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).
Luz De Texas Read moreNebraskans are ready to embrace renewables in a big way. And from solar to wind to bio-fuels to small hydropower to co-generation and on and on, renewable energy is ready.
In fact, “Big Wind” power is offered at prices for between 2 cents and 4 cents or even less per KiloWatt hour on a 20 year power purchase agreement (PPA).
Read moreThe least expensive electricity is the power you never use!
The least expensive electric generating plant is the power station you never build!
We are talking about “energy efficiency,” and “demand-side management” which are different aspects of addressing the goal of building only as much electric generation capacity as is really necessary.
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