Average Electric Bill in Nebraska
Residential · 12-month average, June 2025 – May 2026.
That works out to about $1,456 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Nebraska has the 42nd highest average residential bill.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 12.75¢/kWh × 952 kWh ≈ $121. A state can land high on either factor — Nebraska pays below the national rate but uses much more power than average.
Compared with nearby states
| Nebraska | $121 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $155 | |
| Missouri | $145 | |
| South Dakota | $138 | |
| Kansas | $130 | |
| Iowa | $119 | |
| Wyoming | $114 | |
| Colorado | $109 |
Nebraska is $34 a month below (-22.0%) the U.S. average of $155. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $164
- July 2025
- Lowest month
- $94
- November 2025
- Swing
- $70
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $107
- May 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Nebraska peaks in July 2025 and bottoms out in November 2025. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
Nebraska electricity bills in context
Nebraska's average monthly electricity bill is $121, ranking 42nd among the 50 states and DC—closer to the middle than to either extreme. This bill is $34 below the national average of $155, a difference of 22%. The gap stems from two drivers working in opposite directions. Nebraskans pay 12.75¢/kWh, substantially less than the national rate of 17.84¢/kWh, a savings of 5.09¢/kWh. However, they also use more electricity: 952 kWh per month against a national average of 871 kWh, a difference of 81 kWh. The lower rate more than compensates for the higher usage, bringing the bill well below the national figure.
Over the past year, since June 2025, the bill has risen 6%, from $114 to $121. Over the longer run, the increases have been steeper. Since May 2021, the bill has climbed 11.2%, from $109. Since records began in December 2008, it has risen 50.8%, from $80. Seasonally, bills swing substantially. July 2025 brought the peak at $164, while November 2025 saw the lowest at $94—a spread of $70 around the twelve-month average.
Among neighbouring states, Nebraska offers the advantage. Iowa's average bill stands at $119, just below Nebraska's $121. Wyoming and Colorado are lower still, at $114 and $109 respectively. To the east and south, however, bills climb: Kansas averages $130, South Dakota $138, and Missouri $145.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through May 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (June 2025 – May 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in Nebraska may pay well above or below $121. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See Nebraska electricity prices by sector.