Your Energy Future
“Nebraska Utilities at a Crossroads”
Nebraska electric utilities face important decisions in the coming months that will impact Nebraska’s air and water quality, jobs, and electric rates for decades to come. The issue: do we continue to burn coal that generates electricity but also spews sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, particulates, ozone, carbon dioxide, mercury, arsenic and other pollutants into our air...
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Your Energy Future
“Nebraska Utilities at a Crossroads”
Nebraska electric utilities face important decisions in the coming months that will impact Nebraska’s air and water quality, jobs, and electric rates for decades to come. The issue: do we continue to burn coal that generates electricity but also spews sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, particulates, ozone, carbon dioxide, mercury, arsenic and other pollutants into our air...
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Your Energy Future
“Nebraska Utilities at a Crossroads”
Nebraska electric utilities face important decisions in the coming months that will impact Nebraska’s air and water quality, jobs, and electric rates for decades to come. The issue: do we continue to burn coal that generates electricity but also spews sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, particulates, ozone, carbon dioxide, mercury, arsenic and other pollutants into our air...
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Your Energy Future
“Nebraska Utilities at a Crossroads”
Nebraska electric utilities face important decisions in the coming months that will impact Nebraska’s air and water quality, jobs, and electric rates for decades to come. The issue: do we continue to burn coal that generates electricity but also spews sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, particulates, ozone, carbon dioxide, mercury, arsenic and other pollutants into our air...
Read MoreDid you know?
Nebraska businesses and individuals spent over $2 billion for electricity in 2009, according to the Nebraska Energy Office. In 2009, Nebraska utilities and industries spent $338 million on coal – twice what was spent in 2005, and three times what was spent just ten years earlier (Nebraska Energy Office).
Read moreRenewables are Ready
Nebraskans are ready to embrace renewables in a big way. From solar to wind to bio-fuels to small hydropower to co-generation and on and on, renewable energy is ready.
Read moreManaging Demand
Estimates show that Nebraska could generate 3,832,600 GWh/year from wind, and 21% of demand from rooftop solar panels. Large area solar farms would generate many times demand.
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