In 2004, the residential sector paid an average of $9.06 per thousand cubic feet for natural gas, the commercial sector paid $7.60, the industrial sector paid $6.68, and the electric power sector paid $6.51.
The state's natural gas was supplied by twenty companies whose average 2004 residential rates ranged from Hastings Utilities' $5.68 to the City of Stromsburg's $12.02 per thousand cubic feet. Commercial rates ranged from Hastings Utilities' $5.17 to the City of Falls City's $11.35. Rates for natural gas used by electric utilities ranged from Hastings Utilities' $6.09 to the City of Wahoo's $9.58. Industrial rates ranged from the City of Wisner's $4.74 to the City of Stromsburg's $10.31.
Notes: An archive is available. Divide the price by ten (10) to obtain the price per hundred cubic feet (ccf) or the approximate price per therm.