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Commercial electricity rates in Nevada

What businesses in Nevada actually paid per kilowatt-hour, from EIA's monthly utility filings. Updated monthly.

9.80¢per kWh
Average commercial price, August 2026 · 32% below the US average of 14.47¢ · down 2.5% from August 2025

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 8.15¢ to 13.04¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Nevada by the numbers

Commercial accounts
179,607
billed in August 2026
Commercial sales
1,499M kWh
total for August 2026
Average use per account
8,348 kWh
computed: sales divided by accounts, August 2026
Commercial revenue
$146.9M
total for August 2026
Share of US commercial sales
1.0%
computed, August 2026
Rank of 51
#3
1 = cheapest

How commercial compares with other sectors

SectorPrice per kWh
Commercial9.80¢
Residential12.72¢
Industrial10.20¢

All figures are August 2026 averages for Nevada.

Commercial customers in Nevada pay 23% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is wider than usual.

A monthly average of what was actually billed, not a rate on offer — how it is calculated. Your own rate class and demand charges will differ; your state regulator is the authority on them.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Nevada used 8,348 kWh in August 2026. At 9.80¢ per kWh that is about $818 for the month — computed from EIA totals, so it is the average account, mixing a large facility with a corner shop.

How the price has moved

Over the 36 months to August 2026, Nevada's commercial price fell 24.8%, from 13.04¢ in September 2023 to 9.80¢. The high point was 13.04¢ in September 2023 and the low 8.15¢ in May 2025 — a spread of 60% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is unusually volatile for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was September (11.10¢) and the cheapest May (9.12¢), a seasonal swing of 22%.

Nevada against its region

Nevada is in EIA's Mountain division, where the commercial average was 12.14¢ in August 2026. Nevada is 19% below that, and 1 of 8 on price within the region.

Others in the region: Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Colorado.

States priced near Nevada

State¢/kWhRank
North Dakota8.07¢1
Texas8.96¢2
Nebraska10.00¢4
Idaho10.21¢5

Source

EIA Electric Power Monthly, retrieved 2026-11-02 · methodology · all 51 states