Nevada Electricity Rates, Providers & Generation
In Nevada, the average residential electricity rate is 13.16¢ per kilowatt-hour, ranking 10th nationally; the typical home spends $114 per month on electricity; 11% of generation comes from renewable sources.
Nevada electricity overview
Production, consumption, and emissions for Nevada based on the most recent reported year (2025).
- Population
- 3,282,188
- Total production
- 185.5 TWh 56.51 MWh per capita
- Total consumption
- 39.8 TWh 12.14 MWh per capita
- Production from renewables
- 19.8 TWh 10.7% of generation
- Production from non-renewables
- 165.6 TWh
Nevada electricity rates & bills
Average residential electricity rate in Nevada, last 22 months.
| Sector | Avg rate (¢/kWh) |
|---|---|
| Residential | 13.16¢ |
| Commercial | 9.36¢ |
| Industrial | 8.09¢ |
How Nevada generates electricity
Generation mix from in-state power plants over the most recent twelve months, by fuel category.
- Renewable
- Nuclear
- Fossil
- Other
| Fuel | Share | Generation |
|---|---|---|
| fossil fuels | 13.8% | 25.7 TWh |
| natural gas | 12.6% | 23.3 TWh |
| natural gas & other gases | 12.6% | 23.3 TWh |
| renewable | 10.6% | 19.6 TWh |
| all renewables | 9.6% | 17.9 TWh |
| estimated total solar | 8.6% | 15.9 TWh |
| estimated total solar photovoltaic | 8.5% | 15.7 TWh |
| solar | 7.3% | 13.6 TWh |
| solar photovoltaic | 7.2% | 13.4 TWh |
| geothermal | 2.1% | 3.9 TWh |
| coal, excluding waste coal | 1.3% | 2.4 TWh |
| all coal products | 1.3% | 2.4 TWh |
| estimated small scale solar photovoltaic | 1.2% | 2.3 TWh |
| conventional hydroelectric | 0.9% | 1.7 TWh |
| subbituminous coal | 0.7% | 1.3 TWh |
| bituminous coal and synthetic coal | 0.6% | 1.0 TWh |
| bituminous coal | 0.6% | 1.0 TWh |
| wind | 0.2% | 327.4 GWh |
| onshore wind turbine | 0.2% | 327.4 GWh |
| solar thermal | 0.1% | 160.4 GWh |
Nevada production fuel makeup
Share of in-state generation by fuel over the latest twelve months.
- fossil fuels13.8%
- natural gas12.6%
- natural gas & other gases12.6%
- renewable10.6%
- all renewables9.6%
- estimated total solar8.6%
- estimated total solar photovoltaic8.5%
- solar7.3%
- solar photovoltaic7.2%
- geothermal2.1%
- coal, excluding waste coal1.3%
- all coal products1.3%
- estimated small scale solar photovoltaic1.2%
- conventional hydroelectric0.9%
- subbituminous coal0.7%
- bituminous coal and synthetic coal0.6%
- bituminous coal0.6%
- wind0.2%
- onshore wind turbine0.2%
- solar thermal0.1%
Electric utilities in Nevada
The 2 electric distribution utilities that serve Nevada, by customers served. These are the companies that deliver power and handle outages.
| Utility | Parent company | Customers served | Outage map |
|---|---|---|---|
| NV Energy | Berkshire Hathaway Energy | 1,400,000 | Outage map |
| Wells Rural Electric Co | — | 6,467 | — |
Residential electricity providers in Nevada
15 utilities and retail providers serving residential customers, ordered by customer count.
| Provider | Type | Customers | Annual sales | Avg rate | Avg bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Power Co | Investor-owned | 916,385 | 10.5 TWh | 15.33¢ | — |
| Sierra Pacific Power Co | Investor-owned | 330,891 | 2.7 TWh | 14.52¢ | — |
| Valley Electric Assn, Inc | Cooperative | 22,368 | 321.3 GWh | 16.73¢ | — |
| Sunrun Inc. | Behind-the-meter | 22,307 | 267.9 GWh | 14.47¢ | — |
| Overton Power District No 5 | Political subdivision | 15,545 | 230.2 GWh | 10.69¢ | — |
| Tesla Inc. | Behind-the-meter | 12,391 | 102.5 GWh | 12.29¢ | — |
| Sunnova | Behind-the-meter | 7,632 | 72.4 GWh | 16.86¢ | — |
| City of Boulder City - (NV) | Municipal | 7,145 | 106.1 GWh | 10.37¢ | — |
| Mt Wheeler Power, Inc | Cooperative | 5,169 | 85.6 GWh | 8.50¢ | — |
| Wells Rural Electric Co | Cooperative | 4,621 | 59.1 GWh | 10.05¢ | — |
| Raft Rural Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 1,564 | 16.6 GWh | 10.24¢ | — |
| SunPower Capital, LLC | Behind-the-meter | 1,357 | 19.5 GWh | 13.59¢ | — |
| Spruce Finance | Behind-the-meter | 149 | 1.5 GWh | 13.13¢ | — |
| Surprise Valley Electrification | Cooperative | 6 | 55 MWh | 13.82¢ | — |
| Palmetto Solar, LLC | Behind-the-meter | 1 | 2 MWh | 40.00¢ | — |
Commercial electricity providers in Nevada
13 providers serving commercial customers, ordered by annual sales.
| Provider | Type | Customers | Annual sales | Avg rate | Avg bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Power Co | Investor-owned | 183 | 2.8 TWh | 0.63¢ | — |
| Colorado River Comm of Nevada | State | 1 | 757.9 GWh | 0.34¢ | — |
| Sierra Pacific Power Co | Investor-owned | 18 | 522.6 GWh | 0.44¢ | — |
| Valley Electric Assn, Inc | Cooperative | 2,462 | 233.1 GWh | 13.99¢ | — |
| Overton Power District No 5 | Political subdivision | 2,945 | 122.8 GWh | 9.76¢ | — |
| City of Boulder City - (NV) | Municipal | 923 | 54.0 GWh | 12.90¢ | — |
| Wells Rural Electric Co | Cooperative | 957 | 49.4 GWh | 9.27¢ | — |
| Mt Wheeler Power, Inc | Cooperative | 1,710 | 41.6 GWh | 9.57¢ | — |
| Raft Rural Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 268 | 29.3 GWh | 6.61¢ | — |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | Federal | 3 | 26.7 GWh | 2.50¢ | — |
| Tesla Inc. | Behind-the-meter | 7 | 3.3 GWh | 8.84¢ | — |
| Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation | Behind-the-meter | 1 | 295 MWh | 6.98¢ | — |
| Surprise Valley Electrification | Cooperative | 7 | 61 MWh | 13.93¢ | — |
Power plant map of Nevada
109 power plants in Nevada with known coordinates, plotted by location. Marker size reflects nameplate capacity; color shows primary fuel.
- Renewable
- Nuclear
- Fossil
- Other
Power plants in Nevada
Largest in-state electricity generators by annual net generation, with associated CO2 emissions where available.
| Plant | County | Fuel | Capacity | Generation | CO₂ | CO₂/MWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Lenzie Generating Station | — | NG | 1.5 GW | 6.9 TWh | 2.8 M tonnes | 403 kg |
| Tracy | — | NG | 1.0 GW | 3.9 TWh | 1.7 M tonnes | 429 kg |
| Silverhawk | — | NG | 1.1 GW | 2.6 TWh | 1.0 M tonnes | 394 kg |
| Apex Generating Station | — | NG | 601 MW | 2.3 TWh | 863.0 k tonnes | 375 kg |
| Higgins Generating Station | — | NG | 688 MW | 2.1 TWh | 880.2 k tonnes | 411 kg |
| Harry Allen | — | NG | 745 MW | 2.1 TWh | 866.1 k tonnes | 417 kg |
| Desert Star Energy Center | — | NG | 537 MW | 1.6 TWh | 678.7 k tonnes | 412 kg |
| Hoover Dam (NV) | — | WAT | 1.0 GW | 1.2 TWh | — | — |
| TS Power Plant | — | SUB | 442 MW | 1.1 TWh | 1.1 M tonnes | 995 kg |
| North Valmy | — | SUB | 567 MW | 981.8 GWh | 1.2 M tonnes | 1,247 kg |
| Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Farm | — | SUN | 300 MW | 856.6 GWh | — | — |
| Copper Mountain Solar 5, LLC | — | SUN | 252 MW | 672.8 GWh | — | — |
| Silver State Solar Power South | — | SUN | 260 MW | 643.6 GWh | — | — |
| McGinness Hills | — | GEO | 104 MW | 642.5 GWh | 0 kg | 0 kg |
| Arrow Canyon Solar Hybrid | — | SUN | 275 MW | 630.2 GWh | — | — |
| Copper Mountain Solar 3 | — | SUN | 255 MW | 597.5 GWh | — | — |
| Moapa Southern Paiute | — | SUN | 250 MW | 590.0 GWh | — | — |
| Clark (NVE) | — | NG | 1.4 GW | 570.7 GWh | 79.6 k tonnes | 140 kg |
| McGinness Hills 3 | — | GEO | 99 MW | 558.4 GWh | 0 kg | 0 kg |
| Techren Solar II LLC | — | SUN | 200 MW | 535.9 GWh | — | — |
| Dodge Flat | — | SUN | 250 MW | 521.9 GWh | — | — |
| Nevada Cogen Associates 2 Black Mountain | — | NG | 96 MW | 506.1 GWh | 185.6 k tonnes | 367 kg |
| Western 102 Power Plant | — | NG | 119 MW | 490.7 GWh | 225.8 k tonnes | 460 kg |
| Dixie Valley | — | GEO | 71 MW | 471.6 GWh | 19.0 k tonnes | 40 kg |
| Nevada Cogen Assoc#1 GarnetVly | — | NG | 95 MW | 459.3 GWh | 175.7 k tonnes | 382 kg |
| Townsite Solar Project Hybrid | — | SUN | 270 MW | 429.3 GWh | — | — |
| Fort Churchill | — | NG | 230 MW | 418.2 GWh | 267.2 k tonnes | 639 kg |
| Tungsten Mountain | — | GEO | 75 MW | 367.8 GWh | 0 kg | 0 kg |
| Copper Mountain Solar 2 | — | SUN | 154 MW | 348.7 GWh | — | — |
| Las Vegas Generating Station | — | NG | 359 MW | 339.7 GWh | 160.4 k tonnes | 472 kg |
| Spring Valley Wind Project | — | WND | 150 MW | 291.2 GWh | — | — |
| Harry Allen Solar Energy LLC | — | SUN | 100 MW | 290.3 GWh | — | — |
| Boulder Solar Power, LLC | — | SUN | 100 MW | 261.2 GWh | — | — |
| Battle Mountain Solar Project | — | SUN | 126 MW | 255.5 GWh | — | — |
| Playa Solar 2 | — | SUN | 100 MW | 253.2 GWh | — | — |
| Fish Springs | — | SUN | 125 MW | 244.5 GWh | — | — |
| Steamboat Hills LP | — | GEO | 37 MW | 235.6 GWh | 0 kg | 0 kg |
| Sunshine Valley Solar | — | SUN | 104 MW | 216.5 GWh | — | — |
| Copper Mountain Solar 4, LLC | — | SUN | 94 MW | 214.2 GWh | — | — |
| Saguaro Power | — | NG | 127 MW | 209.1 GWh | 74.2 k tonnes | 355 kg |
| NGP Blue Mountain I LLC | — | GEO | 64 MW | 193.9 GWh | 0 kg | 0 kg |
| Playa Solar 1, LLC | — | SUN | 79 MW | 193.5 GWh | — | — |
| Techren Solar I LLC | — | SUN | 100 MW | 193.5 GWh | — | — |
| Yellow Pine Solar | — | SUN | 190 MW | 178.9 GWh | — | — |
| North Valley | — | GEO | 37 MW | 157.2 GWh | — | — |
| Patua Acquisition Project, LLC | — | GEO | 59 MW | 137.1 GWh | 0 kg | 0 kg |
| Boulder Solar II, LLC | — | SUN | 50 MW | 126.0 GWh | — | — |
| Tuscarora Geothermal Power Plant | — | GEO | 32 MW | 125.8 GWh | 0 kg | 0 kg |
| Luning Energy | — | SUN | 50 MW | 125.2 GWh | — | — |
| Stillwater Facility | — | GEO | 69 MW | 123.7 GWh | 0 kg | 0 kg |
Data centers & crypto mining in Nevada
Data centers and cryptocurrency-mining operations are large electricity consumers that show up inside Nevada's commercial and industrial load. EIA does not publish a facility-level data-center inventory, so the figures below pair reported commercial and industrial sales with EIA estimates of data-center and crypto-mining electricity demand.
No state-level EIA estimate of cryptocurrency-mining load is available for Nevada; mining is concentrated in a handful of states.
Quick facts about electricity in Nevada
- The average residential electricity rate in Nevada is 13.16¢ per kWh, the 10th lowest among the 50 states and DC.
- The typical residential electricity bill in Nevada is $114 per month.
- Nevada's largest source of in-state generation is fossil fuels, at 13.8% of the mix.
- Renewable sources account for 10.7% of the electricity generated in Nevada.
- Nevada generated 185.5 TWh of electricity in the most recent reported year.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average electricity rate in Nevada?
The average residential electricity rate in Nevada was 13.16¢ per kilowatt-hour as of 2025, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data, ranking 10th among the 50 states and DC.
What is the average electricity bill in Nevada?
The average monthly residential electricity bill in Nevada was $114 in 2025. This figure is calculated from total annual residential revenue divided by average customer count over twelve months, using EIA Form 861 data.
Can I choose my electricity provider in Nevada?
No. Most residential customers receive electricity from a regulated utility serving their area.
What share of Nevada's electricity comes from renewable sources?
In 2025, 10.7% of electricity generated in Nevada came from renewable sources (wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass), based on EIA Form 923 data.
How much electricity do data centers use in Nevada?
Data centers in Nevada are estimated to use about 1.7 TWh of electricity per year, roughly 4.2% of the state's electricity sales. EIA does not publish facility-level data-center data; this is an estimate that apportions national EIA/DOE data-center figures by Nevada's share of U.S. commercial electricity sales.