Nevada electricity prices - 13.11¢/kWh (June 2026)
Residential price, average bill, and the data-center story
- Residential electricity in Nevada costs 13.11¢/kWh as of - +6.9% year over year, per U.S. Energy Information Administration data.
- The average Nevada home used 1,281 kWh that month and paid an average bill of $167.88 (+11.2% vs a year earlier).
- Nevada has the lowest residential electricity price of the 50 states and DC - 29% below the U.S. average of 18.34¢/kWh.
Price by sector
| Sector | ¢/kWh (June 2026) | 1-yr change |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 13.11¢ | +6.9% |
| Commercial | 9.83¢ | +11.8% |
| Industrial | 10.16¢ | +7.4% |
Data-center rate policy
- NV Energy (Clean Transition Tariff): approved - details
Water
Electricity delivered in Nevada carries 10.52 liters of water per kilowatt-hour consumed at the power plants supplying it (0.55 L/kWh excluding hydropower reservoir evaporation), against a national average of 4.28. That is above the national figure, and it is a property of the grid here rather than of any one building: a data center drawing 100 GWh a year in Nevada accounts for about 277.9 million gallons of power-plant water before it cools anything. All states ranked →
Nevada's Colorado River apportionment falls to 250,000 acre-feet in 2027 and 2028, a reduction of 50,000 acre-feet under the federal guidelines issued August 21, 2026.
A data center's water use is roughly twelve times larger once the water evaporated at its power plants is counted. The Colorado River arithmetic → · how the water numbers work →