State electricity profile · EIA monthly through May 2026
Kansas Electricity
As of May 2026, residential electricity in Kansas costs 15.13¢ per kWh (+2.7% vs May 2025). EIA publishes these figures monthly and this page follows them. Kansas's 2025 annual residential electricity rate is 14.56¢/kWh, 15.8% below the US average. Power costs less here than the US average, with renewables at 48% of generation and the balance, detailed below, coming from conventional fuels.
- 15.13¢
- May 2026 rate
- +2.7%
- year over year
- 14.56¢/kWh
- Residential rate
- -15.8%
- vs US average
- 48%
- Renewable
- 1.3M
- Customers
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14.56¢/kWh residential, 11.35¢/kWh commercial
In the U.S. Energy Information Administration's 2025 annual-frequency retail-sales series, Kansas's residential average revenue per kWh is 14.56¢/kWh, with a commercial average of 11.35¢/kWh and an industrial average of 8.03¢/kWh; a separate EIA generation series for 2025 reports 48% of the state's generation from renewables.
- 15.8% below the US average vs national residential average
- 48% renewable generation
The verdict · 2025
Kansas's residential electricity runs 14.56¢/kWh - 15.8% below the 17.30¢/kWh national average, cheaper than 64% of other states, with 48% of its power from renewables.
This is EIA state average revenue per kWh across 1.3M reported residential customers, a benchmark for comparing states, not the tariff on any single bill. Source: EIA retail-sales API, annual frequency.
Annual rate change
What changed in the 2025 annual EIA period
- Kansas's industrial average rose from 7.73¢/kWh to 8.03¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +3.9%.
- Kansas's residential average rose from 14.15¢/kWh to 14.56¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +2.9%.
- Kansas's commercial average rose from 11.19¢/kWh to 11.35¢/kWh between the 2024 and 2025 annual-frequency EIA retail-sales periods, a change of +1.4%.
Energy Generation Mix (2025)
How Kansas generates its electricity, from the EIA generation series for 2025 (separate from the 2025 retail-sales price figures above). Renewable sources account for 48.0% of generation.
- Windrenewable46.9%
- Coal30.6%
- Nuclear14.7%
- Natural Gas6.5%
- Solarrenewable1.1%
- Petroleum0.2%
Who generates Kansas's electricity
Kansas has 459 operable generating units on EIA's inventory totalling 19,990 MW of net summer capacity. The largest single plant is Jeffrey Energy Center , a conventional steam coal station operated by Evergy Kansas Central, Inc , rated 2,179 MW.
The grid here is run by Southwest Power Pool, the balancing authority that keeps supply and demand matched across the state.
Showing the 16 largest of 182 operable plants in Kansas by net summer capacity.
| Plant | Operator | Technology | County | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Energy Center | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Conventional Steam Coal | – | 2,179 |
| La Cygne | Evergy Metro | Conventional Steam Coal | – | 1,438 |
| Wolf Creek Generating Station | Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp | Nuclear | – | 1,177 |
| Emporia Energy Center | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | – | 669 |
| High Banks Wind | High Banks Wind, LLC | Onshore Wind Turbine | – | 604 |
| Lawrence Energy Center | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | Conventional Steam Coal | – | 491 |
| Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC | AE Power Services LLC | Onshore Wind Turbine | – | 470 |
| Holcomb | Sunflower Electric Power Corp | Conventional Steam Coal | – | 359 |
| West Gardner | Evergy Metro | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | – | 343 |
| Gordon Evans Energy Center | Evergy Kansas South, Inc | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | – | 323 |
| Nearman Creek | City of Kansas City - (KS) | Conventional Steam Coal | – | 315 |
| WPWP | Wild Plains Wind Project, LLC | Onshore Wind Turbine | – | 307 |
| Irish Creek Wind | Irish Creek Wind, LLC | Onshore Wind Turbine | – | 301 |
| Soldier Creek Wind | Soldier Creek Wind LLC | Onshore Wind Turbine | – | 300 |
| Diamond Vista Wind Project, LLC | Enel Green Power Diamond Vista Wind Project, LLC | Onshore Wind Turbine | – | 299 |
| Iron Star Wind Project | Engie North America | Onshore Wind Turbine | – | 298 |
| Operating company | Plants | Net summer MW |
|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | 13 | 4,021 |
| Evergy Metro | 4 | 2,006 |
| Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp | 1 | 1,177 |
| Sunflower Electric Power Corp | 8 | 1,070 |
| Engie North America | 3 | 769 |
| High Banks Wind, LLC | 1 | 604 |
| Empire District Electric Co | 2 | 560 |
| Invenergy Services LLC | 3 | 526 |
| AE Power Services LLC | 2 | 514 |
| Public Service Co of Oklahoma | 3 | 476 |
Operable units only, from EIA's generator inventory as reported for 2026-05. Capacity is net summer rating, which is what a unit can reliably deliver in peak conditions rather than its nameplate figure. Ownership and operatorship can differ; the company shown is the one EIA records as operating the unit.
What Kansas's Electricity Data Tells Us
Residential customers in Kansas pay 14.56¢/kWh in 2025, across 1.3M metered households, placing the state 15.8% below the national residential average of 17.30¢/kWh. Commercial rates sit at 11.35¢/kWh while industrial buyers pay 8.03¢/kWh. These sector averages describe recorded revenue per kWh; this dataset alone does not establish why they differ. Annual residential sales total 14.2M MWh on roughly $2.1B in utility revenue. Sales and revenue are reported retail-series measures and should not be treated as a local load forecast.
Kansas prices its sectors in step: 33 of 51 residential against 33 industrial. A state this consistent is the exception rather than the rule, and it means the residential figure above is a fair proxy for how the whole grid is priced. No single fuel reaches half of Kansas's in-state generation. Wind leads at 46.9%, with coal at 30.6% close enough behind that the mix reads as a balance rather than a clear lead. It is the leading fuel in 5 states. Renewable fuels (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and biomass) account for 48.0% of Kansas's electricity output. These shares describe in-state generation, not a utility-specific customer bill.
Looking back across EIA records, residential prices in Kansas moved from 13.06¢/kWh in 2016 to 14.56¢/kWh in 2025, a 11.5% shift over that window. States charging a similar rate include Georgia, South Carolina, New Mexico, a useful peer set for a sanity check. Wind has no fuel bill, so Kansas's costs sit in transmission and in what fills the hours when the wind is down. That inverts the usual reading: the rate above is less about commodity prices than about how much back-up capacity the state keeps standing. Read the number as a floor rather than a promise. A statewide average this far under the national figure is usually held down by a few large low-cost generators, and a household on the wrong side of a service-territory boundary in Kansas can pay well above it.
-15.8%
Cheaper vs the US residential average
64%
of states have higher rates — Below-average cost
48%
Significant renewable — above the 25% US mix
1.3M
residential customers served
Residential Price History
Kansas residential average revenue per kWh moved from 13.06¢/kWh in 2016 to 14.56¢/kWh in 2025 (11.5% over the window).
- Kansas residential avg
- 14.56¢/kWh 11.5% since 2016
- 2016 → 2025
- Kansas residential: 2016, 13.1¢
- Kansas residential: 2017, 13.3¢
- Kansas residential: 2018, 13.4¢
- Kansas residential: 2019, 12.7¢
- Kansas residential: 2020, 12.9¢
- Kansas residential: 2021, 13¢
- Kansas residential: 2022, 14¢
- Kansas residential: 2023, 13.4¢
- Kansas residential: 2024, 14.2¢
- Kansas residential: 2025, 14.6¢
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, retail-sales API · annual frequency. Kansas full trend →
Kansas Average Price by Sector and Year (¢/kWh)
The chart above tracks households only. In 2025, Kansas households paid 14.56¢/kWh while businesses paid 11.35¢/kWh, a 28.3% residential premium, a wider household-versus-business gap than most states. Every year EIA has published is below, so a single year can be read across all three sectors rather than assembled from three separate EIA queries.
| Year | Residential | Commercial | Industrial |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.56¢/kWh | 11.35¢/kWh | 8.03¢/kWh |
| 2024 | 14.15¢/kWh | 11.19¢/kWh | 7.73¢/kWh |
| 2023 | 13.38¢/kWh | 10.85¢/kWh | 7.64¢/kWh |
| 2022 | 13.99¢/kWh | 11.51¢/kWh | 8.30¢/kWh |
| 2021 | 12.98¢/kWh | 10.52¢/kWh | 7.38¢/kWh |
| 2020 | 12.85¢/kWh | 10.40¢/kWh | 7.30¢/kWh |
| 2019 | 12.71¢/kWh | 10.29¢/kWh | 7.35¢/kWh |
| 2018 | 13.35¢/kWh | 10.66¢/kWh | 7.60¢/kWh |
| 2017 | 13.31¢/kWh | 10.59¢/kWh | 7.54¢/kWh |
| 2016 | 13.06¢/kWh | 10.47¢/kWh | 7.49¢/kWh |
Average revenue per kilowatt-hour, U.S. Energy Information Administration annual-frequency retail-sales series. Revenue per kWh is what customers in each sector actually paid on average, not an advertised tariff rate. Years with no EIA figure for a sector show —.
Where Kansas's residential rate sits nationally
2025 average revenue per kWh across every reporting state
14.56¢/kWh Top 38% most affordable More affordable than 64% of 50 other states
all reporting states, equal-width bands
Each bar spans 5¢/kWh. Taller bars contain more states; the dashed marker locates this state. Hover, focus or tap a bar for its exact count and share.
Source U.S. Energy Information Administration, retail-sales API · 2025 annual frequency
How Kansas compares
Average revenue per kWh, EIA retail-sales API. Pick a benchmark above to compare Kansas against the US average or a peer state.
Market Overview
Residential Revenue
$2.1B
Commercial Revenue
$1.8B
Residential Sales
14.2M MWh
Residential Customers
1.3M
Using Kansas's numbers
Renewables already carry a large share of generation here, so the marginal question in Kansas has shifted from building supply to firming it. Storage and interconnection are what the next rate moves turn on.
- Kansas sits 15.8% below the national average, see exactly where it lands among all 50 states. See the rankings
- Check the multi-year trend before you judge the rate, a low price rising fast can cost more over a decade than a steady one. Kansas price trend
- Compare Kansas side by side with the US average and peer states using the tool above, then estimate your own bill from your monthly kWh. Cost calculator
Figures are EIA state averages by sector, computed as revenue divided by sales, so delivery and taxes are inside them but not broken out. Your actual rate depends on your utility, plan, and usage, see our disclaimer.
States with Similar Electricity Prices
Other states led by wind
These grids also report wind as their largest generation share in the latest EIA mix — a different peer set from the price neighbors above.
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Where Kansas's figures come from
Every price and generation figure on this page is drawn from the EIA series below, and from nothing else.
Utilities serving Kansas
The 22 utilities that reported bundled residential service in Kansas to EIA Form 861 (2024), largest first. Entity prices below are Form 861 averages for that release, not the same survey as the 2025 retail-sales statewide average above, and not a household tariff. What an individual household pays depends on which of these serves its address.
| Utility | Ownership | Customers | Avg ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | 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¢ |
Showing the 15 largest of 22 reporting utilities. The 3 serving 100.0K+ residential customers link to a full profile. Presence in EIA Form 861 is not evidence that a utility is available at a given address or that a customer may choose it.
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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. Statewide prices use the EIA retail-sales annual series (2025). Generation mix uses a separate EIA generation series (2025). Utility rows use Form EIA-861 (2024) and are not averaged into the statewide retail-sales figure. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2025.