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Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita

Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes

Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines

27th Resources
24th Market
32nd Infrastructure

The Niobrara shale formation extends into Nebraska, but significant Niobrara crude oil production has not yet been established. Most of the state's crude oil production comes from two small, southwestern counties—Hitchcock and Dundy—where companies have had success with three-dimensional seismic imaging.

Coal-fired facilities typically supply about two-thirds of Nebraska's electricity generation. Nearly all of the coal consumed in the state arrives by rail from Wyoming.

state-nebraska

Production trillion btu

18
Oil
1
Gas
0
Coal
4
Wind
0.00
Solar
4
Hydro
250
Biofuel
61
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

-532
+338 Produced
870 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

237
Oil
162
Gas
273
Coal
137
Renewable
61
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

NE
$0.45
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Does not have a renewable energy standard.

  • Allows statewide use of conventional motor gasoline.

  • Requires permits and compliance bonds for oil and gas well drilling. Permits fees are $200. Compliance bonds are $10,000 per well.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

+8
8.92¢
NE
8.81¢
USA

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Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita

Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes

Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines