16.54¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Independence / MO ]
City of Independence electricity rates in Missouri
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.1%
vs 2024
54,199
residential customers
+24.2%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Independence's average effective residential rate (16.54¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14.12¢ | — | 51,715 |
| 2016 | 13.88¢ | −1.7% | 51,932 |
| 2017 | 14.28¢ | +2.9% | 52,099 |
| 2018 | 14.29¢ | +0.1% | 53,303 |
| 2019 | 13.66¢ | −4.4% | 54,084 |
| 2020 | 13.32¢ | −2.5% | 54,460 |
| 2021 | 13.71¢ | +2.9% | 54,204 |
| 2022 | 14.15¢ | +3.2% | 53,424 |
| 2023 | 15.21¢ | +7.5% | 53,611 |
| 2024 | 15.74¢ | +3.5% | 53,832 |
| 2025 | 16.54¢ | +5.1% | 54,199 |
How this compares
13.30¢
Missouri average, 2025
+24.4%
City of Independence vs MO 2025 average
−4.0%
vs US 2025 average
#2
priciest in MO
Serves 1 county in Missouri: Jackson. 20 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Independence's average residential rate has gone from 14.12¢ to 16.54¢ per kWh: +17.1% over 10 years, or about +1.6% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +7.5% in 2023. The largest drop was −4.4% in 2019.
For a home using 1,037 kWh a month, the Missouri average, City of Independence's 2025 rate works out to about $2,058 a year, $403 more than at Missouri's average rate of 13.30¢. Of the 45 Missouri utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 2nd most expensive.
City of Independence served 51,715 homes in 2015 and 54,199 in 2025 (+4.8%), about 2% of Missouri's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Independence's rates
City of Independence is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Missouri Public Service Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Missouri Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Independence raising rates in 2026?
City of Independence's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Missouri Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +5.1% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Independence charge per kWh?
City of Independence's average effective residential rate was 16.54¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Missouri's 2025 average was 13.30¢.
How much have City of Independence rates gone up in five years?
+24.2% between 2020 and 2025, against +22.4% for Missouri as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Independence have in Missouri?
54,199 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Jackson, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)