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Electric utilities serving Wheeler County, Nebraska
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
Wheeler County, Nebraska, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 5 utilities for 2024; Cornhusker Public Power Dist, Niobrara Valley El Member Corp and Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist are the largest by residential customers statewide.
Their average residential prices ran from 9.41¢ to 10.84¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 10.13¢, against a Nebraska average of 11.53¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Nebraska customers, not for this county alone.
WAPA: Western Area Power Administration lists the county too but reported no residential sales in Nebraska under its own name.
The median SAIDI they reported was 291.3 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Nebraska utilities reporting was 138.3.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 789. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole Nebraska operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.
Utilities and their 2024 figures
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornhusker Public Power Dist | Public power district | 7,385 | 10.84¢ | $155.78 | 413.0 | 413.0 |
| Niobrara Valley El Member Corp short form | Cooperative | 6,506 | — | — | — | — |
| Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist | Public power district | 6,146 | 9.41¢ | $134.55 | 169.6 | 2.2 |
| Loup Valleys Rural P P D short form | Public power district | 5,924 | — | — | — | — |
| WAPA: Western Area Power Administration | Federal | — | — | — | — | — |
Ordered by residential customers in Nebraska. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available; their all-sector revenue per kWh was Niobrara Valley El Member Corp 11.10¢, Loup Valleys Rural P P D 11.67¢. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.
Against the state and the country
| Measure, 2024 | Utilities listing Wheeler County | Nebraska | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 10.13¢ median | 11.53¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $145.17 median | $110.28 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 291.3 median | 138.3 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 207.6 median | 74.4 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 5 | 25 | 1,413 |
Outage minutes reported
SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Wheeler County itself.
Population: 789 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 5,149 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other Nebraska counties
- Thomas County 1
- Thurston County 7
- Valley County 3
- Washington County 2
- Wayne County 7
- Webster County 4
- York County 5
All 93 counties and every Nebraska utility
Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Wheeler County?
Cornhusker Public Power Dist, Niobrara Valley El Member Corp, Elkhorn Rural Public Pwr Dist, Loup Valleys Rural P P D and WAPA: Western Area Power Administration list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.
What is the electricity price in Wheeler County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 9.41¢ to 10.84¢ per kilowatthour across their Nebraska customers in 2024; the state average was 11.53¢.
How reliable is power in Wheeler County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 291.3 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 207.6 minutes excluding them.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.