Commercial electricity rates in Nebraska

What businesses in Nebraska actually paid per kilowatt-hour, from EIA's monthly utility filings. Updated monthly.

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 7.82¢ to 10.31¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Nebraska by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for Nebraska.

Commercial customers in Nebraska pay 26% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is wider than usual.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Nebraska used 9,866 kWh in August 2026. At 10.00¢ per kWh that is about $987 for the month — computed from EIA totals, so it is the average account, mixing a large facility with a corner shop.

How the price has moved

Over the 36 months to August 2026, Nebraska's commercial price rose 7.4%, from 9.31¢ in September 2023 to 10.00¢. The high point was 10.31¢ in February 2026 and the low 7.82¢ in April 2024 — a spread of 32% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is unusually volatile for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was August (9.32¢) and the cheapest April (8.06¢), a seasonal swing of 16%.

Nebraska against its region

Nebraska is in EIA's West North Central division, where the commercial average was 12.07¢ in August 2026. Nebraska is 17% below that, and 2 of 7 on price within the region.

Others in the region: North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa.

States priced near Nebraska

Source

EIA Electric Power Monthly, retrieved 2026-11-02 · methodology · all 51 states