Business electricity rates in Nebraska
In 2025, businesses in Nebraska paid an average of 8.50¢ per kWh for electricity, below the U.S. average of 13.37¢. The average business customer used 7,658 kWh a month and paid $651.28. Industrial customers paid 8.05¢ per kWh. Nebraska has the 2nd lowest business price of the 50 states and DC.
- 162,984 business customers
- EIA data, 2025
- Commercial price
- 8.50¢
- U.S. 13.37¢
- Average business bill
- $651.28
- 7,658 kWh a month
- Industrial price
- 8.05¢
- U.S. 8.51¢
- Average industrial bill
- $1,253.75
- 15,579 kWh a month
Business electricity rates by utility
The average for the business customers who buy their power from each utility. Utilities with 100 or more business customers that buy power from them.
| Utility | Business customers | Commercial price | Average bill | Industrial price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPPD | 50,996 | 8.39¢ | $1,079.9812,869 kWh | 7.56¢ |
| Nebraska Public Power District | 19,888 | 8.60¢ | $384.844,476 kWh | 4.45¢ |
| LES | 18,025 | 8.93¢ | $642.257,192 kWh | 7.73¢ |
| Norris Public Power District | 6,650 | 10.45¢ | $213.182,039 kWh | 7.69¢ |
| City of Grand Island | 4,518 | 10.34¢ | $410.033,967 kWh | 8.33¢ |
| Loup River Public Power District | 3,906 | 10.51¢ | $481.814,584 kWh | 6.33¢ |
| Southern Public Power District | 2,999 | 4.71¢ | $723.5315,360 kWh | 8.44¢ |
| Southwest Public Power District | 2,689 | 11.19¢ | $179.161,601 kWh | 10.30¢ |
| Midwest Electric Membership Corporation | 2,235 | 13.65¢ | $203.011,487 kWh | 14.89¢ |
| City of North Platte | 2,223 | 10.84¢ | $625.245,768 kWh | 5.36¢ |
| City of Hastings | 2,199 | 10.81¢ | $370.263,425 kWh | 7.65¢ |
| City of Fremont | 1,908 | 11.24¢ | $266.632,371 kWh | 9.77¢ |
| Dawson Power District | 1,528 | 10.40¢ | $411.263,956 kWh | 12.77¢ |
| South Central Public Power District | 1,377 | 4.71¢ | $862.1518,323 kWh | 13.80¢ |
| Custer Public Power District | 1,336 | 13.06¢ | $409.443,134 kWh | 16.12¢ |
| City of South Sioux City | 1,278 | 8.40¢ | $978.5711,647 kWh | — |
| Perennial Public Power District | 1,104 | 14.89¢ | $160.051,075 kWh | 7.88¢ |
| Northeast Power | 1,026 | 6.84¢ | $1,162.1216,994 kWh | 33.52¢ |
| Cedar-Knox Public Power District | 945 | 7.62¢ | $881.1411,562 kWh | 33.00¢ |
| Elkhorn Rural Public Power District | 792 | 9.45¢ | $383.004,055 kWh | 9.15¢ |
| City of Lexington | 777 | 10.26¢ | $483.494,710 kWh | 7.04¢ |
| Butler Public Power District | 601 | 4.36¢ | $519.1211,899 kWh | 19.23¢ |
| Cornhusker Public Power District | 559 | 8.70¢ | $1,053.5512,115 kWh | 9.14¢ |
| Stanton County Public Power District | 350 | 4.87¢ | $3,210.9065,978 kWh | 7.48¢ |
| Highline Electric Association | 197 | 13.11¢ | $451.733,446 kWh | 15.04¢ |
Your business electricity price
The averages mix all business customers, from a small shop to a hospital. Your price depends on your rate schedule. Most business rates have a monthly customer charge, an energy charge per kWh and, for larger customers, a demand charge per kW of the highest use in the month. Find the schedule on your bill and in your utility's tariff.
More about Nebraska: home electric rates, natural gas bills and business rates in all states.
What is the average commercial electricity rate in Nebraska?
In 2025, businesses in Nebraska paid an average of 8.50¢ per kWh for electricity, below the U.S. average of 13.37¢.
How much is the average business electric bill in Nebraska?
$651.28 a month in 2025 for 7,658 kWh, the average of all 162,984 commercial customers. A small shop uses much less than the average, which includes large offices, stores and hospitals.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2025 final data. State averages: EIA's average monthly bill tables (all suppliers). Utility averages: revenue, sales and customers of the business customers who bought power from the utility.