Expenditures for electricity rose to $2,857.9 million in 2021, which was 2.2 percent more than the $2,797.0 million spent on electricity in 2020. The residential sector spent 39.5 percent of the total with the industrial sector spending 32.0 percent and the commercial sector spending 28.5 percent.
The expenditures are in nominal dollars to provide a better comparison.
| Year | End–Use Sectors | Annual
Total |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | Industrial | Residential | ||
| 2021 | $815.5 | $914.4 | $1,128.0 | $2,857.9 |
| 2020 | $808.0 | $853.7 | $1,135.3 | $2,797.0 |
| 2019 | $836.9 | $812.6 | $1,109.7 | $2,759.2 |
| 2018 | $843.3 | $834.0 | $1,114.4 | $2,791.7 |
| 2017 | $822.1 | $873.2 | $1,060.4 | $2,755.8 |
| 2016 | $818.9 | $857.7 | $1,055.6 | $2,732.2 |
| 2015 | $807.4 | $808.8 | $1,010.5 | $2,626.8 |
| 2014 | $831.3 | $797.1 | $1,043.0 | $2,671.4 |
| 2013 | $807.5 | $837.4 | $1,037.8 | $2,682.6 |
| 2012 | $773.9 | $834.9 | $972.3 | $2,581.1 |
| 2011 | $729.8 | $681.0 | $927.3 | $2,338.2 |
| 2010 | $727.8 | $613.0 | $903.4 | $2,244.2 |
| Year | End–Use Sectors | Annual
Total |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | Industrial | Residential | ||
| 2009 | $682.8 | $547.1 | $820.3 | $2,050.2 |
| 2008 | $631.2 | $496.4 | $767.6 | $1,895.1 |
| 2007 | $600.5 | $434.8 | $740.0 | $1,775.3 |
| 2006 | $557.8 | $409.0 | $688.8 | $1,655.6 |
| 2005 | $528.8 | $390.6 | $665.0 | $1,584.4 |
| 2004 | $496.8 | $368.9 | $609.7 | $1,475.5 |
| 2003 | $498.6 | $351.9 | $607.8 | $1,458.3 |
| 2002 | $526.8 | $293.9 | $602.9 | $1,423.6 |
| 2001 | $495.5 | $275.8 | $561.9 | $1,333.2 |
| 2000 | $484.3 | $262.8 | $544.6 | $1,291.8 |
| 1999 | $448.7 | $245.9 | $517.1 | $1,211.8 |
| 1998 | $451.7 | $248.8 | $526.8 | $1,227.3 |
| 1997 | $448.7 | $237.7 | $510.0 | $1,196.3 |
| 1996 | $428.4 | $227.7 | $487.0 | $1,143.1 |
| 1995 | $420.9 | $222.9 | $484.1 | $1,127.9 |
| 1994 | $411.8 | $213.3 | $465.4 | $1,090.5 |
| 1993 | $386.8 | $200.4 | $451.6 | $1,038.7 |
| 1992 | $378.6 | $193.2 | $411.4 | $983.2 |
| 1991 | $389.5 | $194.7 | $435.0 | $1,019.1 |
| 1990 | $378.7 | $193.5 | $423.4 | $995.7 |
| Year | End–Use Sectors | Annual
Total |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | Industrial | Residential | ||
| 1989 | $374.0 | $184.0 | $414.0 | $972.0 |
| 1988 | $351.0 | $158.0 | $405.0 | $914.0 |
| 1987 | $333.8 | $149.0 | $381.4 | $864.2 |
| 1986 | $327.3 | $146.4 | $372.6 | $846.3 |
| 1985 | $327.2 | $148.5 | $365.5 | $841.2 |
| 1984 | $316.6 | $139.3 | $371.0 | $826.9 |
| 1983 | $277.7 | $146.4 | $392.7 | $816.8 |
| 1982 | $227.9 | $130.7 | $286.0 | $644.5 |
| 1981 | $217.0 | $123.9 | $288.0 | $628.9 |
| 1980 | $178.5 | $123.0 | $249.1 | $550.6 |
| 1979 | $142.9 | $98.0 | $206.8 | $447.6 |
| 1978 | $130.7 | $84.2 | $197.1 | $412.0 |
| 1977 | $120.6 | $73.7 | $169.1 | $363.4 |
| 1976 | $106.3 | $70.2 | $150.1 | $326.6 |
| 1975 | $86.9 | $54.0 | $130.3 | $271.2 |
| 1974 | $77.6 | $37.2 | $111.2 | $226.0 |
| 1973 | $72.8 | $31.0 | $99.9 | $203.7 |
| 1972 | $68.7 | $26.8 | $96.3 | $191.9 |
| 1971 | $65.3 | $26.7 | $95.9 | $187.9 |
| 1970 | $58.3 | $25.0 | $87.0 | $170.3 |
Sources: State Energy Price and Expenditure Report. Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Lincoln, NE.
Note: Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to independent rounding.
The table and graph were updated on January 9, 2024.
Typically, there are one to two years between updates.