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Nebraska Energy Statistics

Annual Average Electricity Price Comparison
by State

Nebraska is the only state that generates electricity entirely by publicly-owned power systems. As of 2021, the statewide average electricity price is the ninth-lowest rate in the country, based on the latest federal figures. (States are ranked so that equivalent prices are ranked at the same level.) Nationally, electricity costs 25.6 percent more than it does in Nebraska. Across all sectors, Hawaii has the highest electricity rate (30.31 cents), and Idaho has the lowest electricity rate (8.17 cents).

The archive has reports from prior years.

Annual Average Price
per Kilowatthour
by State

(Lowest to Highest Rate as of 2021)

Rank State Average Electricity Rate
for All Sectors
(Cents per Kilowatthour)
1 Idaho 8.17
2 Wyoming 8.25
3 Utah 8.34
4 Oklahoma 8.52
5 Nevada 8.58
6 North Dakota 8.65
7 Washington 8.75
8 Louisiana 8.82
9 Nebraska 8.84
10 West Virginia 8.87
11 Oregon 8.95
12 Arkansas 9.10
13 Kentucky 9.12
14 Iowa 9.13
15 Texas 9.14
15 Virginia 9.14
16 North Carolina 9.29
17 Montana 9.50
17 Mississippi 9.50
18 Ohio 9.76
19 Tennessee 9.78
20 New Mexico 9.79
21 Missouri 9.85
22 South Carolina 9.96
23 Pennsylvania 9.97
24 Illinois 10.14
25  Alabama 10.18
26 Indiana 10.36
27 South Dakota 10.43
27 Georgia 10.43
28 Kansas 10.47
29 Delware 10.50
30 Florida 10.67
31 Arizona 10.73
32 Colorado 10.90
33 Wisconsin 11.01
34 Minnesota 11.08
35 National Average 11.10
36 Maryland 11.48
37 District of Columbia 12.81
38 Michigan 12.93
39 Maine 13.96
40 New Jersey 14.01
41 New York 16.11
42 Vermont 16.34
43 New Hampshire 17.37
44 Connecticut 18.32
45 Rhode Island 18.44
46 Massachusetts 19.06
47 California 19.65
48 Alaska 20.02
49 Hawaii 30.31

Sources: Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average Price, Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Lincoln, NE.

Note: States are ranked so that equivalent prices are ranked at the same level.

This table was updated on December 13, 2022.
Typically, there is one year between updates.

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