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Nebraska electric companies, rates and outages

Nebraska has 1,965,926 residents and 1,131,588 electric accounts across 23 utilities listed by EIA.

Hydroelectric outlet seen from the top of Kingsley Dam, Nebraska
Hydroelectric Outlet Kingsley Dam Nebraska. Photo by StevieJ420, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

In 2025 Nebraska homes paid 12.34 ¢/kWh: rank 49 of 51, 28.7% below the U.S. average of 17.30 ¢ (2024: 11.53 ¢).

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How it compares

Nebraska prices
Customer sector2024GapRank
Residential11.53 ¢/kWh-30.0% against the U.S.49 of 511 is highest
Commercial8.39 ¢/kWh-34.2% against the U.S.50 of 511 is highest
Industrial7.66 ¢/kWh-5.8% against the U.S.35 of 511 is highest

Electric companies in Nebraska

Nebraska home prices, 2024; lowest filled.

Nebraska companies
CompanyHome accountsAverage priceReliabilityNet metering
Cedar-Knox Public Power DistLowest price5,5568.44 ¢/kWh$81 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.1 MW6 systems
Southern Public Power District15,2159.21 ¢/kWh$88 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.7 MW48 systems
Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist6,1469.41 ¢/kWh$90 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.3 MW16 systems
South Central Public Pwr Dist3,7779.54 ¢/kWh$91 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.1 MW11 systems
Norris Public Power District18,3879.61 ¢/kWh$92 a month at 956 kWh200 minSAIDI, SAIFI 1.572.4 MW194 systems
Northeast Power6,8469.73 ¢/kWh$93 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.3 MW21 systems
Perennial Public Power Dist4,1429.74 ¢/kWh$93 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.3 MW18 systems
City of Lexington3,81510.01 ¢/kWh$96 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.3 MW63 systems
Southwest Public Power Dist2,18610.16 ¢/kWh$97 a month at 956 kWh121 minSAIDI, SAIFI 1.130.0 MW5 systems
Loup River Public Power Dist16,29210.59 ¢/kWh$101 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.8 MW48 systems
Nebraska Public Power District73,65010.63 ¢/kWh$102 a month at 956 kWh74 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.742.5 MW275 systems
Cornhusker Public Power Dist7,38510.84 ¢/kWh$104 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.8 MW38 systems
Lincoln Electric System134,91210.86 ¢/kWh$104 a month at 956 kWh19 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.307.3 MW1,078 systems
City of Grand Island22,79910.93 ¢/kWh$105 a month at 956 kWh8 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.270.2 MW14 systems
Butler Public Power District4,77411.10 ¢/kWh$106 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.4 MW28 systems
City of Hastings11,61111.32 ¢/kWh$108 a month at 956 kWh12 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.131.6 MW81 systems
City of North Platte11,90611.36 ¢/kWh$109 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.1 MW12 systems
Dawson Power District16,08011.41 ¢/kWh$109 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.9 MW62 systems
City of Fremont14,07711.97 ¢/kWh$114 a month at 956 kWh18 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.191.6 MW286 systems
Midwest Electric Member Corp2,38912.04 ¢/kWh$115 a month at 956 kWh81 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.470.4 MW32 systems
Omaha Public Power District362,91812.36 ¢/kWh$118 a month at 956 kWh86 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.6612.9 MW1,707 systems
Custer Public Power District4,70712.71 ¢/kWh$122 a month at 956 kWhNo data0.3 MW20 systems
City of South Sioux City5,21712.90 ¢/kWh$123 a month at 956 kWhNo data5.0 MW2 systems

Nebraska: 2025 and 2026

Nebraska, data to July 2026.

Nebraska 2025 average price
12.34 ¢/kWh+7.0% against 2024, U.S. +5.0%
Nebraska 2025 rank
49 of 51same place as 2024
Nebraska January to Jul 2026
12.90 ¢/kWh+7.2% on Jan-Jul 2025
Nebraska Last 12 months
12.86 ¢/kWhto July 2026
Nebraska July 2026
13.78 ¢/kWh+7.3% against July 2025
Nebraska 2025 costliest month
Sep 13.85 ¢cheapest Jan 10.53 ¢, a 32% spread
Nebraska Typical 2025 bill
$120 a monthtop Jul $164, low Apr $89

The Nebraska residential price averaged 12.34 ¢/kWh in 2025, +7.0% on 2024: Nebraska ran 2.0 points faster than the nation. From January to July 2026 the Nebraska average is 12.90 ¢, +7.2% on 2025, close to the U.S. change. Seasonality in Nebraska: 2025 peaked in September at 13.85 ¢ and bottomed in January at 10.53 ¢. A typical residential account in Nebraska paid about $1,437 for energy over 2025, from $89 in April to $164 in July; use per account ran 679 to 1,280 kWh a month.

Nebraska price by month, 2024 to Jul 2026

Price by month, Nebraska: 12 rows
Month202420252026 to Jul
Jan9.6410.5311.76
Feb10.4710.8511.79
Mar11.3411.7113.10
Apr11.5813.0613.28
May11.9613.1513.59
Jun12.7013.1413.25
Jul12.0812.8413.78
Aug12.2913.16No data
Sep12.9113.85No data
Oct11.8813.13No data
Nov11.9612.52No data
Dec10.5811.57No data

12 rows from EIA retail sales.

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What a typical Nebraska account paid each month

Nebraska: use per account times price, energy only.

Typical bill by month, Nebraska: 12 rows
Month20252026 to Jul
Jan135136
Feb122119
Mar115115
Apr8999
May97107
Jun121129
Jul164172
Aug147No data
Sep124No data
Oct101No data
Nov94No data
Dec128No data

12 rows from EIA retail sales.

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What Nebraska power is made of

In plain words. Coal is the biggest source in Nebraska (45%), and the power made there is dirtier than the U.S. average per kWh. Plants with 293 MW are planned to retire by 2030. New plants with 8 MW are under construction.

In 2025 Nebraska plants of 1 MW or more made 39.8 TWh. The biggest sources: coal 45.5%, wind 29.3%, nuclear 17.4%. For comparison, coal makes 16.6% of U.S. generation. Wind, solar and hydro together: 32.9% (22.6% for the U.S.). Nebraska plants only; imports and rooftop solar are not counted.

Nebraska, share of net generation, %

  • Coal 45.5
  • Natural gas 3.9
  • Nuclear 17.4
  • Hydro (conventional) 2.9
  • Wind 29.3
  • Utility-scale solar 0.7
  • Petroleum 0.2
  • Wood, biomass, geothermal, waste 0.2
  • Other

Fuel groups: prices guide.

Nebraska, share of net generation and operating capacity: 8 rows
SourceNebraska share of generation, %U.S. share, %Nebraska generation, TWhNebraska capacity, MW
Coal45.516.618.103,970
Natural gas3.940.91.552,916
Nuclear17.417.76.92801
Hydro (conventional)2.95.51.15329
Wind29.310.411.683,527
Utility-scale solar0.76.80.27160
Petroleum0.20.40.08429
Wood, biomass, geothermal, waste0.21.40.0712

EIA-923 and EIA-860 for Nebraska, 2025 data, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Nebraska plant pipeline

Nebraska, megawatts: 6 rows
Nebraska plantsMW
Operating, utility-scale12,144
Battery storage6
Retiring 2026 to 2030293
Retiring after 20300
Under construction8
Planned2,089

EIA-860 generators in Nebraska, 2025 data.

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Nebraska carbon per kWh

Nebraska plants emitted 1,018 lb of CO₂ per MWh in 2023 (0.462 kg per kWh), against 767 lb for the U.S. An average Nebraska home using 964 kWh a month accounts for about 445 kg of CO₂ a month at that rate. The rate is for Nebraska plants, not your supplier.

state and national values: 4 rows
MeasureNebraskaU.S.
CO₂, lb per MWh1,018.2767.2
CO₂, kg per kWh0.4620.348
NOx, lb per MWh0.9550.452
SO2, lb per MWh2.1190.359

EPA eGRID2023 for Nebraska, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Nebraska weather

A normal year in Nebraska brings 6,619 heating and 982 cooling degree-days (1991 to 2020). 2025 had 5,793 heating (12% below normal) and 1,105 cooling (13% above normal).

Nebraska degree-days by year

Heating and cooling degree-days, Nebraska, 2015 to 2025: 11 rows
Nebraska yearHeating (HDD)Cooling (CDD)Normal HDDNormal CDD
201557809656619982
2016555711126619982
2017580710026619982
2018681611166619982
2019686310286619982
2020604910936619982
2021582511736619982
2022640311856619982
2023579811406619982
2024545011296619982
2025579311056619982

NOAA nClimDiv degree-days for Nebraska, 2015 to 2025, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Nebraska meters and time-of-use rates

31.1% of Nebraska home meters are advanced (AMI) meters: 285,058 of 915,461. 3 of 14 reporting utilities offer a home time-of-use rate, and 1,812 home accounts are enrolled in dynamic pricing programs.

EIA-861 meters in Nebraska, data year 2024, pulled 2 Oct 2026: homes.

Flood claims and flood insurance in Nebraska

Nebraska: 1,699 NFIP flood claims with a loss date in 2015 to 2025, $60.8M paid, median paid claim $16,947; 27th of 55 states and territories by dollars paid. The peak year was 2019 with 1,165 claims. FEMA counts 0.7% of Nebraska residential structures as insured, 34th of 51, and the policy file shows 7,329 NFIP policies in force on 8 Sep 2026. Floods damage substations and lines, and in Nebraska this is claims history, not an outage count.

Nebraska counties with the most NFIP flood claims
Top counties in NebraskaClaims 2015-2025PaidClaims per 1,000 homes
Dodge County365$9.3M21.2
Douglas County266$9.5M1.5
Sarpy County226$14.7M3.8
Lancaster County148$2.5M1.5
Cass County95$5.8M7.2

Nebraska: flood claims by state, flood claims by county. 1,699 Nebraska claims as of 8 Sep 2026, OpenFEMA NFIP; counts under 5 hidden.

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Price by sector, Nebraska

Home 11.53, business 8.39, industry 7.66 ¢ in 2024.

Nebraska price by sector 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearResidentialCommercialIndustrialGap to U.S. residential
201510.608.677.59-2.05
201610.848.807.69-1.71
201710.978.857.66-1.92
201810.708.837.60-2.17
201910.778.857.65-2.24
202010.808.897.38-2.35
202110.758.817.26-2.91
202210.798.827.21-4.25
202311.208.767.63-4.80
202411.538.397.66-4.95

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Largest utilities, SAIDI

Median of 9 reporters here: 74.3 minutes.

min

  • Omaha Public Power District85.7
  • Lincoln Electric System19.3
  • Nebraska Public Power District74.3
  • Norris Public Power District200.4
  • City of Grand Island7.6
  • City of Fremont17.8
  • City of Hastings11.6
  • Midwest Electric Member Corp81.2
  • U.S. median99.5

Nebraska, SAIDI of the largest Nebraska utilities: EIA-861 survey.

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Median SAIDI by year, 2015-2024

44 minutes in 2015, 74 in 2024.

Median SAIDI by year, Nebraska, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearNebraska medianGap to U.S. median reporter
201544-57
201630-72
201782-13
201849-52
201930-68
202050-47
202163-33
202257-46
202359-40
202474-25

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Who serves each county

Nebraska counties shaded by utilities listing them; the table shows the top twelve.

Nebraska counties by number of electric utilitiesHarlanBlainePhelpsLoganKearneyHitchcockGrantButlerHookerGardenFranklinLoupNuckollsGarfieldMcPhersonJeffersonThomasSalineValleySarpySheridanRockWashingtonDouglasThayerHowardFrontierCusterWebsterGageBannerSiouxDawesGosperStantonPawneeGreeleyThurstonJohnsonRed WillowHayesOtoeKimballCassBrownBoydWayneSaundersDixonDodgeCheyenneBurtRichardsonCherryKnoxNemahaScotts BluffBox ButteBooneLancasterHamiltonLincolnBuffaloDawsonClayNanceDakotaPierceMerrickFillmoreSewardAntelopeMadisonMorrillPlatteDeuelKeithAdamsPerkinsChaseHoltYorkColfaxDundyCedarWheelerHallSherman

1 utility 2 3 4 or more

Nebraska counties: first 12 of 88 rows
CountyUtilitiesNames
Lincoln5City of North Platte; Custer Public Power District; Dawson Power District; Midwest Electric Member Corp; Nebraska Public Power District
Boone4Cornhusker Public Power Dist; Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist; Loup River Public Power Dist; WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration
Buffalo4Custer Public Power District; Dawson Power District; Nebraska Public Power District; Southern Public Power District
Clay4City of Hastings; Perennial Public Power Dist; South Central Public Pwr Dist; Southern Public Power District
Dakota4City of South Sioux City; Nebraska Public Power District; Northeast Power; WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration
Dawson4City of Lexington; Custer Public Power District; Dawson Power District; Southern Public Power District
Hamilton4Nebraska Public Power District; Perennial Public Power Dist; South Central Public Pwr Dist; Southern Public Power District
Lancaster4Lincoln Electric System; Nebraska Public Power District; Norris Public Power District; Omaha Public Power District
Nance4Cornhusker Public Power Dist; Loup River Public Power Dist; Southern Public Power District; WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration
Pierce4Cedar-Knox Public Power Dist; Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist; Nebraska Public Power District; Northeast Power
Adams3City of Hastings; South Central Public Pwr Dist; Southern Public Power District
Antelope3Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist; Nebraska Public Power District; WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration

88 rows from EIA-861 Service Territory, Census 2023 county outlines.

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Analyst note

Nebraska residential power was 42nd highest of 51 in 2015 at 10.60 ¢ and is 49th in 2024 at 11.53 ¢, so the state slid down 7 places. The U.S. figure went 12.65 to 16.48 ¢ while Nebraska went +8.8%. The biggest annual move was 2023 at +3.8%; the latest year, 2024, came in at +2.9% against +3.0% for the U.S. Business customers paid 8.67 ¢ in 2015 and 8.39 ¢ in 2024, a gap to homes of -1.93 ¢ then and -3.14 ¢ now; industry went from 7.59 to 7.66 ¢ (+0.9%). Reliability worsened at the 3 Nebraska utilities that report in both years: their median SAIDI went from 44 minutes in 2015 to 74 in 2024, +71%, against a U.S. median reporter of 99. Omaha Public Power District is the largest by accounts with 413,414, 36.5% of the 1,131,588 accounts in Nebraska, and the top three hold 58.3%.

Nebraska ranks 49th of 51 on residential price (11.53 ¢), among the cheapest, and 30.0% under the national average. Since 2015 the residential price moved +8.8% against +30.3% nationally, so Nebraska has slipped behind the national trend by 21.5 points.

Businesses pay 3.14 ¢ less than households here (-27.2%); business is under home price in 51 of 51. The median of 9 reporting utilities is 74.3 SAIDI minutes, 25% under the national median. The top three utilities hold 71.2% of accounts, so a few reliability records set the state picture.

By revenue, Nebraska electricity splits 37.5% residential, 33.9% commercial and 28.6% industrial; by kWh the split is 29.5%, 36.6% and 33.9%. Residential accounts are the largest revenue source here. Home accounts are 80.0% of 1,131,588 accounts and use 956 kWh a month, a commercial account 6,649 and an industrial one 15,353.

Facts

Residents (ACS 2023)
1,965,926786,885 households
Electric accounts
1,131,588576 per 1,000 residents
Residential price
11.53 ¢/kWh-4.95 ¢ against the U.S.
Commercial price
8.39 ¢/kWh-4.36 ¢ against the U.S.
Industrial price
7.66 ¢/kWh-0.47 ¢ against the U.S.
Residential since 2015
+8.8%-21.5 points vs U.S.
Retail sales
35.2 TWh17,900 kWh a resident
Utilities listed
2315 political subdivision, 7 municipal, 1 cooperative
Median SAIDI
74.3 min9 utilities, 0.75x U.S.
Net-metered capacity
39 MW4,065 installations
Top three utilities
71.2%of utility accounts
Business minus home
-3.14 ¢-27.2% of the home price
Counties with 2+ utilities
64 of 88most: Lincoln, 5 utilities

Data tables

Nebraska: price by year

YearHomeBusinessIndustryHome vs U.S.
201510.608.677.59-2.05
201610.848.807.69-1.71
201710.978.857.66-1.92
201810.708.837.60-2.17
201910.778.857.65-2.24
202010.808.897.38-2.35
202110.758.817.26-2.91
202210.798.827.21-4.25
202311.208.767.63-4.80
202411.538.397.66-4.95

Questions on Nebraska

What is the average residential electricity price in Nebraska?

11.53 cents in 2024, which is -4.95 cents against the U.S. figure.

How has Nebraska residential power changed since 2015?

It went from 10.60 to 11.53 cents, +8.8% in total, -21.5 points against the U.S.

How many electric utilities operate in Nebraska?

23 utilities have Nebraska as their largest state, and 9 of them report SAIDI.

What net-metered capacity do Nebraska utilities report?

39 MW over 4,065 installations.

How many accounts per 1,000 people in Nebraska?

576: 1,131,588 accounts for 1,965,926 residents.

Is commercial power cheaper than residential in Nebraska?

Businesses pay 8.39 ¢ and homes 11.53 ¢, a difference of -3.14 ¢.

What did Nebraska residential electricity cost in 2025?

Nebraska averaged 12.34 cents per kWh, +7.0% against 11.53 in 2024, and 49 of 51 among states.

Are Nebraska residential electricity prices rising in 2026?

Nebraska is +0.1 points against the U.S.: 12.90 cents from January to July 2026, +7.2% on 2025.

When in 2025 did Nebraska residential power cost most, September or January?

September at 13.85 cents in Nebraska; January was the lowest at 10.53, a 32% spread.

Does Nebraska residential power cost less than the national average in 2026?

5.31 cents below the national average; Nebraska 12.90 cents over January to July 2026, +7.2% on 2025.

States with a similar home price

Closest to Nebraska at 11.53 ¢/kWh, by 2024 average home price.

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How Nebraska ranks and compares

Nebraska is 3rd cheapest of 51 on price (12.34 ¢); 6th of 44 on outage minutes (68 min); 39th cleanest grid (1,018 lb CO2 per MWh); 39th highest income burden (1.92%).

All rankings, price, income and outages explorer, compare two states.

Help paying the bill in Nebraska

Nebraska has $35.8 million in federal energy-assistance money for FY2026, shutoff rules and phone lines. Open the Nebraska help page.

Counties in Nebraska ranked: highest and lowest energy burden, storm reports and old homes, county by county.

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In 2025 Nebraska homes paid 12.34 ¢/kWh: rank 49 of 51, 28.7% below the U.S. average of 17.30 ¢ (2024: 11.53 ¢).

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