Sierra Pacific Power Co Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 15 utilities reporting residential rates in Nevada, Sierra Pacific Power Co comes 11th of 15. The state's range runs from Mt Wheeler Power, Inc at 8.50¢ to Palmetto Solar, LLC at 40.00¢, so where a household sits inside Nevada depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 1 other investor owned utilities reporting in Nevada, which averaged 15.33¢, Sierra Pacific Power Co is close to its own ownership class within the state (-5.3%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 15 reporting utilities.

Scale and consumption

Sierra Pacific Power Co reported 330.9K residential customers, ranking 2nd of 15 utilities in Nevada by customers served and covering 24.6% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 8,239 kWh per customer per year - below the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,196.

Within Nevada the median reporting utility sells about 11,497 kWh per customer, so Sierra Pacific Power Co customers use -28.3% 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 Nevada

All 15 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Nevada, largest first, with Sierra Pacific Power Co 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 Nevada.

Common questions about Sierra Pacific Power Co rates

How much does Sierra Pacific Power Co charge per kWh?

Sierra Pacific Power Co reported an average residential price of 14.52¢ 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 Sierra Pacific Power Co expensive compared with the rest of Nevada?

Its average residential price is close to the Nevada customer-weighted average of 14.99¢ per kWh, a difference of -3.1%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 15 utilities reporting residential service in Nevada.

What is the average electricity bill for Sierra Pacific Power Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 8,239 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,196 a year, or about $100 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Sierra Pacific Power Co?

EIA classifies Sierra Pacific Power Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ 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.