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Nevada electric companies, rates and outages

EIA counts 8 utilities in Nevada, serving 1,494,282 accounts for a population of 3,141,000.

Geothermal power plant at Brady's Hot Springs, northwestern Nevada
Brady's Hot Springs Power Plant (Brady's Hot Springs, Nevada, USA). Photo by James St. John, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

In 2025 Nevada homes paid 13.15 ¢/kWh: rank 42 of 51, 24.0% below the U.S. average of 17.30 ¢ (2024: 15.00 ¢).

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How it compares

Nevada prices
Customer sector2024GapRank
Residential15.00 ¢/kWh-9.0% against the U.S.23 of 511 is highest
Commercial10.19 ¢/kWh-20.1% against the U.S.41 of 511 is highest
Industrial8.64 ¢/kWh+6.3% against the U.S.17 of 511 is highest

Electric companies in Nevada

Nevada home prices, 2024; lowest filled.

Nevada companies
CompanyHome accountsAverage priceReliabilityNet metering
Mt Wheeler Power, IncLowest price5,1698.50 ¢/kWh$79 a month at 930 kWhNo data0.2 MW21 systems
Wells Rural Electric Co4,62110.05 ¢/kWh$93 a month at 930 kWhNo dataNo data
City of Boulder City7,14510.37 ¢/kWh$96 a month at 930 kWh8 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.042.4 MW159 systems
Overton Power District No 515,54510.69 ¢/kWh$99 a month at 930 kWh21 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.314.9 MW541 systems
Sierra Pacific Power Co330,89114.52 ¢/kWh$135 a month at 930 kWh102 minSAIDI, SAIFI 1.04135.7 MW14,910 systems
Nevada Power Co916,38515.33 ¢/kWh$143 a month at 930 kWh52 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.53972.8 MW117,744 systems
Valley Electric Assn, Inc22,36816.73 ¢/kWh$155 a month at 930 kWh44 minSAIDI, SAIFI 0.6922.1 MW2,235 systems

Nevada: 2025 and 2026

Nevada, data to July 2026.

Nevada 2025 average price
13.15 ¢/kWh-12.3% against 2024, U.S. +5.0%
Nevada 2025 rank
42 of 51-19 places against 2024
Nevada January to Jul 2026
13.53 ¢/kWh+2.6% on Jan-Jul 2025
Nevada Last 12 months
13.36 ¢/kWhto July 2026
Nevada July 2026
12.77 ¢/kWh+3.1% against July 2025
Nevada 2025 costliest month
Mar 14.43 ¢cheapest Jun 12.26 ¢, a 18% spread
Nevada Typical 2025 bill
$114 a monthtop Aug $183, low Nov $83

The Nevada residential price averaged 13.15 ¢/kWh in 2025, -12.3% on 2024: Nevada ran 17.3 points slower than the nation. From January to July 2026 the Nevada average is 13.53 ¢, +2.6% on 2025, 4.5 points below the U.S. change. Seasonality in Nevada: 2025 peaked in March at 14.43 ¢ and bottomed in June at 12.26 ¢. A typical residential account in Nevada paid about $1,373 for energy over 2025, from $83 in November to $183 in August; use per account ran 583 to 1,461 kWh a month.

Nevada price by month, 2024 to Jul 2026

Price by month, Nevada: 12 rows
Month202420252026 to Jul
Jan16.3713.8813.98
Feb16.6914.3014.38
Mar16.8114.4314.17
Apr16.5913.6614.29
May16.1813.2913.60
Jun15.5012.2613.11
Jul13.5612.3912.77
Aug13.7212.53No data
Sep14.0313.05No data
Oct14.6013.77No data
Nov15.2514.20No data
Dec14.8712.83No data

12 rows from EIA retail sales.

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What a typical Nevada account paid each month

Nevada: use per account times price, energy only.

Typical bill by month, Nevada: 12 rows
Month20252026 to Jul
Jan10297
Feb8383
Mar8795
Apr8789
May111119
Jun151168
Jul176207
Aug183No data
Sep131No data
Oct92No data
Nov83No data
Dec85No data

12 rows from EIA retail sales.

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What Nevada power is made of

In plain words. Natural gas is the biggest source in Nevada (51%), and the power made there is cleaner than the U.S. average per kWh. Plants with 332 MW are planned to retire by 2030. New plants with 901 MW are under construction.

In 2025 Nevada plants of 1 MW or more made 45.2 TWh. The biggest sources: natural gas 50.6%, utility-scale solar 30.8%, wood, biomass, geothermal and waste 8.4%. For comparison, natural gas makes 40.9% of U.S. generation. Wind, solar and hydro together: 35.7% (22.6% for the U.S.). Nevada plants only; imports and rooftop solar are not counted.

Nevada, share of net generation, %

  • Coal 5.7
  • Natural gas 50.6
  • Nuclear
  • Hydro (conventional) 4.2
  • Wind 0.8
  • Utility-scale solar 30.8
  • Petroleum 0.0
  • Wood, biomass, geothermal, waste 8.4
  • Other

Fuel groups: prices guide.

Nevada, share of net generation and operating capacity: 8 rows
SourceNevada share of generation, %U.S. share, %Nevada generation, TWhNevada capacity, MW
Coal5.716.62.59532
Natural gas50.640.922.889,098
Hydro (conventional)4.25.51.881,053
Wind0.810.40.35150
Utility-scale solar30.86.813.915,480
Petroleum0.00.40.016
Wood, biomass, geothermal, waste8.41.43.80929
Other-0.50.4-0.238

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

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Nevada plant pipeline

Nevada, megawatts: 6 rows
Nevada plantsMW
Operating, utility-scale17,255
Battery storage1,704
Retiring 2026 to 2030332
Retiring after 2030222
Under construction901
Planned2,852

EIA-860 generators in Nevada, 2025 data.

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Nevada carbon per kWh

Nevada plants emitted 642 lb of CO₂ per MWh in 2023 (0.291 kg per kWh), against 767 lb for the U.S. An average Nevada home using 860 kWh a month accounts for about 251 kg of CO₂ a month at that rate. The rate is for Nevada plants, not your supplier.

state and national values: 4 rows
MeasureNevadaU.S.
CO₂, lb per MWh642.4767.2
CO₂, kg per kWh0.2910.348
NOx, lb per MWh0.4790.452
SO2, lb per MWh0.1370.359

EPA eGRID2023 for Nevada, pulled 2 Oct 2026.

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Nevada weather

A normal year in Nevada brings 3,762 heating and 1,915 cooling degree-days (1991 to 2020). 2025 had 2,920 heating (22% below normal) and 2,338 cooling (22% above normal).

Nevada degree-days by year

Heating and cooling degree-days, Nevada, 2015 to 2025: 11 rows
Nevada yearHeating (HDD)Cooling (CDD)Normal HDDNormal CDD
20153076229337621915
20163185225337621915
20173101231237621915
20183290245137621915
20193770201237621915
20203274248837621915
20213284249537621915
20223502238737621915
20233699204637621915
20243286265037621915
20252920233837621915

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

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Nevada meters and time-of-use rates

96.0% of Nevada home meters are advanced (AMI) meters: 1,370,022 of 1,426,890. 2 of 3 reporting utilities offer a home time-of-use rate, and 16,337 home accounts are enrolled in dynamic pricing programs.

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

Flood claims and flood insurance in Nevada

Nevada: 346 NFIP flood claims with a loss date in 2015 to 2025, $7.0M paid, median paid claim $10,792; 46th of 55 states and territories by dollars paid. The peak year was 2017 with 167 claims. FEMA counts 0.8% of Nevada residential structures as insured, 30th of 51, and the policy file shows 9,060 NFIP policies in force on 8 Sep 2026. Floods damage substations and lines, and in Nevada this is claims history, not an outage count.

Nevada counties with the most NFIP flood claims
Top counties in NevadaClaims 2015-2025PaidClaims per 1,000 homes
Washoe County151$3.2M0.9
Nye County76$1.1M3.0
Douglas County44$1.0M1.9
Clark County30$999K0.0
Elko County17$117K0.8

Nevada: flood claims by state, flood claims by county. 346 Nevada claims as of 8 Sep 2026, OpenFEMA NFIP; counts under 5 hidden.

Nevada charts

Price by sector, Nevada

Home 15.00, business 10.19, industry 8.64 ¢ in 2024.

Nevada price by sector 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearResidentialCommercialIndustrialGap to U.S. residential
201512.769.256.75+0.11
201611.417.935.88-1.14
201711.997.966.15-0.90
201811.857.746.10-1.02
201912.008.046.14-1.01
202011.347.455.61-1.81
202111.497.776.02-2.17
202213.7810.148.50-1.26
202316.6711.9110.36+0.67
202415.0010.198.64-1.48

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Largest utilities, SAIDI

Median of 5 reporters here: 43.8 minutes.

min

  • Nevada Power Co51.6
  • Sierra Pacific Power Co102.1
  • Valley Electric Assn, Inc43.8
  • Overton Power District No 520.7
  • City of Boulder City8.0
  • U.S. median99.5

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

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Median SAIDI by year, 2015-2024

46 minutes in 2015, 44 in 2024.

Median SAIDI by year, Nevada, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearNevada medianGap to U.S. median reporter
201546-55
201655-47
201752-43
201858-43
201948-50
202038-59
202151-45
202242-61
202348-51
202444-55

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Who serves each county

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

Nevada counties by number of electric utilitiesCarson CityPershingChurchillWhite PineLyonStoreyDouglasLanderMineralHumboldtEsmeraldaWashoeClarkNyeElkoEureka

1 utility 2 3 4 or more

Nevada counties: first 12 of 16 rows
CountyUtilitiesNames
Clark7City of Boulder City; Colorado River Comm of Nevada; Nevada Power Co; Overton Power District No 5; Southern California Edison Co; Valley Electric Assn, Inc; WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration
Elko4Mt Wheeler Power, Inc; Raft Rural Elec Coop Inc; Sierra Pacific Power Co; Wells Rural Electric Co
Nye4Mt Wheeler Power, Inc; Nevada Power Co; Sierra Pacific Power Co; Valley Electric Assn, Inc
Eureka3Mt Wheeler Power, Inc; Sierra Pacific Power Co; Wells Rural Electric Co
Esmeralda2Sierra Pacific Power Co; Valley Electric Assn, Inc
Washoe2Sierra Pacific Power Co; Surprise Valley Electrification
Carson City1Sierra Pacific Power Co
Churchill1Sierra Pacific Power Co
Douglas1Sierra Pacific Power Co
Humboldt1Sierra Pacific Power Co
Lander1Sierra Pacific Power Co
Lyon1Sierra Pacific Power Co

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

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Analyst note

Nevada residential power was 19th highest of 51 in 2015 at 12.76 ¢ and is 23rd in 2024 at 15.00 ¢, so the state slid down 4 places. The U.S. figure went 12.65 to 16.48 ¢ while Nevada went +17.6%. The biggest annual move was 2023 at +21.0%; the latest year, 2024, came in at -10.0% against +3.0% for the U.S. Business customers paid 9.25 ¢ in 2015 and 10.19 ¢ in 2024, a gap to homes of -3.51 ¢ then and -4.81 ¢ now; industry went from 6.75 to 8.64 ¢ (+28.0%). Reliability changed little at the 3 Nevada utilities that report in both years: their median SAIDI went from 46 minutes in 2015 to 52 in 2024, +12%, against a U.S. median reporter of 99. Nevada Power Co is the largest by accounts with 1,035,139, 69.3% of the 1,494,282 accounts in Nevada, and the top three hold 96.5%.

At 15.00 ¢/kWh, Nevada residential power is mid-table in the country: 23rd of 51, 1.48 ¢ below the U.S. figure. Since 2015 the residential price moved +17.6% against +30.3% nationally, so Nevada has slipped behind the national trend by 12.7 points.

Businesses pay 4.81 ¢ less than households here (-32.1%); business is under home price in 51 of 51. SAIDI for the typical reporter is 43.8 minutes across 5 utilities, under the national 99.5. Three utilities serve 97.3% of accounts.

By revenue, Nevada electricity splits 47.1% residential, 31.2% commercial and 21.8% industrial; by kWh the split is 36.0%, 35.1% and 28.9%. Residential accounts are the largest revenue source here. Home accounts are 87.8% of 1,494,281 accounts and use 930 kWh a month, a commercial account 6,685 and an industrial one 204,872.

Facts

Residents (ACS 2023)
3,141,0001,183,393 households
Electric accounts
1,494,282476 per 1,000 residents
Residential price
15.00 ¢/kWh-1.48 ¢ against the U.S.
Commercial price
10.19 ¢/kWh-2.56 ¢ against the U.S.
Industrial price
8.64 ¢/kWh+0.51 ¢ against the U.S.
Residential since 2015
+17.6%-12.7 points vs U.S.
Retail sales
40.7 TWh12,946 kWh a resident
Utilities listed
83 cooperative, 2 investor owned, 1 political subdivision
Median SAIDI
43.8 min5 utilities, 0.44x U.S.
Net-metered capacity
1,138 MW135,610 installations
Top three utilities
97.3%of utility accounts
Business minus home
-4.81 ¢-32.1% of the home price
Counties with 2+ utilities
6 of 16most: Clark, 7 utilities

Data tables

Nevada: price by year

YearHomeBusinessIndustryHome vs U.S.
201512.769.256.75+0.11
201611.417.935.88-1.14
201711.997.966.15-0.90
201811.857.746.10-1.02
201912.008.046.14-1.01
202011.347.455.61-1.81
202111.497.776.02-2.17
202213.7810.148.50-1.26
202316.6711.9110.36+0.67
202415.0010.198.64-1.48

Questions on Nevada

How many cents per kWh do Nevada homes pay?

15.00 cents in 2024, which is -1.48 cents against the U.S. figure.

Did Nevada electricity get more expensive after 2015?

It went from 12.76 to 15.00 cents, +17.6% in total, -12.7 points against the U.S.

How many utilities does EIA list for Nevada?

8 utilities have Nevada as their largest state, and 5 of them report SAIDI.

How much solar net metering exists in Nevada?

1,138 MW over 135,610 installations.

How many electric accounts does Nevada have per 1,000 residents?

476: 1,494,282 accounts for 3,141,000 residents.

Do Nevada businesses pay more than households?

Businesses pay 10.19 ¢ and homes 15.00 ¢, a difference of -4.81 ¢.

What did Nevada residential electricity cost in 2025?

Nevada averaged 13.15 cents per kWh, -12.3% against 15.00 in 2024, and 42 of 51 among states.

Are Nevada residential electricity prices rising in 2026?

Nevada is -4.5 points against the U.S.: 13.53 cents from January to July 2026, +2.6% on 2025.

When in 2025 did Nevada residential power cost most, March or June?

March at 14.43 cents in Nevada; June was the lowest at 12.26, a 18% spread.

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

4.69 cents below the national average; Nevada 13.53 cents over January to July 2026, +2.6% on 2025.

States with a similar home price

Closest to Nevada at 15.00 ¢/kWh, by 2024 average home price.

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How Nevada ranks and compares

Nevada is 10th cheapest of 51 on price (13.15 ¢); 3rd of 44 on outage minutes (64 min); 19th cleanest grid (642 lb CO2 per MWh); 44th highest income burden (1.82%).

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

Help paying the bill in Nevada

Nevada has $17.5 million in federal energy-assistance money for FY2026, shutoff rules and phone lines. Open the Nevada help page.

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

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In 2025 Nevada homes paid 13.15 ¢/kWh: rank 42 of 51, 24.0% below the U.S. average of 17.30 ¢ (2024: 15.00 ¢).

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