Nebraska · Regulated — advisory only
Commercial electricity in Nebraska
Nebraska is served entirely by public power districts and municipal utilities. There is no competitive retail supply market. Cost work is tariff fit, demand and efficiency.
What Nebraska businesses pay for electricity
Average commercial electricity price in Nebraska
8.88¢ per kWh
12 months to August 2026 · EIA, preliminary
- vs US average (13.87¢)−36%below the national figure
- vs previous 12 months+5.5%from 8.42¢
- Final 2025 (EIA-861)8.50¢2nd lowest of 51 markets
- Average commercial customer7,658 kWha month, about 651 at the 2025 average
- Since 2020−4%US +26% over the same years
Show the numbers
| Period | Nebraska | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7.64¢ | 10.19¢ |
| 2011 | 7.99¢ | 10.24¢ |
| 2012 | 8.38¢ | 10.09¢ |
| 2013 | 8.60¢ | 10.26¢ |
| 2014 | 8.73¢ | 10.74¢ |
| 2015 | 8.67¢ | 10.64¢ |
| 2016 | 8.80¢ | 10.43¢ |
| 2017 | 8.85¢ | 10.66¢ |
| 2018 | 8.83¢ | 10.67¢ |
| 2019 | 8.85¢ | 10.68¢ |
| 2020 | 8.89¢ | 10.59¢ |
| 2021 | 8.81¢ | 11.22¢ |
| 2022 | 8.82¢ | 12.41¢ |
| 2023 | 8.76¢ | 12.59¢ |
| 2024 | 8.39¢ | 12.75¢ |
| 2025 | 8.50¢ | 13.37¢ |
| 12 months to Aug 2026 (preliminary) | 8.88¢ | 13.87¢ |
This is the average revenue per kWh from every commercial customer in Nebraska, from a corner shop to a hospital: energy, delivery, demand and other charges billed, divided by kWh sold. The average customer uses more than a typical small business, because a few very large customers pull the mean up. It is dated context for reading a bill — not a quote, not an available offer, and not what any one business pays.
What a typical building pays in Nebraska
The same federal survey of commercial buildings behind the cost estimator, run for a typical-sized building of eight common kinds and priced at Nebraska's average commercial price for the 12 months to August 2026. Typical size is the median floor area of the surveyed buildings of that kind, and the middle half is the range between the 25th and 75th percentile of them.
| Building | Typical size | Typical bill | Middle half | Survey basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office building | 5,000 sq ft | $330 | $230 to $460 | 269 in the Midwest |
| Medical, dental or outpatient clinic | 5,500 sq ft | $560 | $340 to $870 | 257 nationwide |
| Retail store or showroom | 6,500 sq ft | $490 | $260 to $700 | 81 in the Midwest |
| Grocery or convenience store | 2,400 sq ft | $950 | $660 to $1,400 | 91 nationwide |
| Sit-down restaurant or cafeteria | 3,850 sq ft | $1,200 | $660 to $1,600 | 132 nationwide |
| Warehouse or distribution centre | 6,700 sq ft | $140 | $77 to $390 | 169 in the Midwest |
| Hotel, motel or inn | 12,000 sq ft | $1,300 | $840 to $2,000 | 304 nationwide |
| Gym, fitness or recreation facility | 8,300 sq ft | $570 | $430 to $1,100 | 148 nationwide |
A screening estimate, not a quote. The price is an average across every commercial customer in Nebraska, scaled for building size, and the buildings are whole buildings from EIA's 2018 survey, so a suite inside a larger building, or one with unusual hours or equipment, can differ a lot. Estimate your own building in Nebraska, or check a real bill.
What utilities billed commercial customers in Nebraska
For each utility, EIA records how many commercial customers it had in 2025 and the average revenue per kWh it billed them. The 10 largest of 23 Nebraska utilities with 500 or more commercial customers are shown.
| Utility | Type | Commercial customers | Bundled price per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Public Power District | Political subdivision | 50,996 | 8.39¢ |
| Nebraska Public Power District | Political subdivision | 19,888 | 8.60¢ |
| Lincoln Electric System | Municipal | 18,025 | 8.93¢ |
| Norris Public Power District | Political subdivision | 6,650 | 10.45¢ |
| City of Grand Island | Municipal | 4,518 | 10.34¢ |
| Loup River Public Power Dist | Political subdivision | 3,906 | 10.51¢ |
| Southern Public Power District | Political subdivision | 2,999 | 4.71¢ |
| Southwest Public Power Dist | Political subdivision | 2,689 | 11.19¢ |
| Midwest Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 2,235 | 13.65¢ |
| City of North Platte | Municipal | 2,223 | 10.84¢ |
Together the 10 shown serve about 70% of Nebraska’s 162,984 commercial customers, and all 23 serve about 79%. All Nebraska commercial customers together averaged 8.50¢ per kWh in 2025.
Bundled is the price paid by commercial customers who buy their energy and delivery from the utility, so it is an all-in price. Delivery-only is what the utility billed customers who buy their energy from a competitive supplier, so it is the delivery charge alone and cannot be compared with a bundled price. Each figure averages every commercial customer of that utility and service type, from a corner shop to a campus, so a utility with larger customers averages a lower price per kWh. It is dated context, not a quote and not an offer, and the utility that serves an address is named on its bill.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2025 final data. Utilities across the country · every utility as a CSV.
Nebraska is served entirely by public power districts and municipal utilities. There is no competitive retail supply market for general commercial accounts, so no supplier comparison exists to run in Nebraska. Controllable cost sits in utility rate schedule fit, demand charges, billing accuracy and efficiency instead.
Source: Nebraska Power Review Board market structure; this site's market registry · 2026-10-31
Regulated — no supply choice. Public power state — no supplier-shopping claim.
What a Nebraska commercial account can actually do
There is no competitive retail supply market for general commercial accounts in Nebraska. Any site offering to compare supplier rates for a Nebraska commercial account is describing something that does not exist, and the lead form behind that offer is the product.
The cost is still controllable. It is just controlled through the tariff rather than through a contract:
- Rate schedule fit. Utility rate schedules are designed around assumed load shapes. An account whose actual shape has drifted from the schedule it sits on can be paying a demand rate built for a much steadier consumer, or a volumetric rate built for a much peakier one. Correcting it is computed from your own usage against a publicly filed alternative tariff, so you or your accountant can verify it.
- Demand charges and ratchet exposure. Frequently the largest controllable line on a Nebraska commercial bill. A ratchet clause means one high interval can set a billing floor for months afterwards, and the recovery date is worth knowing before you plan any load addition.
- Billing accuracy. Meter multipliers, customer classification errors and misapplied riders are more common than most operators expect, and they compound silently because nobody re-reads a bill that looks familiar.
- Efficiency and load management, including any NPRB-approved utility program the account already qualifies for and is not claiming.
None of that requires a supply market, which is why this work is available in Nebraska on exactly the same terms as in a competitive state. It is also work no supplier would ever raise with you, because there is no supply commission attached to any of it.
Where Nebraska sits
Every US market on one view, coloured by what an account can actually do there. Nebraska is highlighted, and every other tile is a link.
- 14 you can choose — businesses can pick their supplier
- 6 some can choose — by size, cap or program
- 31 utility only — other charges can still be fixed
Number on each tile: average commercial electricity price in cents per kWh, 12 months to August 2026 (EIA, preliminary).
Before we can answer anything specific
We verify from the account, not from the address alone:
- The utility territory actually serving the service address
- The account identifier and customer class
- Current supply arrangement, including any aggregation and its termination status
- Contract expiry date and whether the decision window is open
- 12 months of consumption and, where metered, peak demand
There is no supply contract to shop in this market. We work on rate schedule fit, demand charges, billing accuracy and efficiency instead.