10.32¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Grand Island / NE ]
City of Grand Island electricity rates in Nebraska
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−5.6%
vs 2024
22,563
residential customers
+6.7%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Grand Island's average effective residential rate (10.32¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.83¢ | — | 21,467 |
| 2016 | 9.88¢ | +0.5% | 21,486 |
| 2017 | 9.91¢ | +0.3% | 21,879 |
| 2018 | 9.20¢ | −7.2% | 21,667 |
| 2019 | 9.20¢ | +0.0% | 21,695 |
| 2020 | 9.67¢ | +5.1% | 21,737 |
| 2021 | 9.66¢ | −0.1% | 21,783 |
| 2022 | 9.73¢ | +0.7% | 21,994 |
| 2023 | 10.38¢ | +6.7% | 22,093 |
| 2024 | 10.93¢ | +5.3% | 22,799 |
| 2025 | 10.32¢ | −5.6% | 22,563 |
How this compares
12.05¢
Nebraska average, 2025
−14.4%
City of Grand Island vs NE 2025 average
−40.1%
vs US 2025 average
#19
priciest in NE
Serves 2 counties in Nebraska: Hall, Merrick. 3 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Grand Island's average residential rate has gone from 9.83¢ to 10.32¢ per kWh: +5.0% over 10 years, or about +0.5% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +6.7% in 2023. The largest drop was −7.2% in 2018.
For a home using 973 kWh a month, the Nebraska average, City of Grand Island's 2025 rate works out to about $1,205 a year, $202 less than at Nebraska's average rate of 12.05¢. Of the 26 Nebraska utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 19th most expensive.
City of Grand Island served 21,467 homes in 2015 and 22,563 in 2025 (+5.1%), about 2% of Nebraska's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Grand Island's rates
City of Grand Island is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Nebraska Public Service Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Nebraska Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Grand Island raising rates in 2026?
City of Grand Island's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Nebraska Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved −5.6% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Grand Island charge per kWh?
City of Grand Island's average effective residential rate was 10.32¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Nebraska's 2025 average was 12.05¢.
How much have City of Grand Island rates gone up in five years?
+6.7% between 2020 and 2025, against +19.4% for Nebraska as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Grand Island have in Nebraska?
22,563 residential customers in 2025, across 2 counties including Hall, Merrick, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)