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Clean Energy
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Did 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).
Coal Costs Continue to Soar
Coming Soon!
Clean Energy Nebraska plans to:
- Control electricity costs
- Clean the air
- Improve our health
- Tackle global warming
According to recent information from the Energy Information Administration, the cost
of delivered coal to Nebraska power-
Through October, 2011, the average cost of coal delivered to Nebraska utilities cost $1.53 per million Btu. That reflects a 9.3% increase from the $1.40 per million Btu average cost in 2010.
That cost has more than doubled just since 2005, when the EIA reported an average
cost of 71¢ per million Btu. In 2002, the average cost was just 58¢ per million Btu
for deliveries to Nebraska power-
The increases since 2002 represent an annual average increase of over 11% in the cost of coal delivered to Nebraska electric utilities.
The increased costs represent higher prices for coal at the mines in Wyoming, higher
rail rates to transport the coal, and in some cases longer distances from mine to
power-
The Energy Information Administration compiles information on energy use in the USA,including the Electric Power Monthly from which most of this data was drawn.