14.93¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Kansas City / KS ]
City of Kansas City electricity rates in Kansas
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−2.8%
vs 2024
62,103
residential customers
+13.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Kansas City's average effective residential rate (14.93¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.66¢ | — | 57,138 |
| 2016 | 11.64¢ | −0.2% | 57,952 |
| 2017 | 12.96¢ | +11.3% | 58,432 |
| 2018 | 13.20¢ | +1.9% | 58,556 |
| 2019 | 13.15¢ | −0.4% | 58,907 |
| 2020 | 13.20¢ | +0.4% | 59,177 |
| 2021 | 12.68¢ | −3.9% | 59,675 |
| 2022 | 14.21¢ | +12.1% | 59,859 |
| 2023 | 15.02¢ | +5.7% | 60,437 |
| 2024 | 15.36¢ | +2.3% | 61,475 |
| 2025 | 14.93¢ | −2.8% | 62,103 |
How this compares
14.44¢
Kansas average, 2025
+3.4%
City of Kansas City vs KS 2025 average
−13.3%
vs US 2025 average
#7
priciest in KS
Serves 1 county in Kansas: Wyandotte. 25 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Kansas City's average residential rate has gone from 11.66¢ to 14.93¢ per kWh: +28.0% over 10 years, or about +2.5% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +12.1% in 2022. The largest drop was −3.9% in 2021.
For a home using 876 kWh a month, the Kansas average, City of Kansas City's 2025 rate works out to about $1,569 a year, $52 more than at Kansas's average rate of 14.44¢. Of the 21 Kansas utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 7th most expensive.
City of Kansas City served 57,138 homes in 2015 and 62,103 in 2025 (+8.7%), about 5% of Kansas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Kansas City's rates
City of Kansas City 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 Kansas Corporation Commission generally does not.
Commission contact: Kansas Corporation Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Kansas City raising rates in 2026?
City of Kansas City's rates are set by the city council or a local utility board, not through a rate case at the Kansas Corporation Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved −2.8% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Kansas City charge per kWh?
City of Kansas City's average effective residential rate was 14.93¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Kansas's 2025 average was 14.44¢.
How much have City of Kansas City rates gone up in five years?
+13.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +16.4% for Kansas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Kansas City have in Kansas?
62,103 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Wyandotte, 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)