Nebraska's Total Energy Consumption by End-Use Sector

In 2023, the industrial sector consumed nearly half (44 percent) of Nebraska's total energy consumption. The other three end–use sectors comprised relatively equal portions of Nebraska's total energy consumption. Twenty–four (24) percent of the energy consumed in Nebraska was used in the transportation sector. The residential sector consumed 16 percent, and the commercial sector consumed 16 percent (Figure 1).

Between 2022 and 2023, the residential sector's energy use decreased 4.1 percent, the industrial sector's energy use decreased 4.0 percent, and the transportation sector's energy use decreased 0.7 percent. The commercial sector's energy use increased 12.0 percent.

Figure 2 shows the trend from 1960 to 2023. The transportation, residential, and commercial sectors show a consistent share of consumption over the decades whereas the industrial sector dropped in the eighties and early nineties, but has continue to increase since then.