17.66¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation / KY ]
Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation electricity rates in Kentucky
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+12.9%
vs 2024
23,989
residential customers
+49.2%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation's average effective residential rate (17.66¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.88¢ | — | 25,347 |
| 2016 | 10.48¢ | +6.1% | 25,380 |
| 2017 | 12.11¢ | +15.6% | 25,632 |
| 2018 | 11.96¢ | −1.2% | 25,578 |
| 2019 | 11.83¢ | −1.1% | 25,511 |
| 2020 | 11.84¢ | +0.1% | 25,572 |
| 2021 | 12.06¢ | +1.9% | 25,616 |
| 2022 | 15.24¢ | +26.4% | 25,574 |
| 2023 | 15.08¢ | −1.1% | 24,010 |
| 2024 | 15.64¢ | +3.7% | 23,979 |
| 2025 | 17.66¢ | +12.9% | 23,989 |
How this compares
13.13¢
Kentucky average, 2025
+34.5%
Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation vs KY 2025 average
+2.5%
vs US 2025 average
#1
priciest in KY
Serves 6 counties in Kentucky: Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Livingston, Marshall, McCracken. 31 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation's average residential rate has gone from 9.88¢ to 17.66¢ per kWh: +78.7% over 10 years, or about +6.0% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +26.4% in 2022. The largest drop was −1.2% in 2018.
For a home using 1,094 kWh a month, the Kentucky average, Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation's 2025 rate works out to about $2,318 a year, $595 more than at Kentucky's average rate of 13.13¢. Of the 45 Kentucky utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the most expensive.
Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation served 25,347 homes in 2015 and 23,989 in 2025 (−5.4%), about 1% of Kentucky's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation's rates
Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Kentucky Public Service Commission also reviews co-op rates, but most co-op rate changes do not go through a commission rate case, so watch the co-op's own member notices and board meetings.
Commission contact: Kentucky Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation raising rates in 2026?
Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Kentucky Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +12.9% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation charge per kWh?
Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation's average effective residential rate was 17.66¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Kentucky's 2025 average was 13.13¢.
How much have Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation rates gone up in five years?
+49.2% between 2020 and 2025, against +19.1% for Kentucky as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation have in Kentucky?
23,989 residential customers in 2025, across 6 counties including Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, 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)