Average Electric Bill in Nebraska
Residential · 12-month average, September 2025 – August 2026.
That works out to about $1,481 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Nebraska has the 42nd highest average residential bill.
Data current through August 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 12.90¢/kWh × 956 kWh ≈ $123. 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 | $123 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $158 | |
| Missouri | $147 | |
| South Dakota | $141 | |
| Kansas | $135 | |
| Iowa | $121 | |
| Wyoming | $115 | |
| Colorado | $114 |
Nebraska is $35 a month below (-22.1%) the U.S. average of $158. 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
- $172
- July 2026
- Lowest month
- $94
- November 2025
- Swing
- $78
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $155
- August 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Nebraska peaks in July 2026 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 residential electricity bill is $123, ranking 42nd most expensive of the 50 states and DC. This bill reflects a price of 12.90¢/kWh and monthly usage of 956 kWh. Over the twelve months from September 2025 to August 2026, the annual bill totalled $1,476.
The bill has risen 5.5% in the past year, climbing from $117 in the prior twelve-month period. Over the longer run, it has grown substantially: since August 2021 it increased 14.1%, and since December 2008 it has climbed 53.3%. Seasonal variation is pronounced, with July 2026 reaching a peak of $172 and November 2025 dropping to a low of $94—a swing of 78 dollars.
Nebraska pays well below the national average of $158 per month, a difference of $35 or 22.1%. This reflects both its lower price of 12.90¢/kWh against the national 18.07¢/kWh and its higher usage of 956 kWh per month versus the national 876 kWh. Among its neighbours, Nebraska's bill runs lower than Missouri at $147, South Dakota at $141, and Kansas at $135, but higher than Iowa at $121, Wyoming at $115, and Colorado at $114.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through August 2026.
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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 (September 2025 – August 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 $123. 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.