Territory and usage

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 - -32.7% against the Nebraska median of 14,407 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,052.

State peers

Utilities reporting alongside this city system 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.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Nebraska.

Rate comparison

City rate against the state field

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, whose customer-weighted average is 11.38¢, Lincoln Electric System is close to its own ownership class within the state (-4.6%).

Price distribution in the state

Ownership class peers

Municipal utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Nebraska, these indexable municipal utilities report the closest residential averages to Lincoln Electric System in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

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, the customer-weighted average across Municipal utilities was 14.41¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

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 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.