Missouri · Investor Owned · investor
Union Electric Co - (MO) Electricity Rates
Average residential price, customers served and derived annual usage from EIA Form 861, 2024 release.
- 12.56¢
- Avg residential price / kWh
- 1.1M
- Residential customers
- -2.6%
- vs Missouri average
- $1,491
- Implied avg annual bill
Among 194 utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Union Electric Co - (MO) ranks #148 by average cents per kWh and #24 by residential customers. Union Electric Co - (MO) charged an average of 12.56¢ per kWh to residential customers in 2024 - close to the Missouri average and far below the Form 861 US customer-weighted average.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count. Union Electric Co - (MO) 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 Missouri customer-weighted average (-2.6%). Its customers used above the national residential norm at about 11,866 kWh a year each.
- San Diego Gas & Electric Co 43.63¢ · customers rank #90
- Florida Power & Light Co 5,236,277 customers · price rank #122
Highest average rate is not the most customers
Residential customers for the average-rate #1 and customers #1 utilities among 194 with 100,000 or more residential customers
- FL size
Florida Power & Light Co
5,236,277 residential customers
- CA rate 307,982
San Diego Gas & Electric Co
307,982 residential customers
What this shows San Diego Gas & Electric Co ranks #1 of 194 by average residential cents per kWh (43.63¢, 307,982 customers, customers rank #90). Florida Power & Light Co ranks #1 of 194 by residential customers (5,236,277 customers at 13.71¢, price rank #122). The highest average rate is not the largest customer count.
EIA Form 861 utility filing desk
Release MO-2024 · Union Electric Co - (MO) NEAR STATE
Union Electric Co - (MO) · Form 861 2024 · NEAR STATE
- RATE 12.56¢/kWh
- RANK #19/46
- VS-ST -2.6%
- VS-US -26.6%
- CUST 1.1M
- BILL $1,491
- OWN IOU
- PHOTO MO 0.01¢
- BOOK 24/194
Nearest Form 861 price peer: Evergy Missouri West (MO) (-0.01¢ gap)
EIA Form 861 residential filing stamps for this utility record. Read with this utility → · Missouri rates
Union Electric Co - (MO) in the Form 861 price neighbourhood
Average residential ¢/kWh among this utility and nearest indexable peers
- TN
Knoxville Utilities Board
13 ¢/kWh
- MO
Evergy Missouri West
13 ¢/kWh
- this util
Union Electric Co - (MO)
13 ¢/kWh
- TX
Austin Energy
13 ¢/kWh
- WV
The Potomac Edison Company
13 ¢/kWh
What this shows Union Electric Co - (MO) reports 12.56¢/kWh, corpus customer-rank 24 of 194.
RateWatt cost context
How Union Electric Co - (MO) compares on reported cost context
A weighted comparison, not a tariff quote, reliability grade, service-quality score, or recommendation. Lower price and lower implied annual bill score better against reporting utilities in Missouri; the state generation context is shown separately.
- Price against state peers
- 60/100
- Implied annual bill against state peers
- 78/100
- State renewable generation context
- 40/100
12.56¢/kWh · median 12.80¢/kWh
$1,491/yr · median $1,689/yr
13.6% · median 22.8%
Weights: 50% price, 30% implied annual bill, 20% state renewable-generation context. Unreported inputs are excluded and the remaining weights are redistributed. Price and bill use EIA Form 861 (2024); generation context uses EIA state generation data (2025) and is not attributed to this provider.
Rate comparison
How this price compares
Ranked by price against the 46 utilities reporting residential rates in Missouri, Union Electric Co - (MO) comes 19th 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 13.48¢, Union Electric Co - (MO) is close to its own ownership class within the state (-6.8%).
State price distribution
Where Union Electric Co - (MO) sits among Missouri utilities
2024 average residential price across the 46 utilities reporting a rate in Missouri
12.56¢/kWh Top 42% most affordable More affordable than 60% of 45 other utilities
average residential price, equal-width bands
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Source EIA Form 861 · 2024
| Benchmark | Price / kWh | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Union Electric Co - (MO) | 12.56¢ | - |
| Missouri (customer-weighted, 46 utilities) | 12.90¢ | -2.6% |
| US Form 861 customer-weighted average (1.5K utilities) | 17.11¢ | -26.6% |
| Investor Owned customer-weighted US avg (183 utilities) | 18.37¢ | -31.6% |
Rate against consumption: Missouri utilities
Territory and usage
Scale and consumption
Union Electric Co - (MO) reported 1.1M residential customers, ranking 1st of 46 utilities in Missouri by customers served and covering 40.1% of the state's reported residential customers.
Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 11,866 kWh per customer per year - -8.9% against the Missouri median of 13,032 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,491.
State peers
Every utility reporting in Missouri
All 46 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Missouri, largest first, with Union Electric Co - (MO) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Electric Co - (MO) (this page) | Investor Owned | 1.1M | 12.56¢ |
| Evergy Missouri West | Investor Owned | 305.6K | 12.55¢ |
| Evergy Metro | Investor Owned | 273.9K | 13.72¢ |
| Empire District Electric Co | Investor Owned | 142.5K | 14.99¢ |
| City Utilities of Springfield - (MO) | Municipal | 105.0K | 11.47¢ |
| Cuivre River Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 73.0K | 11.07¢ |
| City of Independence - (MO) | Municipal | 53.8K | 15.74¢ |
| City of Columbia - (MO) | Municipal | 45.7K | 13.94¢ |
| Southwest Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 41.4K | 11.99¢ |
| White River Valley El Coop Inc | Cooperative | 39.2K | 14.30¢ |
| Laclede Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 35.0K | 11.73¢ |
| Boone Electric Coop | Cooperative | 33.8K | 13.40¢ |
| Ozark Border Electric Coop | Cooperative | 33.2K | 11.66¢ |
| Ozark Electric Coop Inc - (MO) | Cooperative | 31.5K | 14.07¢ |
| Co-Mo Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 31.1K | 15.18¢ |
| Intercounty Electric Coop Assn - (MO) | Cooperative | 30.0K | 13.01¢ |
| Citizens Electric Corporation - (MO) | Cooperative | 24.8K | 15.33¢ |
| Platte-Clay Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 23.6K | 12.46¢ |
| Howell-Oregon Elec Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 23.1K | 12.54¢ |
| Three Rivers Electric Coop | Cooperative | 22.6K | 12.47¢ |
| Black River Electric Coop - (MO) | Cooperative | 21.6K | 12.81¢ |
| Crawford Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 19.8K | 12.78¢ |
| New-Mac Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 19.4K | 12.63¢ |
| Webster Electric Coop | Cooperative | 18.8K | 10.19¢ |
| Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn | Cooperative | 16.9K | 14.00¢ |
| West Central Electric Coop Inc - (MO) | Cooperative | 15.3K | 12.28¢ |
| Callaway Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 12.6K | 16.29¢ |
| Farmers Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) | Cooperative | 12.5K | 13.35¢ |
| Carroll Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | Cooperative | 12.1K | 12.70¢ |
| Central Missouri Elec Coop Inc | Cooperative | 11.2K | 12.51¢ |
| SEMO Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 10.8K | 12.79¢ |
| Macon Electric Coop | Cooperative | 10.0K | 14.82¢ |
| Gascosage Electric Coop | Cooperative | 9.3K | 12.30¢ |
| City of Kirkwood - (MO) | Municipal | 9.1K | 14.35¢ |
| City of Rolla - (MO) | Municipal | 8.1K | 10.62¢ |
| City of Poplar Bluff - (MO) | Municipal | 7.7K | 11.18¢ |
| Consolidated Electric Coop | Cooperative | 7.6K | 12.96¢ |
| City of Hannibal - (MO) | Municipal | 7.6K | 12.91¢ |
| City of Farmington - (MO) | Municipal | 7.3K | 10.22¢ |
| City of Carthage - (MO) | Municipal | 7.1K | 14.06¢ |
| City of Sikeston - (MO) | Municipal | 7.1K | 9.88¢ |
| City of Lebanon - (MO) | Municipal | 6.1K | 10.00¢ |
| Missouri Rural Electric Coop | Cooperative | 5.0K | 13.62¢ |
| City of Monett - (MO) | Municipal | 4.1K | 13.65¢ |
| Clay County Electric Coop Corp - (AR) | Cooperative | 48 | 14.58¢ |
| Sunnova | Behind the Meter | 1 | 13.75¢ |
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 Union Electric Co - (MO) in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.
| Utility | State | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Potomac Edison Company | West Virginia | 135.3K | 12.59¢ |
| PacifiCorp | Utah | 947.2K | 12.52¢ |
| Public Service Co of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 501.1K | 12.73¢ |
| Duke Energy Indiana, LLC | Indiana | 796.3K | 12.75¢ |
| Cleco Power LLC | Louisiana | 251.9K | 12.33¢ |
FAQ
Common questions about Union Electric Co - (MO) rates
- How much does Union Electric Co - (MO) charge per kWh?
- Union Electric Co - (MO) reported an average residential price of 12.56¢ 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 Union Electric Co - (MO) expensive compared with the rest of Missouri?
- Its average residential price is close to the Missouri customer-weighted average of 12.90¢ per kWh, a difference of -2.6%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 46 utilities reporting residential service in Missouri.
- What is the average electricity bill for Union Electric Co - (MO) customers?
- Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 11,866 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,491 a year, or about $124 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.
- Who owns Union Electric Co - (MO)?
- EIA classifies Union Electric Co - (MO) 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 comparing utility costs across states .
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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