INSTALLED GENERATING CAPACITY
OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY
Thousand Kilowatts
Nebraska - Selected Years      
   Total   Conventional Nuclear  Internal
Year Industry Hydro    Steam 1  Steam Combustion
1940 367 228 86 -- 52
1945 417 142 220 -- 54
1950 581 142 356 -- 83
1955 762 141 512 -- 109
1960 1,224 240 843 -- 141
1965 1,590 238 1,192 -- 160
1966 1,646 238 1,243 -- 165
1967 1,653 238 1,243 -- 172
1968 2,004 238 1,591 -- 175
1969 2,010 238 1,590 -- 182
1970 2,017 238 1,591 -- 188
1971 2,015 238 1,582 -- 195
1972 2,158 236 1,721 -- 201
1973 3,033 236 2,094 457 246
1974 3,834 236 2,094 1,258 246
1975 3,776 235 2,037 1,258 246
1976 3,922 235 2,182 1,258 247
1977 3,927 235 2,188 1,258 246
1978 3,872 235 2,090 1,303 244
1979 5,142 234 3,364 1,303 241
1980 5,142 234 3,364 1,303 241
1981 5,248 234 3,425 1,338 251
1982 5,983 234 4,155 1,338 256
1983 5,971 234 4,146 1,338 254
1984 5,941 234 4,100 1,338 268
1985 6,042 284 4,151 1,338 269
1986 5,948 182 4,173 1,338 256
1987 5,816 182 4,036 1,338 260
1988 5,730 182 3,952 1,338 258
1989 5,698 183 3,919 1,338 258
1990 5,879 183 4,102 1,338 256
1991 5,740 183 3,966 1,338 254
1992 5,763 183 3,989 1,338 253
1993 5,769 183 3,989 1,338 259
1994 5,778 183 3,989 1,338 269
1995 5,777 183 3,989 1,338 268
1996 5,881 183 4,087 1,338 274
1997 5,980 183 4,182 1,338 277
1998 6,004 183 4,182 1,338 299
1999 6,009 183 4,158 1,338 329
2000 6,128 183 4,276 1,338 329
2001 6,269 183 4,418 1,338 321
2002 6,280 191 4,413 1,338 328
2003 7,013 325 5,037 1,303 327
2004 7,127 327 5,150 1,303 326
Note:  Total may not equal sum of the parts due to independent rounding.
1 Includes fossil steam and gas turbine.
Sources:  Edison Electric Institute, Statistical Yearbook of the Electric Utility Industry, 1995, annual, and Energy Information Adm., Electric Power Annual 2001 - Spreadsheets, 2006
Last Updated: 26-Oct-06
by Nebraska Databook
email: michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov