NV Energy North (Sierra Pacific Power): rates per kWh and bills
NV Energy North's 334,961 residential customers in Nevada paid an average of 13.65¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $90.55 a month on 663 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 13.68¢, and 13.21¢ in August 2026.2
EIA-861 2025 final (released October 7, 2026) and EIA's monthly utility survey through August 2026 (preliminary); next monthly update expected November 24, 2026. Averages are revenue divided by kWh, all charges included: not the rate printed in a tariff.
14 of 17 Nevada counties served (EIA-861 2025)
Homes on NV Energy's northern utility paid more per kWh on average than those on its Las Vegas sibling in 2025, 13.65¢ per kWh against 13.08¢ per kWh, yet the northern average bill was lower: $90.55 a month, because a northern home used 663 kWh instead of 878 kWh1. Its customers also spent far longer without power: 288 minutes in 2025, more than the Nevada average of 128 minutes8.
Three ways to read the northern price
Sierra Pacific Power Company is the investor-owned utility that serves northern Nevada under the NV Energy brand; this page calls it NV Energy North to keep it apart from the southern company. It delivered and sold electricity to 334,961 residential customers in 2025, 25.3%1 of Nevada's, across 14 counties from Washoe, Storey and Carson City east to Elko County. In 7 of them no other distribution utility reports customers; in the other 73, another utility also reports customers, and the utilities' own maps decide by address.
What its homes pay per kWh depends on the period chosen:
- Year 2025 (EIA-861, final): 13.65¢ per kWh1.
- Last 12 months, September 2025 to August 2026 (EIA-861M, 2026 months preliminary): 13.68¢ per kWh.
- August 20264 alone (preliminary): 13.21¢ per kWh, +1.4%2 against the same month a year earlier.
Each is average revenue per kWh: everything residential customers were billed, the basic service charge included, divided by the kWh they bought. A small user pays more than this per kWh and a large user less, because the fixed charge is spread over fewer or more kWh. In 2025 the northern average was 2.9% above the Nevada average, the 2nd highest of the 4 Nevada utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers, and 23.2% below the national average for investor-owned utilities1.
Pricier per kWh than Las Vegas, cheaper per month
The two NV Energy utilities run in opposite directions on price and bill. In 2025 the northern utility's residential customers paid 13.65¢ per kWh on average and the southern utility's 13.08¢ per kWh. The northern home, though, used 663 kWh a month against 878 kWh in the south, so its average bill came to $90.55 instead of $114.921. Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) the pattern held: $92.34 for 675 kWh in the north, $124.09 for 934 kWh2 in the south.
Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | average monthly residential use |
|---|---|
| NV Energy North (NV) | 663 |
| NV Energy (NV) | 878 |
| Valley Electric Association (NV) | 1,130 |
| Overton Power District No 5 (NV) | 1,143 |
Use per home also bears on the price comparison. A utility whose customers buy fewer kWh spreads its fixed costs over less volume, which raises the average per kWh even when no tariff line is higher. The southern utility's heavier summer use works the other way.
A summer peak, but a modest one
EIA's monthly survey shows how flat the northern year is next to the southern one. Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, use per home at NV Energy North went from 536 kWh in October 2025 to 944 kWh in August 2026, and the average bill in those two months from $72.51 to $124.67. The southern utility's homes went from 484 kWh to 1,826 kWh over the same months, with an average bill of $228.702 in its peak-use month. The 2026 months are preliminary.
Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility. kWh per residential customer in each month (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). The table adds the average bill and price for the month.
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| Month | kWh per customer | Bill per customer | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 616 | $84.64 | 13.73¢ |
| October 2025 | 536 | $72.51 | 13.53¢ |
| November 2025 | 590 | $78.27 | 13.26¢ |
| December 2025 | 703 | $89.75 | 12.76¢ |
| January 2026 | 745 | $100.49 | 13.48¢ |
| February 2026 | 627 | $86.44 | 13.79¢ |
| March 2026 | 545 | $79.44 | 14.58¢ |
| April 2026 | 537 | $78.85 | 14.67¢ |
| May 2026 | 572 | $83.55 | 14.61¢ |
| June 2026 | 743 | $103.31 | 13.90¢ |
| July 2026 | 939 | $125.73 | 13.39¢ |
| August 2026 | 944 | $124.67 | 13.21¢ |
The low point came in autumn, not in spring as at Idaho Power (April 2026) or Rocky Mountain Power in Utah (April 20262). In EIA's 2020 household survey, Nevada homes statewide put only 5%5 of their electricity into space heating; RECS state results date from 2020, a pandemic year. A northern household planning a budget can expect an August bill above the annual average, though not the near-doubling seen around Las Vegas.
How the price changed
From 2024 to 2025, the northern utility's residential average fell from 14.52¢ per kWh to 13.65¢ per kWh (−6.0%). Use per home slipped from 687 kWh to 663 kWh a month, and the average bill fell from $99.686 to $90.55 (−9.2%). The decline was smaller than in the south, where the average dropped 14.7%1, and it ran against the national direction: the US residential average rose 4.6%7 that year.
Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kWh in each month, as reported to EIA's monthly survey (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary).
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| Month | NV Energy North (¢/kWh) | kWh per customer | Bill per customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 13.75¢ | 756 | $103.99 |
| February 2025 | 14.02¢ | 630 | $88.33 |
| March 2025 | 14.51¢ | 624 | $90.46 |
| April 2025 | 14.38¢ | 532 | $76.51 |
| May 2025 | 14.40¢ | 560 | $80.66 |
| June 2025 | 13.59¢ | 722 | $98.05 |
| July 2025 | 13.41¢ | 856 | $114.80 |
| August 2025 | 13.03¢ | 834 | $108.69 |
| September 2025 | 13.73¢ | 616 | $84.64 |
| October 2025 | 13.53¢ | 536 | $72.51 |
| November 2025 | 13.26¢ | 590 | $78.27 |
| December 2025 | 12.76¢ | 703 | $89.75 |
| January 2026 | 13.48¢ | 745 | $100.49 |
| February 2026 | 13.79¢ | 627 | $86.44 |
| March 2026 | 14.58¢ | 545 | $79.44 |
| April 2026 | 14.67¢ | 537 | $78.85 |
| May 2026 | 14.61¢ | 572 | $83.55 |
| June 2026 | 13.90¢ | 743 | $103.31 |
| July 2026 | 13.39¢ | 939 | $125.73 |
| August 2026 | 13.21¢ | 944 | $124.67 |
The monthly series since then shows the average back near its 2025 level: 13.68¢ per kWh over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, and 13.21¢ per kWh in August 20264, +1.4%2 on a year earlier (preliminary). Part of a Sierra Pacific bill moves outside general rate cases. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada's December 2024 newsletter lists a filing by Sierra Pacific Power Company to adjust its Base Tariff Energy Rates and Deferred Energy Account Adjustment Rates effective January 1, 2025. Those energy-cost rates are reset by notice to the commission, whose docket search holds every filing and order.
Against utilities in the neighboring states
Among the 177 US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, NV Energy North ranked 54th lowest of 177 in 2025, below their median of 15.07¢ per kWh. A closer comparison for northern Nevada is with the large utilities across its borders. That year Idaho Power's residential customers averaged 11.78¢ per kWh, Rocky Mountain Power's in Utah 13.52¢ per kWh and Pacific Power's in Oregon 15.18¢ per kWh1.
Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | average residential price (bundled customers) |
|---|---|
| Idaho Power (ID) | 11.78¢ |
| Rocky Mountain Power (UT) | 13.52¢ |
| NV Energy North (NV) | 13.65¢ |
| Pacific Power (OR) | 15.18¢ |
On the bill, the northern Nevada home stood lower than all three: $90.55 a month in 2025, against $105.89 at Idaho Power, $100.84 at Rocky Mountain Power and $133.04 at Pacific Power. Use per home made the difference: 663 kWh a month, against 899 kWh, 746 kWh and 877 kWh1.
Outages: the weak point
Reliability is where the two NV Energy utilities differ most. In 2025, NV Energy North's customers averaged 288 minutes without power including major events, measured under IEEE 1366, against 71 minutes for the southern utility's customers. Excluding major event days the northern figure was 240 minutes, so most of the outage time came from ordinary days rather than major events. The average customer saw 2.51 interruptions during the year, against 0.658 in the south.
Source: EIA-861 2025, reliability. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | outage minutes per customer (all events) |
|---|---|
| NV Energy (NV) | 71 |
| Rocky Mountain Power (UT) | 118 |
| Idaho Power (ID) | 171 |
| NV Energy North (NV) | 288 |
| Pacific Power (OR) | 385 |
The northern total sits between its neighbors: Idaho Power's customers averaged 171 minutes and Rocky Mountain Power's 118 minutes, while Pacific Power's Oregon customers averaged 385 minutes8.
Smart meters everywhere, few time-of-use customers
Advanced meters made up 99.7% of the northern utility's residential meters in 2025, but only 5,509 residential customers (1.6%) were enrolled in a time-varying rate. The programs reported to EIA were time-of-use and critical peak pricing. Across the US the enrolled share was 11.3%9. The current plans and their peak hours are on NV Energy's own site; the time-of-use guide shows how such a plan changes a bill.
Rooftop solar is far less common than in the south. NV Energy North reported 15,154 net-metered residential installations with 96.3 megawatts of capacity in 2025: 45.2 per 1,000 residential customers, above the US figure of 38.1 but a fraction of the southern utility's 133.29. The net metering guide covers what happens to power a home sends back to the grid.
Business customers and help with bills
Commercial customers of the northern utility paid 9.88¢ per kWh on average in 2025, with an average monthly bill of $622.39; its 1,524 industrial accounts paid 8.20¢ per kWh. Taken together, its 386,254 customers of every kind averaged 10.58¢ per kWh1.
Nevada's federal LIHEAP energy-assistance allocation for fiscal year 2026 was $17.5 million10. The guide to help paying an electric bill covers how to apply, and the Nevada page sets both NV Energy utilities beside the state's cooperatives and public power systems.
Where NV Energy North serves
Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 14 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.
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| County | Other utilities reporting service |
|---|---|
| Carson City | none |
| Churchill County | City of Fallon |
| Douglas County | none |
| Elko County | Mt Wheeler Power, Wells Rural Electric Co, Raft Rural Electric Cooperative |
| Esmeralda County | Valley Electric Association |
| Eureka County | Mt Wheeler Power, Wells Rural Electric Co |
| Humboldt County | Harney Electric Cooperative |
| Lander County | none |
| Lyon County | none |
| Mineral County | none |
| Nye County | NV Energy, Valley Electric Association, Mt Wheeler Power |
| Pershing County | none |
| Storey County | none |
| Washoe County | Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative, Surprise Valley Electrification |
NV Energy North and Sierra Pacific: common questions
How much does NV Energy North charge per kWh?
Residential customers paid an average of 13.65¢ per kWh1 in 2025 and 13.68¢ per kWh2 over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026, 2026 months preliminary). Both are total residential revenue divided by kWh sold, so the basic service charge, energy rates and adjustments are all inside; the per-kWh lines on the tariff are separate numbers.
Is Sierra Pacific Power the same as NV Energy?
Yes. Sierra Pacific Power Company does business as NV Energy in northern Nevada. It is a separate utility from Nevada Power Company, NV Energy's southern company, with its own rates and its own figures in EIA's data.
What is the average NV Energy bill in Reno?
EIA has no figures for cities. For the whole northern utility, which reports service in 143 counties including Washoe County, the average residential bill was $90.551 a month in 2025 and $92.34 over the last 12 months. The monthly average ranged from $72.51 in October 2025 to $125.73 in July 20262 (preliminary).
Did NV Energy North raise rates in 2026?
EIA's data show what customers paid, not individual rate decisions. In August 20264 the northern utility's residential average was 13.21¢ per kWh, +1.4%2 against the same month a year earlier (preliminary). Rate changes are filed with and decided by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.
Related pages
Sources
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; table sales_ult_cust_2025 and _2026; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, service territory; table Service_Territory_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; table sales_revenue.xlsx (EPM Table 5.6.A); January 2001 to 2026-08; months since January 2026 preliminary; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, state data; table CE4.1.EL.ST, CE5 state tables, state highlights; released June 28, 2023. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2024; 2024, final (file updated December 3, 2025); released December 3, 2025. www.eia.gov
- EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; table HS861 2010-.xlsx; 2010-2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering; table Advanced_Meters, Dynamic_Pricing, Net_Metering 2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- HHS, LIHEAP funding releases to states; table FY2027 first release; FY2026 final; FY2027 first release (October 9, 2026); FY2026 total; released October 9, 2026. acf.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties; table cb_2025_us_county_5m; cb_2021_us_county_5m; 2025 (2021 for Connecticut). www.census.gov
How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.