In 2023, 14.9 percent of the electricity generated in Nebraska was sold out of state. This was 1.9 percent lower than the 16.8 percent in 2022.

Expenditures for electricity rose to $2,989.2 million in 2022, which was 4.6 percent more than the $2,857.9 million spent on electricity in 2021. The residential sector spent 39.7 percent of the total with the industrial sector spending 32.0 percent, and the commercial sector spending 28.4 percent.

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According to a sun index developed for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) using data provided by NREL's Renewable Resource Data Center, Nebraska is ranked thirteenth in the nation with the greatest energy potential from solar power.

Based on the sun index level, Nebraska is ranked thirteenth among the states with the greatest energy potential from solar power, according to a sun index developed for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) using data provided by NREL's Renewable Resource Data Center.

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.