State Energy Information

Ethanol-Blended Fuel Consumption

In Nebraska, most ethanol is sold in a blended fuel—10 percent ethanol with 90 percent gasoline (called E–10) or 85 percent ethanol with 15 percent gasoline (called E85). The reports on motor gasoline consumption and the total of both motor gasoline and ethanol–blended fuel consumption have additional information in relation to ethanol–blended fuel consumption.

Annual Data

As reflected in Figure 1 and the data table below, ethanol–blended fuel consumption in 2023 was 816,583,000 gallons, which was an increase of less than one percent (0.4%) from consumption in 2022 of 813,496,964 gallons.

Annual Ethanol-Blended Fuel Consumption in Nebraska 1978-2023 Graph

Monthly Data

As shown in Figure 2 and the data table below, ethanol–blended fuel consumption for the month of December 2023 was below December 2022's consumption, equivalent to the five–year average, and close to the upper boundary of the five–year range.

Monthly Ethanol-Blended Fuel Consumption in Nebraska Graph

Ethanol–Blended Fuel Consumption in Nebraska,
2000 – 2023

(Gallons)

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Total
2023	61,308,068	59,140,293	67,526,587	67,269,804	73,950,494	72,954,146	71,163,720	74,714,084	68,825,397	71,724,637	63,935,145	64,070,625	816,583,000
2022	57,227,953	58,055,262	65,968,413	65,668,956	72,096,745	73,423,443	72,723,153	72,671,113	71,576,948	69,967,071	68,451,988	65,665,387	813,496,432
2021	54,653,078	54,106,940	64,206,561	67,052,505	70,550,621	72,695,750	76,414,182	71,900,550	66,814,420	66,067,737	63,747,091	64,148,676	792,358,111
2020	62,048,105	61,199,109	57,460,287	45,345,417	54,350,646	64,077,782	68,067,772	67,573,644	62,949,253	64,187,984	56,702,995	59,662,091	723,625,085
2019	62,072,786	56,945,128	64,189,426	67,515,868	71,073,861	70,156,297	72,786,653	72,735,925	66,777,923	70,248,721	64,836,928	64,025,217	803,364,733
2018	60,907,702	55,831,118	65,965,632	63,053,371	72,573,757	71,832,110	71,258,561	72,967,222	66,238,098	69,371,043	67,244,901	63,977,438	801,220,953
2017	57,680,365	55,491,096	64,363,538	62,876,927	71,518,282	71,039,479	69,674,272	74,441,950	66,050,177	69,591,230	66,584,982	66,826,861	796,139,159
2016	59,016,200	54,851,670	62,855,852	61,908,285	66,698,067	70,034,489	69,292,766	71,454,064	66,709,092	66,229,637	64,758,815	66,372,907	780,181,844
2015	59,467,995	54,443,400	60,771,071	61,761,364	63,023,502	64,906,118	68,679,278	67,888,126	62,086,162	65,798,576	59,845,470	59,049,116	747,720,178
2014	59,127,724	57,431,038	75,277,718	61,908,698	65,760,720	63,360,249	69,834,688	64,795,904	58,958,428	63,418,427	61,591,225	63,507,705	764,972,524
2013	45,271,302	42,373,557	46,923,211	46,361,824	54,402,996	51,039,877	54,702,087	53,078,142	50,499,065	63,383,214	63,079,786	63,588,165	634,703,226
2012	50,005,602	54,998,003	57,184,979	58,860,770	60,731,083	62,347,546	56,208,540	55,629,374	49,242,557	53,261,528	49,900,030	49,982,903	655,352,915
2011	52,601,492	49,411,319	56,725,955	53,522,270	55,252,720	58,109,336	56,773,670	58,052,062	60,393,544	52,438,221	56,538,091	53,129,416	662,948,096
2010	45,170,124	43,973,779	48,284,549	50,126,468	53,477,667	53,430,504	61,250,158	58,483,392	54,825,769	58,603,854	50,892,910	62,993,519	641,512,693
2009	37,139,509	36,002,795	42,374,536	44,050,625	48,412,530	50,837,105	53,642,667	49,566,234	49,910,852	48,889,983	47,881,130	48,081,130	556,789,096
2008	46,795,310	45,018,888	49,046,277	49,225,434	53,788,702	52,107,560	59,455,303	57,967,036	55,296,189	54,778,218	40,972,695	39,311,225	603,876,294
2007	31,413,965	33,618,516	39,882,857	43,590,406	47,624,546	48,875,845	50,578,704	50,024,984	46,754,059	50,738,400	49,114,037	50,939,099	543,155,418
2006	40,943,455	36,756,167	28,940,132	37,462,684	37,568,906	20,983,034	16,686,544	49,848,839	41,385,962	43,737,099	44,118,145	42,209,464	440,640,431
2005	31,904,401	31,800,282	41,175,476	43,315,467	49,366,440	50,754,210	51,465,240	53,153,508	41,077,958	40,349,487	38,793,455	46,222,257	519,378,181
2004	26,767,371	29,583,449	32,838,149	28,265,116	32,558,480	31,063,792	36,036,789	34,638,460	35,307,182	35,749,876	32,113,130	34,770,572	389,692,366
2003	28,534,937	27,155,115	31,005,147	30,585,509	32,968,864	31,832,541	34,123,134	34,094,876	32,464,044	33,191,123	27,952,644	25,102,715	369,010,649
2002	21,819,995	21,172,899	24,385,958	25,613,389	28,833,247	29,050,982	30,399,250	30,238,576	26,336,430	29,647,720	28,896,818	28,869,922	325,265,186
2001	16,877,487	15,409,058	17,718,206	21,610,976	22,913,233	22,315,821	20,152,146	20,393,535	19,589,697	19,512,332	18,667,202	23,103,569	238,263,262
2000	21,108,109	22,237,506	24,730,798	23,325,891	25,664,454	26,318,387	26,781,818	27,184,022	25,024,954	25,127,670	24,963,586	22,986,152	295,453,347

Ethanol–Blended Fuel Consumption in Nebraska,
1978 – 1999

(Gallons)

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Total
1999	15,920,092	13,865,697	16,254,811	15,076,894	16,389,825	17,430,520	17,041,060	17,134,706	16,994,815	20,769,250	21,430,879	25,370,165	213,678,714
1998	15,588,895	13,160,621	15,156,375	16,120,725	16,854,218	17,153,158	16,812,748	16,168,959	15,465,606	15,996,639	14,910,437	16,568,424	189,956,805
1997	16,971,973	15,512,309	17,848,783	17,466,005	17,510,839	16,940,238	18,514,696	17,071,864	16,153,363	19,384,686	16,089,398	16,786,708	206,250,862
1996	19,137,799	17,484,500	17,563,456	17,030,403	16,648,185	16,348,416	15,785,938	14,499,916	11,483,199	12,715,309	12,846,771	12,359,452	183,903,344
1995	20,707,835	17,432,627	19,937,401	18,454,464	22,585,886	24,232,848	18,813,263	18,419,276	18,273,888	19,049,806	19,517,847	20,602,380	238,027,521
1994	18,702,730	18,148,793	20,207,292	17,842,153	17,892,052	18,411,653	20,990,812	19,481,971	19,340,666	19,143,109	20,165,344	20,476,156	230,802,731
1993	29,591,383	21,891,614	25,545,533	24,852,297	22,616,874	21,763,820	22,320,342	21,435,018	21,398,836	20,307,015	22,910,885	24,327,142	278,960,759
1992	31,577,394	31,071,713	33,149,457	32,916,294	34,831,723	33,325,481	34,053,785	34,027,357	32,720,797	34,503,895	32,289,994	34,724,034	399,191,924
1991	25,644,690	26,953,044	30,250,832	31,885,111	34,212,039	32,742,816	35,028,773	32,891,354	32,934,378	34,485,912	30,725,362	34,217,600	381,971,911
1990	23,649,575	24,042,158	29,120,670	26,650,892	29,276,343	28,500,231	29,706,840	29,929,737	27,137,586	30,226,209	29,678,425	30,848,907	338,767,573
1989	21,573,938	22,228,065	25,284,865	23,599,917	25,701,621	28,494,768	24,448,563	27,470,175	24,687,660	25,739,153	27,074,565	28,796,389	305,099,679
1988	21,065,247	21,067,412	21,681,793	21,206,724	24,386,465	25,944,291	24,203,431	25,156,997	23,596,653	24,259,670	23,793,768	24,214,690	280,577,141
1987	18,604,146	18,669,026	22,190,117	21,235,787	23,291,871	23,414,711	23,745,162	21,575,257	21,297,481	22,834,425	20,340,398	23,550,718	260,749,099
1986	20,350,324	17,569,467	21,690,442	21,344,446	20,777,823	19,962,218	18,931,659	17,884,460	17,232,665	20,080,688	16,716,134	21,845,740	234,386,066
1985	18,950,888	18,093,172	20,700,127	20,819,231	24,362,537	23,708,613	22,168,589	22,928,935	21,485,334	21,493,653	21,476,332	21,264,782	257,452,193
1984	16,873,589	15,816,386	16,167,944	16,255,184	18,573,157	19,724,366	18,677,806	19,875,389	17,997,917	18,921,612	19,939,080	19,225,038	218,047,468
1983	11,817,600	11,442,254	13,953,700	13,172,077	14,950,552	17,040,747	15,508,525	18,664,762	19,987,617	17,918,818	18,352,505	20,227,825	193,036,982
1982	3,934,681	4,403,528	5,251,323	5,420,056	5,054,300	6,510,114	7,679,015	9,764,077	11,074,875	11,712,491	12,091,557	12,908,471	95,804,488
1981	2,586,244	2,368,455	2,466,757	2,392,436	2,476,354	2,659,618	2,675,807	2,526,808	2,609,210	2,930,853	2,980,800	3,967,663	32,641,005
1980	1,729,366	1,958,484	2,963,306	2,727,872	2,968,459	2,616,052	2,778,698	2,373,944	2,823,324	2,485,561	2,347,214	2,897,902	30,670,182
1979	1,068,164	0	0	0	1,757,392	552,904	943,104	873,087	999,725	866,592	0	990,134	8,051,102
1978	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19,333	19,333	19,333	57,999

Sources: "Monthly Motor–Fuel Consumption." Nebraska Department of Revenue, Motor Fuels Division, Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Lincoln, NE.

Notes: NA indicates data is not available. Numbers in red have been revised.