Consumption, Cost, and Consumers

Residential

In 2021, the number of residential consuming entities (or meters) increased by 10,000 consumers to 553,000; average annual consumption per consumer entity fell two thousand cubic feet to 66 thousand cubic feet; and the average annual residential natural gas bill increased $86 to $633.

The average annual residential natural gas bill set a new record of $922 in 2008 topping the previous records of $870 in 2007 and $854 in 2001.

Commercial

The number of commercial consuming entities (or meters) in 2021 rose by three thousand consumers to 62,000. The average annual consumption per commercial consuming entity decreased 23 thousand cubic feet to 513 thousand cubic feet, and the average annual commercial natural gas bill increased $505 to $3,432.

Natural Gas Consumption and Cost Per Consumer and Number of Consumers in the Residential and Commercial Sectors in Nebraska

1967 – 2021

Residential and commercial natural gas data by year, including consumption in mcf, cost, and number of consumers in thousands.
Residential				Commercial
Year	Consumption (mcf)	Cost	Consumers (thousand)	Year	Consumption (mcf)	Cost	Consumers (thousand)
2021	66	$633	553	2021	513	$3,432	62
2020	68	$547	543	2020	536	$2,927	59
2019	75	$593	553	2019	599	$3,492	60
2018	79	$675	538	2018	599	$3,762	59
2017	64	$577	534	2017	492	$3,134	59
2016	62	$497	535	2016	465	$2,534	58
2015	66	$585	525	2015	512	$3,277	58
2014	81	$710	522	2014	567	$4,122	57
2013	78	$654	527	2013	555	$3,602	58
2012	61	$529	515	2012	468	$2,897	57
2011	77	$681	514	2011	568	$3,800	57
2010	79	$707	511	2010	569	$4,044	56
2009	78	$729	513	2009	563	$4,189	56
2008	83	$922	512	2008	599	$5,762	58
2007	78	$870	494	2007	539	$4,937	56
2006	72	$814	500	2006	497	$4,781	57
2005	76	$812	501	2005	477	$4,508	57
2004	78	$707	497	2004	523	$3,975	57
2003	86	$673	492	2003	507	$3,498	56
2002	90	$556	487	2002	498	$2,545	57
2001	98	$854	476	2001	499	$3,728	56
2000	89	$572	476	2000	524	$2,861	55
1999	88	$445	460	1999	511	$2,116	54
1998	78	$400	524	1998	453	$1,925	64
1997	106	$603	445	1997	655	$3,196	52
1996	111	$542	440	1996	668	$2,986	61
1995	105	$507	428	1995	654	$2,590	61
1994	104	$521	428	1994	628	$2,663	62
1993	117	$572	413	1993	573	$2,447	61
1992	99	$477	419	1992	562	$2,242	61
1991	108	$502	413	1991	661	$2,562	61
1990	102	$469	407	1990	604	$2,330	60
1989	110	$493	407	1989	619	$2,331	60
1988	108	$481	404	1988	642	$2,404	61
1987	97	$424	400	1987	563	$2,084	61
1986	107	$490	396	1986	596	$2,341	61
1985	119	$595	393	1985	657	$2,767	60
1984	122	$622	391	1984	706	$3,014	59
1983	119	$588	398	1983	659	$2,778	59
1982	130	$542	394	1982	995	$3,476	43
1981	111	$384	395	1981	677	$2,004	60
1980	125	$342	391	1980	903	$2,064	48
1979	147	$339	364	1979	946	$1,895	46
1978	131	$258	367	1978	799	$1,228	51
1977	146	$262	363	1977	870	$1,213	54
1976	160	$218	344	1976	919	$1,061	53
1975	151	$194	356	1975	770	$765	56
1974	142	$162	348	1974	783	$636	54
1973	155	$161	326	1973	790	$577	49
1972	180	$178	334	1972	910	$531	50
1971	177	$164	325	1971	945	$555	50
1970	183	$156	318	1970	956	$505	49
1969	176	$146	314	1969	959	$491	48
1968	174	$138	307	1968	908	$441	46
1967	179	$142	301	1967	987	$476	42

Sources: Natural Gas Annual. Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, Lincoln, NE.

Note: Numbers in red have been revised.

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1967 – 2021

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