Electricity Rates in Nebraska
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Electricity Companies & Statistics in Nebraska
- Population see rank1,967,923
- Total Production see rank39,962,307 MWh / 20.31 MWh per capita
- Total Consumption see rank33,757,958 MWh / 17.15 MWh per capita
- Total Production from Renewable see rank12,766,896 MWh / 6.49 MWh per capita
- CO2 Emissions from Consumption see rank16,314,424,702 kg / 8,290.17 kg per capita
- Total Production from Non-Renewable see rank27,195,411 MWh / 13.82 MWh per capita
Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Nebraska
Nebraska residential electric rates are highest in January and the highest average bill is in July.
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Nebraska Electricity Fuel Mix
Nebraska's Electricity Prices and Usage
The average residential electricity rate in Nebraska in 2024 is 11.34 cents per kilowatt hour, which is 29.18% lower than the national average rate of 16.01 cents. Nebraska ranks as the 5th best priced state in the nation using average electric rate. The state is home to over 150 electric companies, but residents are usually stuck with only one or two supplier options because Nebraska has a regulated electricity market. Customers in the state have 0.99 electrical outages on average per year, with outages lasting around 245.08 minutes on average. The national averages for outages and duration are 1.27 outages and 137.24 minutes. Power production facilities in the state generate 18.38% more electricity than the state consumes, meaning the excess electricity can be exported or stored for later use. The state generates 31.95% of their electricity using sustainable fuel sources, which ranks them 18th in the United States for ratio of renewable fuel sources to non-renewable sources. The state consumes over 33,700,000 megawatt hours to meet their electricity needs, ranking the state at 34th in the country for total electricity consumption.
Residential Electricity Providers in Nebraska
Provider | Service Type | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Average Bill ($) | Residential Sales (MWh) | Residential Revenues ($) | State Production (MWh) |
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Omaha Public Power District | BUNDLED | 12.07 | 111.5 | 3,970,130 | 479,016,000 | 7,746,733.99 |
Lincoln Electric System | BUNDLED | 10.31 | 86.14 | 1,329,759 | 137,041,042 | 165,958 |
Nebraska Public Power District | BUNDLED | 10.43 | 101.48 | 852,446.04 | 88,919,924 | 15,840,345 |
Norris Public Power District | BUNDLED | 9.27 | 150.16 | 346,549 | 32,115,000 | |
Dawson Public Power | BUNDLED | 11.23 | 150.63 | 258,116.47 | 28,985,260 | |
Loup Power District | BUNDLED | 10.11 | 130.8 | 250,070 | 25,282,000 | 106,463 |
Southern Public Power District | BUNDLED | 9.07 | 122.67 | 247,273.69 | 22,421,286 | |
Grand Island Utilities | BUNDLED | 9.97 | 84.97 | 225,741.11 | 22,509,147 | 509,595.28 |
Fremont Utilities | BUNDLED | 12.21 | 109.31 | 148,845.52 | 18,179,908 | 447,824 |
Cornhusker Power | BUNDLED | 10.63 | 165.32 | 136,703.47 | 14,534,013 |
Commercial Electricity Providers in Nebraska
Provider | Service Type | Commercial Rate (¢) | Commercial Average Bill ($) | Commercial Sales (MWh) | Commercial Revenues ($) | State Production (MWh) |
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Omaha Public Power District | BUNDLED | 9.30 | 595.91 | 3,828,752 | 356,247,000 | 7,746,733.99 |
Lincoln Electric System | BUNDLED | 8.22 | 569.66 | 1,478,426 | 121,473,222 | 165,958 |
Nebraska Public Power District | BUNDLED | 8.28 | 380.48 | 1,075,908.09 | 89,059,764 | 15,840,345 |
Loup Power District | BUNDLED | 9.67 | 445.72 | 213,205 | 20,617,000 | 106,463 |
Grand Island Utilities | BUNDLED | 10.22 | 385.31 | 205,960.79 | 21,051,825 | 509,595.28 |
Northeast Nebraska Public Power | BUNDLED | 7.09 | 1,174.35 | 196,203 | 13,909,000 | |
South Sioux City Utilities | BUNDLED | 8.17 | 1,189.17 | 172,313 | 14,070,300 | |
Norris Public Power District | BUNDLED | 10.13 | 197.67 | 149,969 | 15,198,000 | |
Cedar-Knox Public Power District | BUNDLED | 7.05 | 1,047.09 | 135,556 | 9,562,000 | |
North Platte Municipal Light and Water | BUNDLED | 9.76 | 504.59 | 132,893 | 12,970,000 |
Power Plants in Nebraska
Plant | City/County | Primary Fuel Type | Production (MWh) | Emission (KG) | Emissions/MWh (KG/MWh) | Toxic Chemical Release | Closing Date |
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Gerald GentlemanNebraska Public Power District (100.00%) | Lincoln County | Coal | 7,614,352 | 7,381,196,272.08 | 969.38 | ||
Cooper Nuclear StationNebraska Public Power District (100.00%) | Nemaha County | Nuclear | 6,917,298 | ||||
Nebraska CityOmaha Public Power District (100.00%) | Otoe County | Coal | 5,803,176 | 5,808,060,058.41 | 1,000.84 | ||
North OmahaOmaha Public Power District (100.00%) | Omaha | Coal | 1,541,748.99 | 1,647,283,908.52 | 1,068.45 | ||
Adams County | Coal | 1,175,695 | 1,215,678,569.39 | 1,034.01 | |||
Thunderhead Wind Energy LLCInvenergy (100.00%) | Antelope County | Wind | 1,124,598 | ||||
Milligan 1 Wind FarmMilligan 1 Wind, LLC (100.00%) | Saline County | Wind | 998,834 | ||||
Grande Prairie Wind FarmBHE Renewables (100.00%) | Holt County | Wind | 969,231 | ||||
Little Blue Wind Project, LLCLittle Blue Wind Project, LLC (100.00%) | Webster County | Wind | 931,911 | ||||
Rattlesnake Creek Wind ProjectEnel Green Power (100.00%) | Dixon County | Wind | 924,965 |
Quick Facts
As the 35th largest producer of electricity in the country, power plants in Nebraska generate 39,962,306.97 megawatt hours of electricity.
Nebraska ranks 34th worst in the country for total generation of electricity from non-renewable energy sources, with 27,195,411.17 of the state's 39,962,306.97 megawatt hours coming from those fuels.
The state of Nebraska is the 15th highest generator of electricity sourced from coal.
Nebraska is the 6th highest polluting state when considering emissions per capita. The state emits 8,290.17 kilograms per person per year of CO2 gases.
With 1,967,923 citizens within its borders and 39,962,306.97 megawatt hours produced a year, Nebraska had a megawatt hour per capita production of 20.31 megawatt hours. This is the 11th largest megawatt hour per capita amount in the US.
More people call the state of Nebraska home now than 12 months ago, as the state's population has risen by 0.22% during that time.
County | Population | Providers | Plants | Residential Rate (¢) | Residential Avg. Electric Bill |
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Adams County | 31,284 | 3 | 5 | 9.19 | $123.24/mo |
Antelope County | 6,310 | 3 | 5 | 9.48 | $138.96/mo |
Arthur County | 472 | 2 | 12.43 | $275.11/mo | |
Banner County | 605 | 4 | 13.27 | $144.19/mo | |
Blaine County | 346 | 1 | 9.16 | $218.95/mo | |
Boone County | 5,413 | 3 | 2 | 10.60 | $164.03/mo |
Box Butte County | 10,821 | 5 | 12.49 | $262.10/mo | |
Boyd County | 1,812 | 3 | 10.58 | $138.55/mo | |
Brown County | 2,752 | 2 | 1 | 11.70 | $171.25/mo |
Buffalo County | 49,840 | 3 | 2 | 11.16 | $148.02/mo |
Burt County | 6,705 | 3 | 2 | 13.30 | $217.46/mo |
Butler County | 8,354 | 3 | 1 | 10.20 | $150.67/mo |
Cass County | 26,546 | 3 | 1 | 12.00 | $111.14/mo |
Cedar County | 8,401 | 4 | 2 | 8.04 | $120.07/mo |
Chase County | 3,694 | 5 | 11.62 | $131.68/mo | |
Cherry County | 5,505 | 7 | 1 | 11.57 | $207.24/mo |
Cheyenne County | 9,575 | 4 | 1 | 13.54 | $140.73/mo |
Clay County | 6,104 | 4 | 8.96 | $148.57/mo | |
Colfax County | 10,608 | 7 | 10.78 | $155.55/mo | |
Cuming County | 9,035 | 3 | 3 | 10.38 | $166.31/mo |
Custer County | 10,625 | 7 | 6 | 9.25 | $216.07/mo |
Dakota County | 21,284 | 3 | 1 | 9.32 | $128.61/mo |
Dawes County | 8,383 | 2 | 13.00 | $198.96/mo | |
Dawson County | 24,031 | 4 | 3 | 11.20 | $149.95/mo |
Deuel County | 1,878 | 4 | 1 | 12.86 | $138.66/mo |
Dixon County | 5,632 | 3 | 3 | 9.04 | $132.26/mo |
Dodge County | 37,249 | 6 | 3 | 12.39 | $160.49/mo |
Douglas County | 586,327 | 1 | 4 | 12.07 | $111.50/mo |
Dundy County | 1,900 | 4 | 9.91 | $139.79/mo | |
Fillmore County | 5,561 | 5 | 1 | 10.63 | $184.66/mo |
Franklin County | 2,914 | 4 | 3 | 9.09 | $122.47/mo |
Frontier County | 2,512 | 5 | 1 | 13.16 | $126.26/mo |
Furnas County | 4,655 | 6 | 2 | 11.53 | $119.54/mo |
Gage County | 21,706 | 3 | 1 | 9.29 | $147.89/mo |
Garden County | 1,726 | 2 | 12.83 | $204.54/mo | |
Garfield County | 1,889 | 3 | 1 | 11.22 | $180.70/mo |
Gosper County | 1,811 | 3 | 3 | 11.34 | $134.44/mo |
Grant County | 718 | 1 | 12.37 | $285.00/mo | |
Greeley County | 2,219 | 4 | 1 | 9.74 | $189.87/mo |
Hall County | 62,616 | 4 | 2 | 9.19 | $118.69/mo |
Hamilton County | 9,376 | 5 | 9.18 | $125.19/mo | |
Harlan County | 3,216 | 2 | 1 | 11.29 | $119.36/mo |
Hayes County | 891 | 3 | 10.21 | $139.09/mo | |
Hitchcock County | 2,630 | 4 | 11.74 | $133.34/mo | |
Holt County | 10,175 | 4 | 2 | 10.41 | $138.65/mo |
Hooker County | 714 | 3 | 9.75 | $230.83/mo | |
Howard County | 6,461 | 3 | 8.75 | $195.42/mo | |
Jefferson County | 7,213 | 4 | 1 | 10.00 | $145.47/mo |
Johnson County | 5,298 | 4 | 1 | 12.10 | $111.37/mo |
Kearney County | 6,639 | 3 | 9.13 | $122.62/mo | |
Keith County | 8,312 | 3 | 1 | 11.24 | $136.79/mo |
Keya Paha County | 946 | 1 | 1 | 11.86 | $168.22/mo |
Kimball County | 3,583 | 2 | 2 | 14.30 | $135.97/mo |
Knox County | 8,434 | 3 | 2 | 9.10 | $128.07/mo |
Lancaster County | 324,756 | 3 | 9 | 9.53 | $134.02/mo |
Lincoln County | 34,906 | 6 | 3 | 11.22 | $154.77/mo |
Logan County | 865 | 1 | 9.16 | $218.95/mo | |
Loup County | 665 | 1 | 9.16 | $218.95/mo | |
Madison County | 35,553 | 5 | 2 | 9.60 | $140.25/mo |
McPherson County | 475 | 2 | 9.52 | $226.40/mo | |
Merrick County | 7,687 | 6 | 9.19 | $132.29/mo | |
Morrill County | 4,595 | 6 | 12.95 | $170.75/mo | |
Nance County | 3,389 | 4 | 10.50 | $161.69/mo | |
Nemaha County | 7,025 | 3 | 2 | 12.02 | $112.01/mo |
Nuckolls County | 4,125 | 3 | 8.91 | $149.89/mo | |
Otoe County | 15,916 | 4 | 4 | 12.03 | $111.83/mo |
Pawnee County | 2,564 | 2 | 12.00 | $111.09/mo | |
Perkins County | 2,865 | 3 | 11.30 | $138.45/mo | |
Phelps County | 8,972 | 4 | 9.43 | $121.67/mo | |
Pierce County | 7,266 | 6 | 1 | 9.25 | $135.32/mo |
Platte County | 34,123 | 3 | 5 | 10.58 | $162.40/mo |
Polk County | 5,223 | 3 | 1 | 9.44 | $182.61/mo |
Red Willow County | 10,724 | 7 | 1 | 12.86 | $124.10/mo |
Richardson County | 7,893 | 3 | 2 | 11.99 | $110.87/mo |
Rock County | 1,321 | 1 | 11.86 | $168.22/mo | |
Saline County | 14,395 | 6 | 3 | 9.33 | $149.02/mo |
Sarpy County | 196,553 | 1 | 2 | 12.07 | $111.50/mo |
Saunders County | 22,008 | 4 | 1 | 11.39 | $124.43/mo |
Scotts Bluff County | 36,229 | 8 | 2 | 12.46 | $161.22/mo |
Seward County | 17,605 | 2 | 1 | 9.32 | $149.29/mo |
Sheridan County | 5,150 | 3 | 12.72 | $238.62/mo | |
Sherman County | 2,986 | 3 | 10.77 | $189.06/mo | |
Sioux County | 1,081 | 5 | 14.24 | $156.54/mo | |
Stanton County | 5,877 | 4 | 10.25 | $158.77/mo | |
Thayer County | 5,053 | 7 | 2 | 9.28 | $148.78/mo |
Thomas County | 562 | 1 | 9.16 | $218.95/mo | |
Thurston County | 6,806 | 5 | 1 | 12.00 | $191.34/mo |
Valley County | 4,031 | 2 | 1 | 11.27 | $186.13/mo |
Washington County | 20,699 | 2 | 1 | 12.24 | $125.64/mo |
Wayne County | 9,590 | 5 | 3 | 9.20 | $133.81/mo |
Webster County | 3,442 | 4 | 4 | 8.96 | $149.43/mo |
Wheeler County | 735 | 4 | 10.55 | $165.28/mo | |
York County | 14,164 | 5 | 1 | 10.58 | $182.92/mo |
For every person in the state there are 8,290.17 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This adds up to total emissions of 16,314,424,702.48 kilograms of CO2 emissions from electricity use, making the state the 33rd highest for total emissions in the US. Coal makes up 44.46% of the fuel sources used for electricity production in Nebraska. Other fuel types used include Wind at 29.41% and Nuclear at 17.31%. Nebraska has 121 power generation plants, which is the 32nd most in the country and 13th most when considering facilities per person in the state.
FAQ: Common Questions About Electricity in Nebraska
How much does electricity cost in Nebraska?
A good electricity rate in Nebraska would be anything below the state average of 11.34 cents per kilowatt hour. Anything below that amount would be better than most other rates in the state. Currently, the different rates in the state range from 3.82 cents per kilowatt hour up to 17.27 cents per kilowatt hour.
Where does Nebraska get its electricity?
Coal is the primary fuel source used for electricity production in Nebraska, making up 44.46% of production. Wind and Nuclear also make up 29.41% and 17.31% respectively.
What electricity company is the largest provider in Nebraska?
The largest electricity supplier in Nebraska by megawatt hours sold is Omaha Public Power District.
What is the average electric bill in Nebraska?
In 2024, Nebraska has an average electricity bill of $113.
Does Nebraska have a deregulated electricity market?
No, the state has a regulated market, where residents' electricity company options are usually determined by their location or state legislation.
What is the cheapest electricity company in Nebraska?
Residential Rate Rank | Provider | Residential Rate (¢) | State Customers |
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1 | Hildreth, Nebraska Electric Utility | 3.82 | 245 |
2 | Bradshaw, Nebraska Electric Utility | 6.04 | 213 |
3 | Village of Reynolds, Nebraska (Utility Company) | 7.87 | 44 |
4 | Cedar-Knox Public Power District | 7.99 | 7,598 |
5 | Winside, Nebraska Electric Utility | 8.22 | 249 |
6 | Howard Greeley Rural Public Power District | 8.73 | 5,748 |
7 | Spalding, Nebraska Electric Utility | 8.90 | 374 |
8 | South Central Public Power District | 8.90 | 8,385 |
9 | Ord, Nebraska Electric Utility | 8.93 | 1,441 |
10 | Wahoo, Nebraska Electric Utility | 8.96 | 2,459 |
How many electric companies offer service in Nebraska?
Nebraska is home to 150 electricity providers offering service in the area.
How many power plants are located in Nebraska?
There are 121 electricity plants in Nebraska.
What electricity companies are in Nebraska?
State Customers Rank | Provider | State Customers |
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1 | Omaha Public Power District | 407,967 |
2 | Lincoln Electric System | 150,575 |
3 | Nebraska Public Power District | 92,586 |
4 | Southern Public Power District | 27,876 |
5 | Norris Public Power District | 27,017 |
6 | Grand Island Utilities | 26,725 |
7 | Dawson Public Power | 23,422 |
8 | Loup Power District | 20,554 |
9 | Fremont Utilities | 16,373 |
10 | Hastings Utilities | 13,865 |