Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 46 utilities reporting residential rates in Missouri, Empire District Electric Co comes 42nd of 46. The state's range runs from City of Sikeston - (MO) at 9.88¢ to Callaway Electric Cooperative at 16.29¢, so where a household sits inside Missouri depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 3 other investor owned utilities reporting in Missouri, whose customer-weighted average is 12.75¢, Empire District Electric Co is above its own ownership class within the state (+17.5%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Empire District Electric Co reported 142.5K residential customers, ranking 4th of 46 utilities in Missouri by customers served and covering 5.2% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 12,117 kWh per customer per year - -7.0% against the Missouri median of 13,032 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,816.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Missouri

All 46 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Missouri, largest first, with Empire District Electric Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Missouri.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Missouri, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Empire District Electric Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Empire District Electric Co rates

How much does Empire District Electric Co charge per kWh?

Empire District Electric Co reported an average residential price of 14.99¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Empire District Electric Co expensive compared with the rest of Missouri?

Its average residential price is above the Missouri customer-weighted average of 12.90¢ per kWh, a difference of +16.2%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 46 utilities reporting residential service in Missouri.

What is the average electricity bill for Empire District Electric Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 12,117 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,816 a year, or about $151 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Empire District Electric Co?

EIA classifies Empire District Electric Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology and why energy prices vary .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.