Electricity bills in Southern Nevada coming down in January

CARSON CITY — Southern Nevadans will get a break on their monthly electricity bills beginning in January.

NV Energy, which operates in Southern Nevada as Nevada Power Co., on Monday said customers will see an overall rate decrease of 5.2 percent, reflecting lower costs associated with fuel and purchased power the company uses to generate electricity. It will be the third rate reduction since July, the company said.

Savings will be passed on to all residential, commercial and industrial users.

A typical Southern Nevada single-family residential customer that uses 1,141 kilowatt-hours per month and pays $148.35 will see a decrease of about $6.80 on their monthly bill.