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The average electric bill in Nebraska

Nebraska households paid $117.23 a month for electricity in 2025, at 12.05¢ per kilowatt-hour for 973 kWh a month. That is 20% below the national median, and ranks #44 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$117.23
US median $147.18
Price
12.05¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
973
kWh per month
Households
915,758
residential accounts

What each Nebraska utility charges, most expensive first

High West Energy, Inc charges 14.62¢ per kWh and Cedar-Knox Public Power Dist charges 9.01¢ — 1.6× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1High West Energy, IncCooperative · 1,775 homes14.62¢per kWh$129.03882 kWh/mo1.06× dearer
2Omaha Public Power DistrictPolitical Subdivision · 368,728 homes13.29¢per kWh$120.78909 kWh/mo1.04× cheaper
3Custer Public Power DistrictPolitical Subdivision · 4,707 homes13.09¢per kWh$174.411,332 kWh/mo1.06× cheaper
4City of South Sioux CityMunicipal · 5,111 homes12.91¢per kWh$108.79843 kWh/mo1.07× cheaper
5City of Fremont - (NE)Municipal · 14,170 homes12.27¢per kWh$108.57885 kWh/mo1.13× cheaper
6Midwest Electric Member Corp - (NE)Cooperative · 2,400 homes12.03¢per kWh$144.841,204 kWh/mo1.15× cheaper
7City of Hastings - (NE)Municipal · 11,655 homes11.83¢per kWh$96.21813 kWh/mo1.17× cheaper
8City of North PlatteMunicipal · 12,062 homes11.68¢per kWh$96.47826 kWh/mo1.18× cheaper
9Butler Public Power District - (NE)Political Subdivision · 4,825 homes11.64¢per kWh$137.591,182 kWh/mo1.19× cheaper
10Dawson Power DistrictPolitical Subdivision · 16,116 homes11.32¢per kWh$148.031,308 kWh/mo1.22× cheaper
11Lincoln Electric SystemMunicipal · 136,859 homes11.15¢per kWh$93.59839 kWh/mo1.24× cheaper
12Cornhusker Public Power DistPolitical Subdivision · 7,406 homes11.02¢per kWh$164.501,493 kWh/mo1.26× cheaper
13Nebraska Public Power DistrictPolitical Subdivision · 74,220 homes10.95¢per kWh$104.49954 kWh/mo1.26× cheaper
14Stanton County Public Pwr DistPolitical Subdivision · 2,147 homes10.87¢per kWh$128.231,180 kWh/mo1.27× cheaper
15Loup River Public Power DistPolitical Subdivision · 16,449 homes10.82¢per kWh$138.371,279 kWh/mo1.28× cheaper
16Southwest Public Power DistPolitical Subdivision · 2,178 homes10.54¢per kWh$139.191,321 kWh/mo1.31× cheaper
17City of Lexington - (NE)Municipal · 3,911 homes10.40¢per kWh$127.761,229 kWh/mo1.33× cheaper
18City of Grand Island - (NE)Municipal · 22,563 homes10.32¢per kWh$88.27855 kWh/mo1.34× cheaper
19Perennial Public Power DistPolitical Subdivision · 4,147 homes10.06¢per kWh$159.271,583 kWh/mo1.38× cheaper
20Northeast PowerPolitical Subdivision · 6,860 homes9.56¢per kWh$135.841,420 kWh/mo1.45× cheaper
21Norris Public Power DistrictPolitical Subdivision · 19,395 homes9.54¢per kWh$147.861,550 kWh/mo1.45× cheaper
22South Central Public Pwr DistPolitical Subdivision · 3,778 homes9.48¢per kWh$132.421,396 kWh/mo1.46× cheaper
23Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr DistPolitical Subdivision · 6,178 homes9.29¢per kWh$138.061,486 kWh/mo1.49× cheaper
24Southern Public Power DistrictPolitical Subdivision · 15,389 homes9.10¢per kWh$122.201,343 kWh/mo1.52× cheaper
25Cedar-Knox Public Power DistPolitical Subdivision · 6,017 homes9.01¢per kWh$124.511,381 kWh/mo1.54× cheaper

Price is residential revenue divided by residential kilowatt-hours sold, for bundled service only. Typical bill is that utility’s residential revenue spread over its residential accounts and twelve months, not a quoted tariff. The median priced utility charges 13.84¢ per kWh.

Price is only half of it

The median Nebraska utility also leaves customers without power for 3.3 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Nebraska utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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