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Electricity Consumption in Nebraska by End–Use Sector
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Electricity use in Nebraska rose to 33,844 million kilowatthours in 2022, an increase of 4.7 percent from 32,341 million kilowatthours in 2021. Each of the sectors used relatively one–third of the electricity consumed in Nebraska in 2022. The industrial sector used 39 percent, the residential sector used 33 percent, and the commercial sector used 28 percent.

Annual Average Electricity Price Comparison by State
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Nebraska is the only state that generates electricity entirely by publicly-owned power systems. As of 2021, the statewide average electricity price is the ninth-lowest rate in the country, based on the latest federal figures. (States are ranked so that equivalent prices are ranked at the same level.) Nationally, electricity costs 25.6 percent more than it does in Nebraska. Across all sectors, Hawaii has the highest electricity rate (30.31 cents), and Idaho has the lowest electricity rate (8.17 cents).

Wind Facilities' Installed Capacity by State
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Nebraska has the twelfth–largest installed capacity of wind in the country, based on the latest figures. In the third quarter of 2023, Nebraska has the installed capacity of 3,519.0 megawatts of wind energy, which is 2.6 percent of the nation's installed capacity of 132,938.0 megawatts. Texas has the largest installed capacity (36,008.9 megawatts which is 27.1 percent of the nation's total), and Delaware has the smallest installed capacity (2.0 megawatts). Forty–one states and one territory have utility–scale wind facilities.