Kansas · Investor Owned
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 14.29¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 341.8K
- Residential customers
- +2.3%
- vs Kansas average
- $1,450
- Implied avg annual bill
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc charged an average of 14.29¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Kansas average and below the US average.
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc is investor owned - a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Its reported average residential price is close to the Kansas customer-weighted average (+2.3%). Its customers used near the national residential norm at about 10,149 kWh a year each.
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 22 utilities reporting residential rates in Kansas, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc comes 14th of 22. The state's range runs from City of McPherson - (KS) at 8.99¢ to CMS Electric Coop Inc at 18.72¢, so where a household sits inside Kansas depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.
Against the 3 other investor owned utilities reporting in Kansas, which averaged 13.58¢, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc is close to its own ownership class within the state (+5.3%).
All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 22 reporting utilities.
Where Evergy Kansas Central, Inc sits among Kansas utilities
2024 average residential price across the 22 utilities reporting a rate in Kansas
14.29¢/kWh 38th affordability percentile More affordable than 38% of 21 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | 14.29¢ | - |
| Kansas (customer-weighted, 22 utilities) | 13.97¢ | +2.3% |
| United States average | 16.48¢ | -13.3% |
| Investor Owned utilities nationally (183) | 17.36¢ | -17.7% |
Rate against consumption: Kansas utilities
Scale and consumption
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc reported 341.8K residential customers, ranking 1st of 22 utilities in Kansas by customers served and covering 30.7% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 10,149 kWh per customer per year - near the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,450.
Within Kansas the median reporting utility sells about 10,406 kWh per customer, so Evergy Kansas Central, Inc customers use -2.5% against their own state's middle. Consumption close to the state middle means bills here track the price ranking fairly directly.
Every utility reporting in Kansas
All 22 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Kansas, largest first, with Evergy Kansas Central, Inc marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc (this page) | Investor Owned | 341.8K | 14.29¢ |
| Evergy Kansas South, Inc | Investor Owned | 302.5K | 14.25¢ |
| Evergy Metro | Investor Owned | 244.6K | 13.13¢ |
| City of Kansas City - (KS) | Municipal | 61.5K | 15.36¢ |
| Midwest Energy Inc - (KS) | Cooperative | 29.8K | 11.44¢ |
| Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 20.1K | 13.97¢ |
| FreeState Electric Coop | Cooperative | 17.5K | 16.41¢ |
| Victory Electric Coop Assn Inc | Cooperative | 14.2K | 11.86¢ |
| Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 13.3K | 14.29¢ |
| Southern Pioneer Electric Company | Cooperative | 12.6K | 15.86¢ |
| City of Garden City | Municipal | 10.4K | 15.85¢ |
| Empire District Electric Co | Investor Owned | 8.4K | 13.34¢ |
| City of McPherson - (KS) | Municipal | 7.4K | 8.99¢ |
| City of Winfield - (KS) | Municipal | 6.3K | 13.82¢ |
| Western Coop Electric Assn Inc | Cooperative | 5.8K | 14.17¢ |
| Pioneer Electric Coop, Inc - (KS) | Cooperative | 5.0K | 11.19¢ |
| City of Coffeyville - (KS) | Municipal | 4.7K | 11.53¢ |
| City of Chanute | Municipal | 4.6K | 12.89¢ |
| CMS Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 3.2K | 18.72¢ |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK) | Cooperative | 1.1K | 16.23¢ |
| Alfalfa Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 205 | 10.41¢ |
| Palmetto Solar, LLC | Behind the Meter | 7 | 17.32¢ |
For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Kansas.
Common questions about Evergy Kansas Central, Inc rates
- How much does Evergy Kansas Central, Inc charge per kWh?
- Evergy Kansas Central, Inc reported an average residential price of 14.29¢ 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 Evergy Kansas Central, Inc expensive compared with the rest of Kansas?
- Its average residential price is close to the Kansas customer-weighted average of 13.97¢ per kWh, a difference of +2.3%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 22 utilities reporting residential service in Kansas.
- What is the average electricity bill for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 10,149 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,450 a year, or about $121 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Evergy Kansas Central, Inc?
- EIA classifies Evergy Kansas Central, Inc as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.
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, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.
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Every figure on RateWatt is rendered directly from official U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, no number is typed in by an editor. Average price, customers and sales are reported by EIA Form 861 (2024). Per-customer annual usage, the implied annual bill, the customer-weighted state average and every percentage difference are RateWatt's arithmetic on those reported columns. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.