How many electric cooperatives are in Nebraska?

10 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail electricity sales to customers in Nebraska in 2024, according to EIA. The largest is Midwest Electric Member Corp, with 6,789 customers.

How many municipal and public power utilities are in Nebraska?

140 — 111 municipal utilities, 29 public power districts — reported bundled retail sales in Nebraska in 2024. The largest is Omaha Public Power District, with 413,414 customers.

How do public power utilities and co-ops in Nebraska buy?

Municipal utilities and public utility districts are local government entities, so they generally follow Nebraska's public procurement laws, with purchases approved by a city council or utility board. Electric co-ops are private, member-owned nonprofits that set their own purchasing policies, though projects financed through USDA's Rural Utilities Service follow its rules. See how utilities buy.

Where does this data come from?

From the U.S. Energy Information Administration's table "2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total" (Table 10), based on forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S. It counts customers who buy both electricity and delivery from the utility.

Nebraska Public Power & Electric Co-ops: Full List

Key takeaways

150 community-owned utilities: 111 municipal utilities, 29 public power districts and 10 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail sales in Nebraska in 2024.
Together they served 1,131,497 of the state's 1,131,511 bundled retail customers (100%).
The largest public power utility is Omaha Public Power District, with 413,414 customers.
The largest electric co-op is Midwest Electric Member Corp, with 6,789 customers.

Every public power utility and co-op in Nebraska

Ranked by bundled retail customers in 2024, with retail sales in megawatt-hours and average price in cents per kilowatt-hour. Names are as EIA abbreviates them. Filter by type or search.

Showing all 150 utilities

#	Utility	Type	Customers	Sales, MWh	Avg. price
1	Omaha Public Power District	Public utility district	413,414	13,481,238	9.04¢
2	Lincoln Electric System	Municipal	153,069	3,250,924	9.26¢
3	Nebraska Public Power District	Public utility district	93,382	3,816,594	6.93¢
4	Southern Public Power District	Public utility district	28,035	1,371,779	6.51¢
5	Norris Public Power District	Public utility district	27,765	1,100,675	8.38¢
6	City of Grand Island	Municipal	27,425	718,621	9.77¢
7	Dawson Power District	Public utility district	23,461	551,367	11.77¢
8	Loup River Public Power Dist	Public utility district	20,762	1,086,339	8.11¢
9	City of Fremont	Municipal	16,622	507,915	10.05¢
10	City of North Platte	Municipal	14,114	286,203	10.21¢
11	City of Hastings	Municipal	14,083	418,277	9.13¢
12	Custer Public Power District	Public utility district	11,046	232,905	12.80¢
13	Cornhusker Public Power Dist	Public utility district	10,405	404,163	9.34¢
14	Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist	Public utility district	10,231	344,394	9.41¢
15	Northeast Power	Public utility district	8,654	332,062	8.70¢
16	South Central Public Pwr Dist	Public utility district	8,568	364,850	6.94¢
17	Perennial Public Power Dist	Public utility district	7,747	358,035	8.32¢
18	Cedar-Knox Public Power Dist	Public utility district	7,703	266,435	8.39¢
19	City of Beatrice	Municipal	6,968	179,918	8.93¢
20	North Central Public Pwr Dist	Public utility district	6,923	158,365	10.97¢
21	Midwest Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	6,789	244,791	13.32¢
22	Twin Valleys Public Power Dist	Public utility district	6,738	105,805	13.52¢
23	Butler Public Power District	Public utility district	6,568	211,588	9.64¢
24	Niobrara Valley El Member Corp	Cooperative	6,506	160,268	11.10¢
25	City of Nebraska City	Municipal	6,365	159,056	10.54¢
26	Southwest Public Power Dist	Public utility district	6,284	220,619	10.11¢
27	City of South Sioux City	Municipal	6,223	231,691	8.94¢
28	Loup Valleys Rural P P D	Public utility district	5,924	142,172	11.67¢
29	Howard Greeley Rural P P D	Public utility district	5,887	119,974	11.60¢
30	City of Alliance	Municipal	5,252	108,556	12.30¢
31	McCook Public Power District	Public utility district	5,123	149,669	10.68¢
32	Wheat Belt Public Power Dist	Public utility district	5,050	159,560	14.12¢
33	KBR Rural Public Power District	Public utility district	5,008	106,906	14.09¢
34	Polk County Rural Pub Pwr Dist	Public utility district	4,932	106,314	13.00¢
35	City of Lexington	Municipal	4,614	236,962	8.11¢
36	City of Sidney	Municipal	4,468	62,979	13.68¢
37	Burt County Public Power Dist	Public utility district	4,314	90,560	14.41¢
38	City of Crete	Municipal	4,138	110,076	10.20¢
39	City of Gering	Municipal	4,120	63,921	14.15¢
40	City of Fairbury	Municipal	3,951	83,917	9.35¢
41	Cuming County Public Pwr Dist	Public utility district	3,920	100,691	11.15¢
42	Panhandle Rural El Member Assn	Cooperative	3,803	110,214	16.95¢
43	City of Holdrege	Municipal	3,759	119,609	8.03¢
44	City of Seward	Municipal	3,610	117,894	10.73¢
45	Roosevelt Public Power Dist	Public utility district	3,488	65,201	14.41¢
46	Northwest Rural Pub Pwr Dist	Public utility district	3,391	76,525	13.99¢
47	Chimney Rock Public Power Dist	Public utility district	3,321	56,993	14.78¢
48	High West Energy, Inc	Cooperative	2,967	118,930	12.12¢
49	City of Schuyler	Municipal	2,801	138,736	8.85¢
50	City of Wayne	Municipal	2,780	62,091	12.18¢
51	Stanton County Public Pwr Dist	Public utility district	2,755	284,777	6.53¢
52	City of Broken Bow	Municipal	2,707	95,242	10.25¢
53	Auburn Board of Public Works	Municipal	2,687	57,425	10.23¢
54	City of Falls City	Municipal	2,618	52,330	14.08¢
55	Cozad Board of Public Works	Municipal	2,553	47,964	10.83¢
56	City of Wahoo	Municipal	2,545	72,375	8.27¢
57	City of Gothenburg	Municipal	2,214	66,179	8.55¢
58	City of Valentine	Municipal	2,211	44,478	9.61¢
59	Highline Electric Assn	Cooperative	1,996	77,843	13.64¢
60	City of West Point	Municipal	1,944	48,597	12.96¢
61	City of Central City	Municipal	1,826	34,553	10.97¢
62	City of Kimball	Municipal	1,702	20,946	16.84¢
63	City of Minden	Municipal	1,631	27,103	12.72¢
64	City of David City	Municipal	1,522	35,946	10.37¢
65	City of Ord	Municipal	1,447	32,999	9.69¢
66	City of Superior	Municipal	1,315	42,469	7.79¢
67	City of St Paul	Municipal	1,261	24,362	9.06¢
68	City of Pierce	Municipal	1,238	19,176	10.45¢
69	City of Syracuse	Municipal	1,238	20,524	10.67¢
70	City of Hickman	Municipal	1,219	14,621	10.38¢
71	City of Imperial	Municipal	1,198	29,731	10.71¢
72	City of Mitchell	Municipal	1,157	13,593	11.45¢
73	City of Neligh	Municipal	1,135	20,807	10.45¢
74	Cherry-Todd Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	1,110	36,650	11.47¢
75	Village of Morrill	Municipal	1,083	15,653	18.16¢
76	City of Tecumseh	Municipal	1,038	26,168	12.07¢
77	City of Wilber	Municipal	1,020	16,262	8.98¢
78	City of Madison	Municipal	962	79,860	7.74¢
79	City of Sutton	Municipal	941	16,900	10.04¢
80	Niobrara Electric Assn, Inc	Cooperative	919	10,267	16.32¢
81	City of Bridgeport Utilities	Municipal	908	16,452	11.31¢
82	City of Wymore	Municipal	861	11,236	10.80¢
83	City of Grant	Municipal	805	16,617	12.13¢
84	City of Wakefield	Municipal	776	40,361	8.80¢
85	City of Wood River	Municipal	774	11,066	11.80¢
86	City of Wisner	Municipal	742	13,586	10.88¢
87	City of Burwell	Municipal	738	11,943	14.54¢
88	City of Red Cloud	Municipal	729	11,870	13.23¢
89	City of Curtis	Municipal	723	15,905	9.17¢
90	City of Chappell	Municipal	695	11,184	9.43¢
91	City of Arapahoe	Municipal	692	13,566	10.83¢
92	City of Stromsburg	Municipal	685	10,406	11.39¢
93	City of Pender	Municipal	667	11,344	12.44¢
94	City of Cambridge	Municipal	618	33,040	10.46¢
95	City of Benkelman	Municipal	612	10,911	13.10¢
96	City of Bayard	Municipal	595	7,889	15.64¢
97	City of Battle Creek	Municipal	592	10,617	10.71¢
98	City of Franklin	Municipal	589	10,082	11.99¢
99	City of Laurel	Municipal	577	11,265	11.23¢
100	City of Scribner	Municipal	577	8,325	13.49¢
101	City of Randolph	Municipal	574	8,398	10.65¢
102	City of Lyons	Municipal	570	7,641	11.67¢
103	Village of Hemingford	Municipal	542	6,204	13.98¢
104	City of Deshler	Municipal	514	7,650	11.17¢
105	Village of Oxford	Municipal	509	5,787	13.77¢
106	Wyrulec Company	Cooperative	508	20,676	11.67¢
107	Village of Arnold	Municipal	495	6,927	13.41¢
108	Village of Callaway	Municipal	482	7,582	12.82¢
109	City of Blue Hill	Municipal	481	7,543	9.39¢
110	City of Stuart	Municipal	441	5,452	15.00¢
111	City of Emerson	Municipal	435	6,269	11.09¢
112	Village of Wauneta	Municipal	432	6,288	11.59¢
113	City of Beaver City	Municipal	414	4,971	18.95¢
114	City of Trenton	Municipal	411	4,321	14.28¢
115	Village of Mullen	Municipal	382	5,268	11.07¢
116	Village of Spalding	Municipal	379	7,168	9.88¢
117	Village of Fairmont	Municipal	369	4,490	11.07¢
118	City of Sargent	Municipal	361	5,647	13.74¢
119	Village of Decatur	Municipal	355	3,724	6.95¢
120	City of Indianola	Municipal	354	4,037	12.06¢
121	Village of Greenwood	Municipal	349	4,568	12.50¢
122	Village of Dorchester	Municipal	348	5,787	13.41¢
123	City of Ansley	Municipal	346	4,287	16.45¢
124	City of Nelson	Municipal	329	4,500	12.07¢
125	City of Spencer	Municipal	313	6,034	12.14¢
126	Village of Walthill	Municipal	282	4,411	12.23¢
127	City of Stratton	Municipal	272	2,936	12.14¢
128	Village of Hampton	Municipal	267	4,208	14.71¢
129	Village of Shickley	Municipal	260	3,245	15.38¢
130	City of Lodgepole	Municipal	258	2,930	9.78¢
131	LaCreek Electric Assn, Inc	Cooperative	256	7,818	12.28¢
132	City of Giltner	Municipal	246	4,800	13.38¢
133	Village of Lyman	Municipal	246	5,644	13.77¢
134	Village of Brainard	Municipal	245	3,745	10.61¢
135	Village of Hildreth	Municipal	245	4,073	3.83¢
136	Village of Winside	Municipal	243	2,720	14.96¢
137	Village of Polk	Municipal	233	3,141	13.44¢
138	Village of Campbell	Municipal	232	2,272	10.39¢
139	City of Snyder	Municipal	231	11,179	9.95¢
140	Village of Davenport	Municipal	228	2,732	12.34¢
141	Village of Wilcox	Municipal	224	2,840	11.03¢
142	Village of Bradshaw	Municipal	216	2,841	12.85¢
143	Village of Prague	Municipal	202	2,651	12.09¢
144	Village of Bartley	Municipal	196	3,766	14.04¢
145	Village of Chester	Municipal	192	1,713	14.59¢
146	Village of Talmage	Municipal	163	1,696	14.21¢
147	Village of Endicott	Municipal	85	854	14.17¢
148	Y-W Electric Assn Inc	Cooperative	72	5,030	17.26¢
149	City of Hubbell	Municipal	51	580	12.76¢
150	Village of Reynolds	Municipal	41	729	14.01¢

Public power vs. co-ops in Nebraska

Public power utilities — municipal utilities, public utility districts and state-owned utilities — are owned by the communities they serve and governed by a city council or elected board. They buy much like local governments: through public bids, board approvals and published budgets.
Electric cooperatives are private, not-for-profit utilities owned by their members, who elect the board. Most buy power from a generation and transmission (G&T) co-op and make purchasing decisions through their own policies, often faster than public agencies.

Both publish their plans: watch board and council agendas, budgets, capital improvement plans and rate filings. Our utility funding tracker and rate case & IRP tracker show where the money is coming from.

Selling to Nebraska utilities

Start with the right person. Line, engineering, metering, IT and member-services managers usually define the need; the general manager or CEO and the board approve large purchases.
Use the networks. State public power and cooperative associations, joint action agencies and G&T co-ops shape purchasing and share vendor experiences.
Expect small teams. Many of the utilities on this list have only a handful of staff, so phone outreach and a clear reason to talk matter.

Read our guide to how public power, co-ops and water utilities buy, or see the largest public power utilities and largest electric co-ops nationally.

About this data

Source. EIA's "2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total" (Table 10), from forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S. Average price is EIA's revenue divided by sales.
Bundled customers only. The table counts customers who buy both energy and delivery from the utility, so it excludes distribution-only utilities and customers who buy energy from another supplier in retail-choice areas.
Community-owned utilities only. This page lists municipal, public utility district, state-owned and cooperative utilities. Investor-owned and federal utilities are left out.

Sources

U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total (Table 10): eia.gov

Public power utilities and electric co-ops in Nebraska.