Union Electric Co - (MO) Electricity Rates

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, which averaged 13.75¢, Union Electric Co - (MO) is below its own ownership class within the state (-8.7%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 46 reporting utilities.

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 - above the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,491.

Within Missouri the median reporting utility sells about 13,032 kWh per customer, so Union Electric Co - (MO) customers use -8.9% 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 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.

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

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, 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.