NV Energy southern Nevada (Nevada Power): rates per kWh and bills
NV Energy's 933,357 residential customers in Nevada paid an average of 13.08¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $114.92 a month on 878 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 13.29¢, and 12.52¢ 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.
2 of 17 Nevada counties served (EIA-861 2025)
Residential customers of NV Energy's southern utility, legally Nevada Power Company, paid an average of 13.08¢ per kWh in 2025, 14.7% less than in 2024, and their average bill fell to $114.92 a month (−21.8%1). The annual figure hides a desert summer: in August 2026 the average home used 1,826 kWh, against 484 kWh in February 20262.
Nevada Power and NV Energy: one utility, two names
In southern Nevada, "Nevada Power" and "NV Energy" are the same utility. Nevada Power Company does business as NV Energy and is one of the two NV Energy utilities in the state; the other, Sierra Pacific Power Company, serves the north and has its own page. In 2025 the southern utility delivered and sold electricity to 933,357 residential customers, 70.4%1 of all Nevada's, and EIA's service-territory records place it in Clark County and Nye County. Other utilities also report customers in 23 of those counties, so the utility's own service map, not the county or ZIP code, decides who serves a home.
The price per kWh, by period
Three EIA figures answer "how much per kWh", and each covers a different period:
| Period | Average residential price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Year 2025 | 13.08¢1 | EIA-861, final |
| Last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) | 13.29¢ per kWh | EIA-861M, 2026 months preliminary |
| August 20264 alone | 12.52¢ per kWh2 | EIA-861M, preliminary |
All three are average revenue per kWh: what residential customers paid in total, including the basic service charge, divided by the kWh they bought. No customer sees that exact figure on a bill, and a home that uses little pays more per kWh than one that uses a lot, because the fixed charge is spread over fewer kWh. The August 20264 figure is +1.1%2 against the same month a year earlier; one summer month is a weaker guide than 12 months.
In 2025 the southern utility's average was 1.4% below the Nevada average and 26.4% below the national average for investor-owned utilities. Among the 177 US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers it ranked tied for 35th lowest of 177, below their median of 15.07¢ per kWh1.
A smaller bill in 2025
From 2024 to 2025, the residential average fell from 15.33¢ per kWh to 13.08¢ per kWh (−14.7%), while the US residential average rose 4.6%6. Use per home dropped at the same time, from 958 kWh to 878 kWh a month, so the two effects together cut the average bill from $146.895 to $114.92 (−21.8%1). Nationally the average residential bill rose 5.9%7 that year.
The monthly series shows where the price has gone since. Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) the average was 13.29¢ per kWh, a little above the 2025 level, and the bill averaged $124.09 on 934 kWh2 a month.
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 (¢/kWh) | kWh per customer | Bill per customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 13.87¢ | 659 | $91.42 |
| February 2025 | 14.52¢ | 477 | $69.26 |
| March 2025 | 14.77¢ | 517 | $76.36 |
| April 2025 | 13.74¢ | 587 | $80.61 |
| May 2025 | 13.01¢ | 873 | $113.54 |
| June 2025 | 12.13¢ | 1,359 | $164.80 |
| July 2025 | 12.23¢ | 1,562 | $190.96 |
| August 2025 | 12.38¢ | 1,629 | $201.56 |
| September 2025 | 13.11¢ | 1,084 | $142.12 |
| October 2025 | 13.71¢ | 654 | $89.68 |
| November 2025 | 14.17¢ | 533 | $75.52 |
| December 2025 | 13.74¢ | 598 | $82.14 |
| January 2026 | 13.94¢ | 612 | $85.25 |
| February 2026 | 14.45¢ | 484 | $69.98 |
| March 2026 | 14.07¢ | 653 | $91.85 |
| April 2026 | 14.36¢ | 575 | $82.49 |
| May 2026 | 13.48¢ | 924 | $124.55 |
| June 2026 | 12.97¢ | 1,423 | $184.50 |
| July 2026 | 12.62¢ | 1,824 | $230.22 |
| August 2026 | 12.52¢ | 1,826 | $228.70 |
Nevada Power's prices are set by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. Its July 2025 newsletter lists hearings that month on a Nevada Power application to adjust its general rates and on a separate application to approve its fuel and purchased power expenses. Fuel and purchased power costs are reviewed apart from the general rate case, which is why the price can move between rate cases. The commission's docket search holds the filings and orders.
Las Vegas-area homes against Phoenix and Tucson
The closest comparison for a southern Nevada household is the other large desert utilities. In 2025, NV Energy's southern customers paid less per kWh on average than the customers of all three of Arizona's largest: Salt River Project averaged 13.98¢ per kWh, Tucson Electric Power 14.88¢ per kWh and Arizona Public Service 17.03¢ 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) |
|---|---|
| NV Energy (NV) | 13.08¢ |
| Salt River Project (AZ) | 13.98¢ |
| Tucson Electric Power (AZ) | 14.88¢ |
| APS (AZ) | 17.03¢ |
Use per home differs as much as price. A southern Nevada home used 878 kWh a month in 2025, fewer than the APS home (966 kWh) or the SRP home (1,143 kWh) and more than the Tucson home (784 kWh). Lower price and lower use together put the average NV Energy bill, $114.92, below APS's $164.54 and SRP's $159.71, and close to Tucson Electric Power's $116.621.
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 bill |
|---|---|
| NV Energy (NV) | $114.92 |
| Tucson Electric Power (AZ) | $116.62 |
| Salt River Project (AZ) | $159.71 |
| APS (AZ) | $164.54 |
February bills against August bills
The swing between the mild and the hot months is wider here than the annual average suggests. Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, use per home went from 484 kWh in February 2026 to 1,826 kWh in August 2026, and the average bill in those two months from $69.98 to $228.70 (2026 months preliminary). Over the same 12 months, APS homes went from 607 kWh in February 2026 to 1,727 kWh in August 2026, and SRP homes from 656 kWh to 2,041 kWh2: southern Nevada starts lower in winter and reaches the Phoenix range in summer.
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 | 1,084 | $142.12 | 13.11¢ |
| October 2025 | 654 | $89.68 | 13.71¢ |
| November 2025 | 533 | $75.52 | 14.17¢ |
| December 2025 | 598 | $82.14 | 13.74¢ |
| January 2026 | 612 | $85.25 | 13.94¢ |
| February 2026 | 484 | $69.98 | 14.45¢ |
| March 2026 | 653 | $91.85 | 14.07¢ |
| April 2026 | 575 | $82.49 | 14.36¢ |
| May 2026 | 924 | $124.55 | 13.48¢ |
| June 2026 | 1,423 | $184.50 | 12.97¢ |
| July 2026 | 1,824 | $230.22 | 12.62¢ |
| August 2026 | 1,826 | $228.70 | 12.52¢ |
Air conditioning explains the shape. In EIA's 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey, Nevada homes put 31% of their electricity into cooling, 2nd highest share among the states, and only 5%8 into space heating. A household that budgets on the $114.921 annual average will pay well above it in the summer months.
Rooftop solar is common, time-of-use is not
The southern utility reported 124,293 net-metered residential solar installations in 2025, with 983.8 megawatts of capacity: 133.2 per 1,000 residential customers, against 38.1 nationally and 45.29 at NV Energy North. Homes with panels buy fewer kWh from the grid, which pulls down the average use per home in EIA's figures.
Time-varying rates are another matter. Advanced meters made up 99.9% of residential meters, yet only 16,187 residential customers, 1.7%, were enrolled in a time-varying rate (time-of-use and critical peak pricing). Across the US the share was 11.3%, and at APS 58.0%9. NV Energy publishes its optional plans and their hours on its own site; the time-of-use guide explains how such plans change a bill.
Outages: shorter than the state average
NV Energy's southern customers averaged 71 minutes without power in 2025 including major events (fewer than the Nevada average of 128 minutes), 54 minutes excluding them, and 0.65 interruptions per customer, measured under the IEEE 1366 standard. NV Energy North's customers averaged 288 minutes10.
Businesses and the northern utility
Commercial customers of the southern utility paid 9.74¢ per kWh on average in 2025 and its 1,602 industrial accounts 8.99¢ per kWh; across all 1,052,455 customers the average was 11.09¢ per kWh1.
The northern sibling followed a different path. NV Energy North's residential average fell 6.0% to 13.65¢ per kWh in 2025, ending above the southern utility's, but its homes used 663 kWh a month and paid $90.551. The Nevada page puts both utilities and the state's smaller cooperatives and public power systems side by side, and the help paying your electric bill guide covers LIHEAP and other assistance.
Where NV Energy serves
Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Clark County | Valley Electric Association, Overton Power District No 5, City of Boulder City, Aha Macav Power Service, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration |
| Nye County | NV Energy North, Valley Electric Association, Mt Wheeler Power |
NV Energy and Nevada Power: common questions
What is the Nevada Power rate per kWh?
Residential customers paid an average of 13.08¢ per kWh1 in 2025 and 13.29¢ per kWh2 over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026, partly preliminary). That is total residential revenue divided by kWh, so it includes the basic service charge and every other charge and adjustment on the bill except most taxes; the per-kWh lines on a rate schedule are a different number.
What is the average NV Energy bill in Las Vegas?
EIA publishes no figures for cities. For NV Energy's southern utility, which reports service in Clark County and Nye County3, the average residential bill was $114.921 a month in 2025 and $124.09 over the last 12 months. It ranged from $69.98 in February 2026 to $230.22 in July 20262 (preliminary).
Is NV Energy raising rates?
Changes go through the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, which in 2025 heard a Nevada Power general rate case and a separate review of its fuel and purchased power costs. What customers actually paid in August 20264 was 12.52¢ per kWh, +1.1%2 against the same month a year earlier (preliminary).
Can I buy electricity from someone other than NV Energy?
Not as a household. EIA counted 01 competitive suppliers with residential customers in Nevada in 2025; the utility that serves an address is its supplier.
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-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, average monthly bill by state; table Average_Bill_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 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 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
- EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.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
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