Nebraska · Municipal
Lincoln Electric System Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 10.86¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 134.9K
- Residential customers
- -5.7%
- vs Nebraska average
- $1,052
- Implied avg annual bill
Lincoln Electric System charged an average of 10.86¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Nebraska average and far below the US average.
Lincoln Electric System is municipal - a utility owned and operated by the local government it serves. Its reported average residential price is close to the Nebraska customer-weighted average (-5.7%). Its customers used near the national residential norm at about 9,693 kWh a year each.
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 25 utilities reporting residential rates in Nebraska, Lincoln Electric System comes 13th of 25. The state's range runs from Cedar-Knox Public Power Dist at 8.44¢ to High West Energy, Inc at 14.68¢, so where a household sits inside Nebraska depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.
Against the 6 other municipal utilities reporting in Nebraska, which averaged 11.41¢, Lincoln Electric System is close to its own ownership class within the state (-4.9%).
All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 25 reporting utilities.
Where Lincoln Electric System sits among Nebraska utilities
2024 average residential price across the 25 utilities reporting a rate in Nebraska
10.86¢/kWh Top 52% most affordable More affordable than 50% of 24 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Electric System | 10.86¢ | - |
| Nebraska (customer-weighted, 25 utilities) | 11.52¢ | -5.7% |
| United States average | 16.48¢ | -34.1% |
| Municipal utilities nationally (455) | 13.03¢ | -16.6% |
Rate against consumption: Nebraska utilities
Scale and consumption
Lincoln Electric System reported 134.9K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 25 utilities in Nebraska by customers served and covering 17.8% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 9,693 kWh per customer per year - near the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,052.
Within Nebraska the median reporting utility sells about 14,407 kWh per customer, so Lincoln Electric System customers use -32.7% against their own state's middle. Consumption this light usually tracks denser housing, gas heating or a milder service territory, which softens the bill impact of a high per-kWh price.
Every utility reporting in Nebraska
All 25 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Nebraska, largest first, with Lincoln Electric System marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 362.9K | 12.36¢ |
| Lincoln Electric System (this page) | Municipal | 134.9K | 10.86¢ |
| Nebraska Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 73.7K | 10.63¢ |
| City of Grand Island - (NE) | Municipal | 22.8K | 10.93¢ |
| Norris Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 18.4K | 9.61¢ |
| Loup River Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 16.3K | 10.59¢ |
| Dawson Power District | Political Subdivision | 16.1K | 11.41¢ |
| Southern Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 15.2K | 9.21¢ |
| City of Fremont - (NE) | Municipal | 14.1K | 11.97¢ |
| City of North Platte | Municipal | 11.9K | 11.36¢ |
| City of Hastings - (NE) | Municipal | 11.6K | 11.32¢ |
| Cornhusker Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 7.4K | 10.84¢ |
| Northeast Power | Political Subdivision | 6.8K | 9.73¢ |
| Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist | Political Subdivision | 6.1K | 9.41¢ |
| Cedar-Knox Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 5.6K | 8.44¢ |
| City of South Sioux City | Municipal | 5.2K | 12.90¢ |
| Butler Public Power District - (NE) | Political Subdivision | 4.8K | 11.10¢ |
| Custer Public Power District | Political Subdivision | 4.7K | 12.71¢ |
| Perennial Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 4.1K | 9.74¢ |
| City of Lexington - (NE) | Municipal | 3.8K | 10.01¢ |
| South Central Public Pwr Dist | Political Subdivision | 3.8K | 9.54¢ |
| Midwest Electric Member Corp - (NE) | Cooperative | 2.4K | 12.04¢ |
| Southwest Public Power Dist | Political Subdivision | 2.2K | 10.16¢ |
| High West Energy, Inc | Cooperative | 1.8K | 14.68¢ |
| Highline Electric Assn | Cooperative | 752 | 14.15¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Nebraska.
Common questions about Lincoln Electric System rates
- How much does Lincoln Electric System charge per kWh?
- Lincoln Electric System reported an average residential price of 10.86¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.
- Is Lincoln Electric System expensive compared with the rest of Nebraska?
- Its average residential price is close to the Nebraska customer-weighted average of 11.52¢ per kWh, a difference of -5.7%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 25 utilities reporting residential service in Nebraska.
- What is the average electricity bill for Lincoln Electric System customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 9,693 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,052 a year, or about $88 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Lincoln Electric System?
- EIA classifies Lincoln Electric System as Municipal, a utility owned and operated by the local government it serves. Nationally, Municipal utilities averaged 13.03¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.
What this page does and does not tell you
- An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
- Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.
See our methodology, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.
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Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.