Omaha Public Power District electricity rates

It is the dominant supplier in Nebraska, serving 362,918 residential customers, so its pricing effectively sets what the state average looks like. Its 12.36¢ per kilowatt-hour sits 9.1% below the Nebraska average of 13.59¢.

Consumption is close to the national norm at 885 kilowatt-hours a month against 871, so the rate translates fairly directly into the bill.

A public body created by the state or county, governed by an elected or appointed board rather than by shareholders. That matters because a bill is not only the cost of generating electricity: it also carries the cost of the network, and who owns that network changes how it is paid for.

In 2024 the average Omaha Public Power District customer went 1,186 minutes without electricity across 1.68 interruptions. The median across the 941 utilities that report this is 185 minutes.

That is far worse than typical, and figures at this level almost always reflect a major storm season rather than everyday performance. A single hurricane or ice storm can dominate the annual number.

1,655 residential customers had net-metered solar in 2024, totalling 11.99 megawatts. That works out to 4.6 installations per thousand customers, against a median of 8 across the utilities reporting it.

Adoption is below the national median. A low retail rate reduces what solar displaces, and export compensation set at avoided cost rather than the retail rate reduces it further. What exports are actually worth.