13.86¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop / KY ]
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop electricity rates in Kentucky
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+5.3%
vs 2024
40,704
residential customers
+18.7%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (13.86¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.02¢ | — | 38,064 |
| 2016 | 11.13¢ | +1.0% | 38,225 |
| 2017 | 11.45¢ | +2.9% | 38,436 |
| 2018 | 11.44¢ | −0.1% | 38,691 |
| 2019 | 11.73¢ | +2.5% | 38,937 |
| 2020 | 11.68¢ | −0.4% | 39,266 |
| 2021 | 11.93¢ | +2.1% | 39,755 |
| 2022 | 12.96¢ | +8.6% | 40,062 |
| 2023 | 12.95¢ | −0.1% | 40,345 |
| 2024 | 13.16¢ | +1.6% | 40,645 |
| 2025 | 13.86¢ | +5.3% | 40,704 |
How this compares
13.13¢
Kentucky average, 2025
+5.6%
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop vs KY 2025 average
−19.6%
vs US 2025 average
#21
priciest in KY
Serves 8 counties in Kentucky: Butler, Christian, Grant, Livingston, Logan, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg. 41 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 11.02¢ to 13.86¢ per kWh: +25.8% over 10 years, or about +2.3% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +8.6% in 2022. The largest drop was −0.4% in 2020.
For a home using 1,094 kWh a month, the Kentucky average, Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,820 a year, $96 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 21st most expensive.
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop served 38,064 homes in 2015 and 40,704 in 2025 (+6.9%), about 2% of Kentucky's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop's rates
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop 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 Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop'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 +5.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop charge per kWh?
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 13.86¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Kentucky's 2025 average was 13.13¢.
How much have Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+18.7% between 2020 and 2025, against +19.1% for Kentucky as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop have in Kentucky?
40,704 residential customers in 2025, across 8 counties including Butler, Christian, Grant, 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)