Electricity Rates in Nevada

Electricity Rates, Plans & Statistics

The average electricity bill in Nevada is $136.79
The average electricity rate in Nevada is 14.71¢

Electric Bills and Electric Rates in Nevada

The average residential electric bill in Nevada is $136.79 per month. Nevada is the 26th most expensive state in the country for electricity.

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Electricity Companies & Statistics in Nevada

Population
3,177,772
Total Production
45,081,802 MWh / 14.19 MWh per capita
Total Consumption
40,630,897 MWh / 12.79 MWh per capita
Total Production from Renewable
18,972,511 MWh / 5.97 MWh per capita
CO₂ Emissions from Consumption
11,369,779,286 kg / 3,577.91 kg per capita
Total Production from Non-Renewable
26,263,798 MWh / 8.26 MWh per capita

Average Residential Electricity Bills & Rates in Nevada

Nevada residential electric rates are highest in April and the highest average bill is in July.

Historical Electricity Rates:

24^th14.71¢Average residential price per kWh in the state of Nevada

26^th$136.79Average residential monthly electricity bill for Nevada Residents

Nevada Production, Consumption, and Emissions by Fuel Types

MonthlyWe report production data as it is published. Due to reporting methods and timing, data from 2023 and 2022 may be incomplete. Data is released in full each fall for the previous calendar year. For clarification on any data points, please contact our team.

AnnualAnnual data for 2022 will be finalized in the fall of 2023. Until that time, some data may be incomplete. Data for 2023 is a summation of all information released to date, which may only represent a portion of the actual production that has occurred. For clarification on any data points, please contact our team.

Nevada's Electricity Prices and Usage

Residents of Nevada enjoy a lower residential electricity rate than most people around the nation, with an average state electricity rate of 14.71 cents per kilowatt hour compared to the United States average price of 16.59 cents. This ranks Nevada as the 24th lowest priced state in the country by average electricity rate. The state is home to 14 electricity providers, but customers are most often faced with only one or two supplier choices because Nevada has a regulated electricity market. Approximately 9.87% of the electricity produced in the state is exported or stored and 90.13% of it is actively consumed by residents. With 1,419,062 residential customers, NV Energy is the largest provider in the state. The state has 3,177,772 residents, resulting in it being the 33rd most populated state in the US. The electricity grid in the state has an average of 0.77 outages per consumer a year, with outages lasting roughly 69.39 minutes each. The United States average for these two data points are 1.44 outages and 123.49 minutes.

Residential Electricity Providers in Nevada

Provider	Service Type	Residential Rate (¢)	Residential Rate State Rank	Residential Average Bill ($)	Residential Average Bill State Rank	Residential Sales (MWh)	Residential Sales State Rank	Residential Revenues ($)	Residential Revenues State Rank	State Production (MWh)	State Production Rank
NV Energy	BUNDLED	14.99	10	132.88	9	13,289,368.32	1	1,992,144,322	1	21,193,664	1
Valley Electric Association	BUNDLED	16.43	11	196.01	12	320,665.87	2	52,685,347	2		2
Overton Power District No 5	BUNDLED	11.24	6	158.61	10	232,070.59	3	26,084,317.63	3		2
Boulder City Utilities	BUNDLED	10.38	5	128.15	8	105,858.19	4	10,992,655	4		2
Mount Wheeler Power	BUNDLED	8.59	1	117.95	6	85,195.41	5	7,319,665	5		2
Wells Rural Electric Company	BUNDLED	10.05	3	108.65	2	58,953	6	5,923,000	6		2
City of Fallon Utilities	BUNDLED	18.06	13	109.83	4	28,182.76	7	5,088,524.03	7		2
Lincoln County Power District	BUNDLED	11.84	7	122.9	7	16,999.52	8	2,013,544.86	8		2
Raft River Rural Electric Coop	BUNDLED	10.23	4	91.69	1	16,807.67	9	1,720,104	9		2
Harney Electric Cooperative	BUNDLED	9.13	2	178.11	11	13,066.18	10	1,192,631.67	12		2
Alamo Power District No 3	BUNDLED	16.71	12	220.71	13	8,687.36	11	1,451,590.54	10		2
Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative	BUNDLED	24.67	14	280.38	14	5,411.98	12	1,335,159.6	11		2
Aha Macav Power Service	BUNDLED	12.04	8	110.28	5	2,038.58	13	245,364.67	13		2
Surprise Valley Electric	BUNDLED	13.95	9	108.99	3	56.27	14	7,847	14		2

Commercial Electricity Providers in Nevada

Provider	Service Type	Commercial Rate (¢)	Commercial Rate Rank	Commercial Average Bill ($)	Commercial Average Bill State Rank	Commercial Sales (MWh)	Commercial Sales State Rank	Commercial Revenues ($)	Commercial Revenues State Rank	State Production (MWh)	State Production Rank
NV Energy	BUNDLED	11.28	7	460.32	9	8,156,595.79	1	920,363,794	1	21,193,664	1
Valley Electric Association	BUNDLED	13.80	12	1,093.81	13	234,253.77	2	32,321,040	2		2
Overton Power District No 5	BUNDLED	9.30	5	313.81	6	117,569.41	3	10,929,750.22	3		2
Boulder City Utilities	BUNDLED	12.92	9	549.8	10	53,643.29	4	6,929,721	4		2
Wells Rural Electric Company	BUNDLED	9.29	4	403.28	7	49,486	5	4,597,000	6		2
City of Fallon Utilities	BUNDLED	13.63	11	621.83	12	46,558.19	6	6,345,773	5		2
Mount Wheeler Power	BUNDLED	9.61	6	194.42	3	41,509.89	7	3,989,540	7		2
Raft River Rural Electric Coop	BUNDLED	6.61	1	607.54	11	29,584.16	8	1,954,449	8		2
Lincoln County Power District	BUNDLED	8.43	2	308.3	5	20,041.5	9	1,688,542.96	10		2
Aha Macav Power Service	BUNDLED	11.33	8	2,053.44	14	15,502.34	10	1,755,694.58	9		2
Harney Electric Cooperative	BUNDLED	8.54	3	228.81	4	7,746	11	661,717.01	11		2
Alamo Power District No 3	BUNDLED	13.14	10	413.81	8	3,597.63	12	472,569.09	12		2
Surprise Valley Electric	BUNDLED	14.22	13	102.54	1	60.59	13	8,613	14		2
Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative	BUNDLED	25.91	14	192.63	2	53.53	14	13,869.19	13		2

Power Plants in Nevada

Plant	City/County	Primary Fuel Type	Production (MWh)	Emission (KG)	Emissions/MWh (KG/MWh)	Closing Date
Chuck Lenzie Generating StationNV Energy (100.00%)	Clark County	Natural Gas	4,759,998	1,815,243,194.52	381.35
TracyNV Energy (100.00%)	Storey County	Natural Gas	4,091,183	1,726,622,170.28	422.03
Harry AllenNV Energy (100.00%)	Clark County	Natural Gas	3,378,079	1,333,808,219.1	394.84
Higgins Generating StationNV Energy (100.00%)	Clark County	Natural Gas	2,957,319	1,157,481,296.44	391.4
SilverhawkNV Energy (100.00%)	Clark County	Natural Gas	2,797,661	1,173,696,485.5	419.53
Gemini Solar	Clark County	Solar	1,861,112
Hoover Dam (NV)US Bureau of Reclamation (100.00%)	Boulder City	Conventional Hydroelectric	1,706,175
Apex Generating StationLos Angeles Department of Water & Power (100.00%)	Clark County	Natural Gas	1,600,285	627,528,946.8	392.14
TS Power PlantNevada Gold Energy, LLC (100.00%)	Eureka County	Coal	1,428,128.9	1,180,023,323.35	826.27
Hoover Dam (AZ)US Bureau of Reclamation (100.00%)		Conventional Hydroelectric	1,336,423
North ValmyIdaho Power (50.00%)NV Energy (50.00%)	Humboldt County	Coal	1,184,444	1,571,952,629.48	1,327.17
Clark (NVE)NV Energy (100.00%)	Whitney CDP	Natural Gas	1,019,870	504,145,822.74	494.32
Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Farm325MK 8me LLC (100.00%)	Clark County	Solar	924,519
Desert Star Energy CenterDesert Star Energy Center SDG&E (100.00%)	Boulder City	Natural Gas	761,691	314,483,754.76	412.88	4/2027
Copper Mountain Solar 5, LLCConsolidated Edison Development (100.00%)	Boulder City	Solar	691,275
Silver State Solar Power SouthNextEra Energy (100.00%)	Clark County	Solar	642,596
McGinness HillsOrmat Nevada Inc (100.00%)	Lander County	Geothermal	642,454
Moapa Southern PaiuteMoapa Southern Paiute LLC (65.00%)Goldman Sachs/General Electric (35.00%)	Clark County	Solar	629,290
Copper Mountain Solar 3Consolidated Edison Development (100.00%)	Boulder City	Solar	624,016
Arrow Canyon Solar HybridArrow Canyon Solar LLC (100.00%)	Clark County	Solar	612,978

Quick Facts

Residents of Nevada use 12.79 megawatt hours per year each, which is 28th in the US for electricity use per capita.

Nevada averages 5.97 megawatt hours per person generated from renewable electricity sources, which is 14th highest in the country.

Nevada has benefited from a -157,461,874.83 kilogram (1.23%) decrease in CO2 emissions from electricity consumption during the course of the most recent year.

The use of non-renewable fuel sources in electricity production in Nevada has been curtailed by 3.89% in the last year.

Natural gas accounts for 52.94% of the electric production in Nevada, giving it a rank of 22nd countrywide for total natural gas generation.

Nevada had a 22.99% rise over the last year in the use of renewable fuels for electricity production.

Nevada Counties Comparison

County	Population	Providers	Plants	Residential Rate (¢)	Residential Rate State Rank	Residential Rate National Rank	Residential Avg. Electric Bill	Residential Bill State Rank	Residential Bill National Rank
Clark County	2,322,985	5	59	13.91	6	1,141	$146.46/mo	15	1,176
Washoe County	496,745	3	11	14.56	8	1,496	$123.07/mo	4	442
Lyon County	58,029	2	5	14.99	10	1,713	$132.88/mo	8	678
Carson City County	57,957	2		14.99	10	1,713	$132.88/mo	8	678
Elko County	53,420	5	1	10.89	3	110	$109.37/mo	1	177
Nye County	50,096	4	3	13.95	7	1,161	$144.97/mo	14	1,096
Douglas County	49,158	2		14.99	10	1,713	$132.88/mo	8	678
Churchill County	25,077	3	12	14.99	15	1,720	$132.85/mo	7	675
Humboldt County	17,218	4	3	11.29	4	179	$161.04/mo	17	1,943
White Pine County	9,192	1	1	8.59	1	9	$117.95/mo	2	320
Pershing County	6,668	3	2	14.97	9	1,704	$132.39/mo	6	666
Lander County	5,729	2	3	14.99	10	1,713	$132.88/mo	8	678
Lincoln County	4,600	3		12.08	5	371	$127.66/mo	5	525
Mineral County	4,552	3	3	15.02	16	1,735	$134.27/mo	13	719
Storey County	4,047	2	5	14.99	10	1,713	$132.88/mo	8	678
Eureka County	1,603	4	1	10.45	2	79	$118.24/mo	3	325
Esmeralda County	987	3		15.49	17	2,034	$154.87/mo	16	1,580

Nevada Production Fuel Makeup

NATURAL GAS

52.94%

SOLAR

28.92%

GEOTHERMAL

8.33%

COAL

5.26%

CONVENTIONAL HYDROELECTRIC

3.95%

OTHER

0.93%

When considering electricity production, Nevada's primary fuel is Natural Gas, accounting for 23,866,181.56 megawatt hours, or 52.94% of production in the state. Solar and Geothermal account for 28.92% and 8.33% of electricity production, respectively. Electricity consumption in the state results in the release of 11,369,779,285.67 kilograms of CO2 pollution per year, which is 37th highest amount in the US. Averaging 3,577.91 kilograms of CO2 emissions per capita, the state ranks 35th worst for pollution per capita from electricity consumption. Nevada has the 35th most electricity producing plants of any state in the United States, with 110 total power plants. This translates to the 28th most power plants per person in the US.

Of the 14 electric companies in Nevada, 9 of them report that they offer net metering. The state has some of the best net metering and feed in tariffs that make solar and other types of electricity generation more attractive.

The average energy loss for electricity providers in Nevada is 4.42%. This includes data from 6 providers, including NV Energy, Valley Electric Association, and Overton Power District No 5. With a United States average of 2.43%, Nevada is ranked as the 42nd best state in the US.

States that want to support personal solar can do so by enacting rebates for solar purchases and tax incentives. Nevada offers a credit that is $1000 or less or there is no state tax. Offering no rebates for solar installs, the state currently is dropping the ball for its citizens who want to install private solar panels. There are currently no property tax exemptions for residents in Nevada who wish to purchase private solar panels. Consumers in the state do not have access to a sales tax exemption when purchasing private solar.

Policies enforced at the state level determine whether customers in a state can afford to install personal solar systems or find electric plans that are based on renewable fuel sources. Many states require renewable fuels to make up a percentage of the fuel used for electricity production. These stipulations are referred to as Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). The state of Nevada has taken great initiative to create an RPS plan of action that requires at least 25% of electricity output to come from renewable energy sources.

Learn about going solar in Nevada, find out which system size is best for you, compare local installers and see which incentives are available in your area.

FAQ: Common Questions About Electricity in Nevada

What electricity companies are in Nevada?

State Customers Rank	Provider	State Customers
1	NV Energy	1,419,062
2	Valley Electric Association	25,053
3	Overton Power District No 5	16,660
4	Boulder City Utilities	8,205
5	Mount Wheeler Power	7,341
6	Wells Rural Electric Company	5,661
7	City of Fallon Utilities	4,715
8	Lincoln County Power District	1,954
9	Raft River Rural Electric Coop	1,883
10	Harney Electric Cooperative	1,343

Which electricity company is the largest supplier in Nevada?

By total revenue, NV Energy is the largest electricity company in Nevada.

What is the average electric bill in Nevada?

In 2025, Nevada has an average electric bill of $137.

Does Nevada have a deregulated electricity market?

No, Nevada has a regulated electricity market where consumers often have only a single provider choice for their electricity needs.

Where does Nevada get its electricity?

Natural Gas is the fuel used for electricity generation in Nevada, making up 52.94% of production. The second and third most used fuels are Solar and Geothermal, which make up 28.92% and 8.33% of total production respectively.

What is a good electricity rate in Nevada?

A good electricity rate in Nevada would be somewhere below the state average of 14.71 cents per kilowatt hour. Anything below that amount would be better than most other rates in the state. Currently, the varying rates in the state range from 8.59 cents per kilowatt hour up to 24.67 cents per kilowatt hour.

How many power plants are located in Nevada?

There are 110 active electricity plants located in Nevada.

How many electric companies offer service in Nevada?

There are 14 electricity suppliers serving customers in Nevada.

What is the cheapest electricity company in Nevada?

Residential Rate Rank	Provider	Residential Rate (¢)	State Customers
1	Mount Wheeler Power	8.59	7,341
2	Harney Electric Cooperative	9.13	1,343
3	Wells Rural Electric Company	10.05	5,661
4	Raft River Rural Electric Coop	10.23	1,883
5	Boulder City Utilities	10.38	8,205
6	Overton Power District No 5	11.24	16,660
7	Lincoln County Power District	11.84	1,954
8	Aha Macav Power Service	12.04	262
9	Surprise Valley Electric	13.95	17
10	NV Energy	14.99	1,419,062

Last Reviewed By: Alex Zdanov

Published: 2025-03-20