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Who runs the utilities in Nebraska?

72%of Nebraska homes are served by political-subdivision utilities

Nebraska has 757,291 residential customers, EIA-861 2024 sales file (84% of EIA's count). Political subdivision 72.4%. Municipal 27.0%. Cooperative 0.6%. Investor-owned is 0%, 51st of 51 states.

Nebraska homes by utility type

Nebraska: customers by type, %

  1. 27.0Municipal
  2. 0.6Cooperative
  3. 72.4Political subdivision
Nebraska customers and prices by type
Nebraska typeUtilitiesCustomersSharePrice ¢/kWhGap ¢ (%)kWh/moNonmetro
Municipal112204,33727.0%11.03not shown81720%
Cooperative84,8930.6%not shownnot shown1,034100%
Political subdivision31548,06172.4%11.52not shown98667%

Nebraska: 125 short-form utilities with 199,498 customers (all sectors) have no residential split, so the sales file reaches 84% of homes.

Nebraska prices by utility type

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cents per kWh, average residential price by utility type, 2024

  • Municipal11.03
  • Political subdivision11.52
  • Nebraska bundled average11.42

Nebraska gaps mix cost and customer mix; method.

Nebraska: which utilities set the averages

Political subdivision at 11.5 cents and municipal utilities at 11.0 are the widest pair in Nebraska, 0.5 cents (4%).

Municipal: Lincoln Electric System holds 66% of priced customers at 10.9 cents, group average 11.0. Among 6 with 5,000+ customers, Lincoln Electric System charges 10.9 and City of South Sioux City 12.9, 2.0 cents apart.

Political subdivision: Omaha Public Power District holds 66% of priced customers at 12.4 cents, group average 11.5. Among 10 with 5,000+ customers, Cedar-Knox Public Power Dist charges 8.4 and Omaha Public Power District 12.4, 3.9 cents apart.

Nebraska territory, rural or urban

Nebraska has 93 counties, 88% of them nonmetro in USDA's 2023 codes. Customer-weighted: municipal territory is 20% nonmetro; political-subdivision territory is 67% nonmetro.

Nebraska: largest utilities

Nebraska utilities by customers
Omaha Public Power DistrictPolitical subdivision362,91812.3688557%
Lincoln Electric SystemMunicipal134,91210.868080%
Nebraska Public Power DistrictPolitical subdivision73,65010.6393885%
City of Grand IslandMunicipal22,79910.937980%
Norris Public Power DistrictPolitical subdivision18,3879.611,51867%
Loup River Public Power DistPolitical subdivision16,29210.591,225100%
Dawson Power DistrictPolitical subdivision16,08011.411,271100%
Southern Public Power DistrictPolitical subdivision15,2159.211,29481%
City of FremontMunicipal14,07711.97856100%
City of North PlatteMunicipal11,90611.36824100%
City of HastingsMunicipal11,61111.32798100%
Cornhusker Public Power DistPolitical subdivision7,38510.851,436100%
Northeast PowerPolitical subdivision6,8469.731,33783%
Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr DistPolitical subdivision6,1469.411,429100%
Cedar-Knox Public Power DistPolitical subdivision5,5568.441,384100%
City of South Sioux CityMunicipal5,21712.907790%
Butler Public Power DistrictPolitical subdivision4,77411.101,14650%
Custer Public Power DistrictPolitical subdivision4,70712.711,313100%
Perennial Public Power DistPolitical subdivision4,1429.741,51680%
City of LexingtonMunicipal3,81510.011,200100%
South Central Public Pwr DistPolitical subdivision3,7779.541,367100%
Midwest Electric Member CorpCooperative2,38912.041,196100%
Southwest Public Power DistPolitical subdivision2,18610.161,309100%
High West Energy, IncCooperative1,75214.68871100%
Highline Electric AssnCooperative75214.15899100%

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Nebraska next to its neighbors

Nebraska has no priced municipal or cooperative gap.

Nebraska neighbors
StateInvestor-ownedMunicipalCooperativeMuni gapCoop gap
Nebraska0%27%1%not shownnot shown
Colorado58%16%26%-9%-1%
Iowa84%5%11%-13%-1%
Kansas80%9%11%+3%-1%
Missouri67%10%24%-1%-1%
South Dakota64%9%26%-22%-2%
Wyoming71%6%23%not shown-33%

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Similar political-subdivision share: Arizona 35%, Washington 31%

Sources

Nebraska: EIA-861 (2024), USDA RUCC (2023); retrieval dates, checksums.

Questions

Which utility type serves most Nebraska homes?

Political-subdivision utilities, 72.4% of 757,291 customers.

Do Nebraska co-ops or municipal utilities charge less?

Nebraska: only one priced type, nothing to compare.

How many utilities does Nebraska have?

EIA-861 (2024) lists 151; residential sales are reported by 25.

Can Nebraska customers pick their utility?

No; Nebraska shows almost no energy-only supply and the address sets the utility.

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@misc{usedata_ownership_states_nebraska,
  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {Nebraska electricity by utility type: political-subdivision utilities serve 72% of homes},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://electricconsumer.org/ownership/states/nebraska.html},
  note = {Data as of 7 October 2026. Accessed [date accessed]}
}
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