Nebraska used 12,457 thousand (12.5 million) short tons of coal in 2020, a decrease of 12.0 percent from 2019. Coal used for electricity generation accounted for nearly all (93.0 percent) of the consumption with 7.0 percent consumed in the industrial sector. Any coal consumption in the commercial, transportation, and residential sectors was small enough to round to zero in this table.
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Coal Consumption in Nebraska
by Sector
| Year | Sectors | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End–Use Sectors | Electric
Power |
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| Commercial | Industrial | Residential | Transportation | |||
| 2020 | 0 | 870 | 0 | 0 | 11,587 | 12,457 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1,007 | 0 | 0 | 13,149 | 14,156 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1,138 | 0 | 0 | 14,443 | 15,581 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1,173 | 0 | 0 | 12,570 | 13,743 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1,113 | 0 | 0 | 13,056 | 14,169 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1,175 | 0 | 0 | 14,508 | 15,683 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1,217 | 0 | 0 | 15,036 | 16,253 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1,124 | 0 | 0 | 15,829 | 16,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1,038 | 0 | 0 | 14,884 | 15,922 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1,039 | 0 | 0 | 15,711 | 16,750 |
| 2010 | 0 | 698 | 0 | 0 | 14,167 | 14,865 |
| Year | Sectors | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End–Use Sectors | Electric
Power |
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| Commercial | Industrial | Residential | Transportation | |||
| 2009 | 0 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 14,183 | 14,575 |
| 2008 | 0 | 415 | 0 | 0 | 13,360 | 13,776 |
| 2007 | 5 | 427 | 1 | 0 | 12,267 | 12,699 |
| 2006 | 5 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 12,881 | 13,307 |
| 2005 | 3 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 12,886 | 13,283 |
| 2004 | 3 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 12,650 | 13,023 |
| 2003 | 5 | 385 | 1 | 0 | 12,725 | 13,115 |
| 2002 | 6 | 388 | 1 | 0 | 12,210 | 12,605 |
| 2001 | 5 | 518 | 1 | 0 | 12,606 | 13,130 |
| 2000 | 0 | 407 | 0 | 0 | 11,503 | 11,910 |
| 1999 | 0 | 405 | 0 | 0 | 11,219 | 11,625 |
| 1998 | 0 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 11,505 | 11,889 |
| 1997* | 105* | 296 | 13 | 0 | 10,796 | 11,210 |
| 1996 | 1 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 10,091 | 10,379 |
| 1995 | 8 | 339 | 1 | 0 | 10,048 | 10,396 |
| 1994 | 6 | 414 | 1 | 0 | 8,879 | 9,300 |
| 1993 | 4 | 364 | 1 | 0 | 9,297 | 9,666 |
| 1992 | 5 | 325 | 1 | 0 | 7,881 | 8,212 |
| 1991 | 9 | 324 | 2 | 0 | 8,524 | 8,859 |
| 1990 | 3 | 235 | 1 | 0 | 8,027 | 8,266 |
| Year | Sectors | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End–Use Sectors | Electric Power |
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| Commercial | Industrial | Residential | Transportation | |||
| 1989 | 4 | 279 | 1 | 0 | 7,303 | 7,587 |
| 1988 | 35 | 268 | 10 | 0 | 7,744 | 8,057 |
| 1987 | 3 | 312 | 1 | 0 | 6,428 | 6,744 |
| 1986 | 3 | 339 | 1 | 0 | 5,945 | 6,288 |
| 1985 | 9 | 261 | 3 | 0 | 6,380 | 6,653 |
| 1984 | 73 | 280 | 17 | 0 | 6,569 | 6,939 |
| 1983 | 47 | 216 | 9 | 0 | 5,656 | 5,928 |
| 1982 | 22 | 325 | 5 | 0 | 5,048 | 5,399 |
| 1981 | 13 | 376 | 3 | 0 | 5,067 | 5,459 |
| 1980 | 15 | 269 | 4 | 0 | 4,702 | 4,990 |
| 1979 | 48 | 538 | 12 | 0 | 3,461 | 4,058 |
| 1978 | 18 | 576 | 5 | 0 | 2,367 | 2,967 |
| 1977 | 12 | 553 | 5 | 0 | 2,277 | 2,846 |
| 1976 | 7 | 604 | 3 | 0 | 2,012 | 2,626 |
| 1975 | 6 | 308 | 3 | 0 | 1,278 | 1,595 |
| 1974 | 9 | 319 | 4 | 0 | 1,228 | 1,561 |
| 1973 | 14 | 312 | 8 | 0 | 1,350 | 1,685 |
| 1972 | 24 | 218 | 18 | 0 | 1,228 | 1,488 |
| 1971 | 17 | 193 | 17 | 0 | 947 | 1,174 |
| 1970 | 16 | 240 | 20 | 0 | 1,006 | 1,283 |
| 1969 | 31 | 174 | 40 | 0 | 901 | 1,146 |
| 1968 | 16 | 159 | 20 | 0 | 534 | 729 |
| 1967 | 14 | 254 | 19 | 1 | 501 | 789 |
| 1966 | 20 | 395 | 27 | 1 | 417 | 860 |
| 1965 | 26 | 349 | 35 | 1 | 486 | 896 |
| 1964 | 32 | 447 | 44 | 2 | 501 | 1,026 |
| 1963 | 45 | 498 | 62 | 2 | 465 | 1,073 |
| 1962 | 63 | 468 | 91 | 2 | 388 | 1,012 |
| 1961 | 60 | 449 | 87 | 2 | 209 | 808 |
| 1960 | 89 | 408 | 129 | 7 | 256 | 888 |
Sources: State Energy Data Report. Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Lincoln, NE.
Notes: Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to independent rounding.
* For 1997, the Energy Information Administration numbers show 105 for the commercial sector, 296 for the industrial sector, and 13 for the residential sector when all three numbers should have been allocated to the industrial sector.
The table and graph were updated on September 14, 2022.
Typically, there are one to two years between updates.