Sweeping Plains > Nebraska
Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita
Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes
Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines
The Niobrara shale formation extends into Nebraska, but significant Niobrara crude oil production has not yet been established. Most of the state's crude oil production comes from two small, southwestern counties—Hitchcock and Dundy—where companies have had success with three-dimensional seismic imaging.
Coal-fired facilities typically supply about two-thirds of Nebraska's electricity generation. Nearly all of the coal consumed in the state arrives by rail from Wyoming.
Production trillion btu
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Gas
Coal
Wind
Solar
Hydro
Biofuel
Nuclear
net energy Production trillion btu
Consumption trillion btu
Oil
Gas
Coal
Renewable
Nuclear
Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014
NE
USA
Key Policies
Does not have a renewable energy standard.
Allows statewide use of conventional motor gasoline.
Requires permits and compliance bonds for oil and gas well drilling. Permits fees are $200. Compliance bonds are $10,000 per well.
Electricity net production, trillion btu
NE
USA