In 2000 Nebraska's total per capita energy consumption was 341 million Btu (85.9 million kcal), ranking it 27th among the 50 states.
Nebraska is the only state with an electric power system owned by the public through regional, cooperative, and municipal systems. The state's installed capacity (utility and nonutility) was 5.8 million kW in 1999; total electricity generation totaled 30.1 billion kWh, a new all-time record. Electricity from coal accounted for 59% of the total (17.8 billion kWh). Nuclear power generation (one reactor at the Cooper plant in Brownsville and one at Fort Calhoun) accounted for 33% (10.1 billion kWh), hydropower generation accounted for 5.7% (1.7 million kWh), and less than 3% of the electricity was produced from natural gas or oil units.
About 58% of all electricity in 1998 was sold for commercial and industrial use, 37% for residential use, and the remaining 7% for other uses.
Crude oil production in 2002 in Nebraska was 8,000 barrels per day; in 2001 proved reserves totaled 15 million barrles. Oil is produced in 17 counties, primarily in the southwest and panhandle areas of the state. In 2002, natural gas production in Nebraska totaled 1.2 billion cu ft (0.03 billion cu m). Nebraska has no commercial coal industry.