Geothermal technology uses the earth’s natural thermal energy—a renewable resource—to heat your home. While outdoor temperatures fluctuate substantially with the seasons, subsurface ground and water temperatures remain relatively constant year–round. A geothermal loop, running underground or underwater, capitalizes on these constant temperatures.

In Nebraska, most ethanol is sold in a blended fuel–10 percent ethanol with 90 percent gasoline (called E–10) or 85 percent ethanol with 15 percent gasoline (called E85). 

In Nebraska, most ethanol is sold in a blended fuel—10 percent ethanol with 90 percent gasoline (called E–10) or 85 percent ethanol with 15 percent gasoline (called E85). Of the total gasoline and ethanol–blended fuel sold in the state in 2025, 85.3 percent was an ethanol blend.

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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 $3,069.6 million in 2023, which was 2.7 percent more than the $2,989.2 million spent on electricity in 2022. The residential sector spent 38.9 percent of the total with the commercial sector spending 32.1 percent, and the industrial sector spending 28.9 percent.

Electricity use in Nebraska rose to 33,571 million kilowatthours in 2023, a decrease of 0.8 percent from 33,844 million kilowatthours in 2022. Each of the sectors used relatively one–third of the electricity consumed in Nebraska in 2023, continuing a trend from 1960. (Figure 1) The industrial sector used 35 percent, the residential sector used 32 percent, and the commercial sector used 34 percent.