Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Omaha Public Power District reported 362.9K residential customers, ranking 1st of 25 utilities in Nebraska by customers served and covering 47.9% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 10,615 kWh per customer per year - -26.3% against the Nebraska median of 14,407 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,312.

Rate comparison

Public-power price placement

Ranked by price against the 25 utilities reporting residential rates in Nebraska, Omaha Public Power District comes 21st 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 14 other political subdivision utilities reporting in Nebraska, whose customer-weighted average is 10.36¢, Omaha Public Power District is above its own ownership class within the state (+19.2%).

Price distribution in the state

State peers

Every utility reporting in Nebraska

All 25 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Nebraska, largest first, with Omaha Public Power District 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.

Ownership class peers

Political Subdivision utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Nebraska, these indexable political subdivision utilities report the closest residential averages to Omaha Public Power District in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Omaha Public Power District rates

How much does Omaha Public Power District charge per kWh?

Omaha Public Power District reported an average residential price of 12.36¢ 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 Omaha Public Power District 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 +7.3%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 25 utilities reporting residential service in Nebraska.

What is the average electricity bill for Omaha Public Power District customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 10,615 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,312 a year, or about $109 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Omaha Public Power District?

EIA classifies Omaha Public Power District as Political Subdivision, a public utility district or authority created under state law rather than a city government. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Political Subdivision utilities was 13.45¢ 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.