 22 2,722 0 3,272
Fairmont, Village of Municipal2 87 0 277 0 364
Falls City, City of Municipal2 542 9 2,165 0 2,716
Franklin, City of Municipal2 155 7 552 0 714
Fremont, City of Municipal2 1,573 471 12,077 0 14,121
Friend, City of Municipal2 142 0 500 0 642
Gering, City of Municipal2 456 32 3,433 0 3,921
Giltner, City of Municipal2 32 7 184 0 223
Gothenburg, City of Municipal2 349 14 1,471 0 1,834
Grand Island, City of Municipal2 4,232 84 19,991 0 24,307
Grant, City of Municipal2 183 14 600 0 797
Greenwood, Village of Municipal2 28 0 270 0 298
Hampton, Village of Municipal2 65 0 199 0 264
Hastings, City of Municipal2 2,174 99 10,654 0 12,927
Hebron, City of Municipal2 222 0 746 0 968
Hemingford, Village of Municipal2 194 7 364 0 565
Hickman, City of Municipal2 46 2 600 0 648
High West Energy, Inc. Cooperative4 61 1,174 1,728 0 2,963
Highline Electric Association Cooperative4 157 1,061 744 0 1,962
Hildreth, Village of Municipal2 0 0 245 0 245
Holbrook, Village of Municipal2 0 0 157 0 157
Holdrege, City of Municipal2 587 2 2,485 0 3,074
Howard Greeley Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 566 949 3,562 0 5,077
Hubbell, City of Municipal2 12 1 42 0 55
Imperial, City of Municipal2 339 20 1,036 0 1,395
Indianola, City of Municipal2 35 0 358 0 393
KBR Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 626 581 3,299 0 4,506
Kimball, City of Municipal2 366 11 1,239 0 1,616
LaCreek Electric Association, Inc. Cooperative4 16 45 161 0 222
Laurel, City of Municipal2 141 0 514 0 655
Leigh, Village of Municipal2 0 0 302 0 302
Lexington, City of Municipal2 768 3 3,342 0 4,113
Lincoln Electric System Municipal2 16,664 206 111,969 0 128,839
Lodgepole, City of Municipal2 55 0 187 0 242
Loup River Public Power District Political Subdivision3 3,897 44 14,625 0 18,566
Loup Valleys Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 470 2,505 2,351 0 5,326
Lyman, Village of Municipal2 58 20 198 0 276
Lyons, City of Municipal2 117 0 437 0 554
Madison, City of Municipal2 171 2 812 0 985
McCook Public Power District Political Subdivision3 317 791 3,596 0 4,704
Midwest Electric Member Corp. Cooperative4 1,147 1,848 3,134 0 6,129
Minden, City of Municipal2 246 0 1,290 0 1,536
Mitchell, City of Municipal2 189 0 773 0 962
Morrill, Village of Municipal2 183 124 805 0 1,112
Mullen, Village of Municipal2 76 0 312 0 388
Nebraska City, City of Municipal2 864 29 4,705 0 5,598
Nebraska Public Power District Political Subdivision3 17,640 782 69,247 0 87,669
Neligh, City of Municipal2 248 0 918 0 1,166
Nelson, City of Municipal2 80 0 265 0 345
Niobrara Electric Association, Inc. Cooperative4 317 43 520 0 880
Niobrara Valley El Member Corp. Cooperative4 0 1,097 4,671 0 5,768
Norris Public Power District Political Subdivision3 3,510 1,484 13,002 0 17,996
North Central Public Power District Political Subdivision3 1,622 0 3,598 0 5,220
North Platte, City of Municipal2 2,232 0 12,235 0 14,467
Northeast Nebraska Public Power District Political Subdivision3 866 558 6,858 0 8,282
Northwest Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 1,220 598 1,386 0 3,204
Omaha Public Power District Political Subdivision3 43,134 151 299,813 0 343,098
Ord, City of Municipal2 305 0 1,135 0 1,440
Oxford, Village of Municipal2 76 0 383 0 459
Panhandle Rural Electric Membership Association Cooperative4 1,911 0 1,793 0 3,704
Pender, City of Municipal2 168 0 509 0 677
Perennial Public Power District Political Subdivision3 902 1,995 4,433 0 7,330
Pierce, City of Municipal2 238 36 1,031 0 1,305
Plainview, City of Municipal2 164 1 760 0 925
Polk, Village of Municipal2 50 1 203 0 254
Polk County Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 518 1,160 2,876 0 4,554
Prague, Village of Municipal2 16 0 167 0 183
Randolph, City of Municipal2 131 4 453 0 588
Red Cloud, City of Municipal2 133 2 587 0 722
Reynolds, Village of Municipal2 7 0 54 0 61
Roosevelt Public Power District Political Subdivision3 497 537 1,994 0 3,028
St. Paul, City of Municipal2 215 21 946 0 1,182
Sargent, City of Municipal2 134 8 332 0 474
Schuyler, City of Municipal2 343 126 2,100 0 2,569
Scribner, City of Municipal2 108 0 418 0 526
Seward, City of Municipal2 453 5 2,711 0 3,169
Seward County Rural Public Power District Political Subdivision3 1,570 1 3,152 0 4,723
Shickley, Village of Municipal2 60 0 165 0 225
Sidney, City of Municipal2 718 45 3,987 0 4,750
Snyder, City of Municipal2 44 8 150 0 202
South Central Public Power District Political Subdivision3 3,808 5 3,663 0 7,476
South Sioux City, City of Municipal2 778 0 4,651 0 5,429
Southern Public Power District Political Subdivision3 2,262 9,084 15,091 0 26,437
Southwest Public Power District Political Subdivision3 3,431 13 2,259 0 5,703
Spalding, Village of Municipal2 104 0 273 0 377
Spencer, City of Municipal2 67 0 262 0 329
Stanton County Public Power District Political Subdivision3 563 1 2,208 0 2,772
Stratton, City of Municipal2 83 0 213 0 296
Stromsburg, City of Municipal2 143 7 511 0 661
Stuart, City of Municipal2 103 0 321 0 424
Superior, City of Municipal2 271 10 1,068 0 1,349
Sutton, City of Municipal2 208 0 668 0 876
Syracuse, City of Municipal2 205 18 984 0 1,207
Talmage, Village of Municipal2 13 0 139 0 152
Tecumseh, City of Municipal2 211 4 821 0 1,036
Trenton, City of Municipal2 100 0 326 0 426
Twin Valleys Public Power District Political Subdivision3 972 948 4,121 0 6,041
Valentine, City of Municipal2 423 0 1,401 0 1,824
Wahoo, City of Municipal2 474 2 1,818 0 2,294
Wakefield, City of Municipal2 67 1 585 0 653
Walthill, Village of Municipal2 55 0 244 0 299
Wauneta, Village of Municipal2 107 5 329 0 441
Wayne, City of Municipal2 457 0 1,954 0 2,411
West Point, City of Municipal2 310 79 1,469 0 1,858
Western Area Power Administration Federal6 16 0 0 0 16
Wheat Belt Public Power District Political Subdivision3 643 981 3,264 0 4,888
Wilber, City of Municipal2 139 6 820 0 965
Wilcox, Village of Municipal2 31 0 188 0 219
Winside, Village of Municipal2 62 0 193 0 255
Wisner, City of Municipal2 146 2 567 0 715
Wood River, City of Municipal2 162 0 527 0 689
Wymore, City of Municipal2 135 0 777 0 912
Wyrulec Company Cooperative4 206 0 265 0 471
Y-W Electric Association, Inc. Cooperative4 0 72 0 0 72

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 December 28, 2010.

Typically, there is one year between updates.