Evergy Metro in Kansas: rates, bills and the state line
Evergy Metro's 247,426 residential customers in Kansas paid an average of 13.21¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $129.00 a month on 977 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 13.31¢, and 14.28¢ in August 2026.2
EIA-861 2025 final (released October 7, 2026) and EIA's monthly utility survey through August 2026 (preliminary); next monthly update expected November 24, 2026. Averages are revenue divided by kWh, all charges included: not the rate printed in a tariff.
11 of 105 Kansas counties served (EIA-861 2025)
Evergy Metro's Kansas customers, in Johnson, Wyandotte and other eastern Kansas counties, paid less per kWh than the same utility's Missouri customers in 2025, 13.21¢ per kWh against 13.63¢ per kWh1, yet their average bill was higher because they used more electricity. Their price has also stayed almost flat: −0.8% in August 20263 on a year earlier (preliminary), when Evergy Kansas Central's average moved +7.2%, and 13.31¢ per kWh over the 12 months to August 2026, against 15.35¢ per kWh2 at Kansas Central.
What Evergy Metro's Kansas homes pay per kWh
Evergy Metro sold and delivered electricity to 247,426 homes in Kansas in 2025, 22.0% of the state's residential customers. They paid an average of 13.21¢ per kWh that year, 8.5% below the Kansas average and the 3rd lowest of the 11 Kansas utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers. Among the 177 US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers it ranked 41st lowest of 177, under the median of 15.07¢ per kWh, and its average was 25.7% below the national average for investor-owned utilities1.
EIA's monthly survey gives a more recent reading: 13.31¢ per kWh over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, and 14.28¢ per kWh2 in August 20263 alone. A single month carries its season, so it is best compared with the same month a year earlier rather than with a yearly figure. The 2026 months are preliminary.
All of these are average revenue per kWh: what residential customers were billed in total, including the monthly customer charge, energy charges, cost adjustments and riders, divided by the kWh they used. No tariff line shows that number. A household using little electricity pays more per kWh than the average, because its customer charge is spread over fewer kWh, and a heavy user pays less.
One utility, two states, two sets of numbers
Evergy Metro, Inc. reports to EIA separately for each of its 2 states, and the Kansas and Missouri sides of the Kansas City area look different in almost every column. Kansas homes paid less per kWh, used more electricity and therefore had the larger bill:
| Kansas | Missouri | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential customers, 2025 | 247,426 | 276,162 |
| Average price, 2024 | 13.13¢ per kWh | 13.72¢ per kWh4 |
| Average price, 2025 | 13.21¢ per kWh | 13.63¢ per kWh |
| Average price, 12 months to August 2026 | 13.31¢ per kWh | 13.67¢ per kWh |
| Use per home, 2025 | 977 kWh | 818 kWh |
| Average monthly bill, 2025 | $129.00 | $111.441 |
| Average monthly bill, 12 months to August 2026 | $131.18 | $112.902 |
Rates on each side are set by that state's regulator, the Kansas Corporation Commission in Kansas and the Missouri Public Service Commission in Missouri, so the two price columns come from separate tariffs.
Use per home is the bigger gap. Evergy Metro's Kansas customers used 977 kWh a month in 2025, against 876 kWh5 for the average Kansas home, 850 kWh at Evergy Kansas Central and 858 kWh at Evergy Kansas South. With the highest use of the three Evergy companies in Kansas, its homes also had the highest 2025 bill of the three ($129.00, against $123.78 and $124.791), even at the lowest price per kWh. EIA's data do not say why use is higher; home size, electric heating and air conditioning can all raise it.
Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | average monthly residential use |
|---|---|
| City of Kansas City (KS) | 803 |
| Evergy Metro (MO) | 818 |
| Evergy Kansas Central (KS) | 850 |
| Evergy Kansas South (KS) | 858 |
| Evergy Metro (KS) | 977 |
| Evergy Missouri West (MO) | 996 |
A flat price while Evergy's other Kansas utilities rose
From 2024 to 2025 Evergy Metro's Kansas residential average went from 13.13¢ per kWh to 13.21¢ per kWh (+0.6%), and the average bill from $127.69 to $129.00 (+1.0%) on nearly unchanged use (973 kWh4, then 977 kWh1). In August 2026 the average was −0.8% on the same month a year earlier, while the residential average for Kansas as a whole rose 5.6%3 and Evergy Kansas Central's changed by +7.2%2. These monthly figures are preliminary.
Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kWh in each month, as reported to EIA's monthly survey (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary).
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| Month | Evergy Metro (¢/kWh) | kWh per customer | Bill per customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 11.79¢ | 1,176 | $138.67 |
| February 2025 | 12.07¢ | 976 | $117.87 |
| March 2025 | 12.48¢ | 735 | $91.70 |
| April 2025 | 13.01¢ | 652 | $84.84 |
| May 2025 | 12.57¢ | 769 | $96.69 |
| June 2025 | 14.71¢ | 1,311 | $192.85 |
| July 2025 | 14.05¢ | 1,498 | $210.44 |
| August 2025 | 14.40¢ | 1,204 | $173.39 |
| September 2025 | 15.01¢ | 940 | $141.02 |
| October 2025 | 12.57¢ | 765 | $96.21 |
| November 2025 | 12.51¢ | 744 | $93.10 |
| December 2025 | 11.70¢ | 949 | $110.98 |
| January 2026 | 12.49¢ | 1,222 | $152.66 |
| February 2026 | 13.48¢ | 696 | $93.76 |
| March 2026 | 12.73¢ | 821 | $104.57 |
| April 2026 | 12.61¢ | 677 | $85.34 |
| May 2026 | 11.81¢ | 905 | $106.95 |
| June 2026 | 14.60¢ | 1,204 | $175.80 |
| July 2026 | 14.24¢ | 1,593 | $226.85 |
| August 2026 | 14.28¢ | 1,302 | $185.89 |
The 2025 Kansas rate case that the Kansas Corporation Commission settled in September 2025 was filed by Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Kansas South; Evergy Metro was not a party to it. Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, its Kansas average of 13.31¢ per kWh compared with 15.35¢ per kWh at Kansas Central and 15.35¢ per kWh2 at Kansas South. EIA's averages show the combined result of base rates, cost adjustments and riders and cannot separate them; the guide to rate increases explains how a commission decision reaches a bill.
July bills reach more than double April's
The 2025 average bill sits between two very different seasons. Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, use per home fell to 677 kWh in April 2026, with an average bill of $85.34, and rose to 1,593 kWh in July 2026, with $226.85. That July use was above Evergy Kansas South's 1,503 kWh and well above the 1,211 kWh2 recorded by Evergy Metro's own Missouri homes.
Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility. kWh per residential customer in each month (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). The table adds the average bill and price for the month.
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| Month | kWh per customer | Bill per customer | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 940 | $141.02 | 15.01¢ |
| October 2025 | 765 | $96.21 | 12.57¢ |
| November 2025 | 744 | $93.10 | 12.51¢ |
| December 2025 | 949 | $110.98 | 11.70¢ |
| January 2026 | 1,222 | $152.66 | 12.49¢ |
| February 2026 | 696 | $93.76 | 13.48¢ |
| March 2026 | 821 | $104.57 | 12.73¢ |
| April 2026 | 677 | $85.34 | 12.61¢ |
| May 2026 | 905 | $106.95 | 11.81¢ |
| June 2026 | 1,204 | $175.80 | 14.60¢ |
| July 2026 | 1,593 | $226.85 | 14.24¢ |
| August 2026 | 1,302 | $185.89 | 14.28¢ |
Across the full 12 months, the average bill was $131.18 on 985 kWh2 a month. Kansas received $38.6 million6 in federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds for fiscal 2026; the Kansas page covers help with heating and cooling bills.
Time-of-use: rare in Kansas, the norm in Missouri
Every Evergy Metro residential meter in Kansas is an advanced meter (100.0% in EIA's 2025 count), so time-based billing is technically possible for all of them. Yet only 4,359 Kansas customers, 1.8%, were enrolled in time-of-use pricing. Across the state line the same utility reported 247,118 Missouri customers on such rates, 89.5% of the total. Nationally the share was 11.3%7.
On a time-of-use plan the price of a kWh depends on the hour it is used. EIA records enrollment only; the plans, peak hours and prices offered in Kansas are in Evergy's Kansas tariff, and the time-of-use guide shows how such a plan changes a bill with a July peak like this one.
Rooftop solar follows a similar pattern: 1,755 net-metered residential installations in Kansas in 2025, 7.1 per 1,000 customers with 15.3 megawatts of capacity, against 14.57 per 1,000 on the Missouri side.
Outage minutes below the Kansas average
Evergy Metro's Kansas customers averaged 129 minutes without power in 2025 counting every event, fewer than the Kansas average of 197 minutes, and 1.02 interruptions per customer. Excluding major event days, the storm days defined by the IEEE 1366 standard, the figure was 64 minutes, against 97 minutes for Kansas. The Missouri side of the same utility recorded 178 minutes including major events and 99 minutes8 without them. A single severe storm can change these totals from one year to the next.
Where Evergy Metro serves in Kansas
EIA's 2025 service-territory records place Evergy Metro in 11 Kansas counties: Anderson County, Bourbon County, Coffey County, Douglas County, Franklin County, Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Linn County, Miami County, Osage County and Wyandotte County9. Every one of them is shared with at least one other utility. In Wyandotte County the city-owned utility of Kansas City, Kansas (listed by EIA as City of Kansas City) also reports customers; in the other counties they are electric cooperatives, city utilities or another Evergy company. A city or ZIP code is therefore not enough to tell which utility serves a home; the utilities' own service maps decide by address.
Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 11 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.
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| County | Other utilities reporting service |
|---|---|
| Anderson County | Evergy Kansas South, Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative, City of Garnett |
| Bourbon County | Evergy Kansas South, Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative, City of Bronson |
| Coffey County | Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Kansas South, Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative, City of Burlington |
| Douglas County | Evergy Kansas Central, FreeState Electric Cooperative, City of Eudora, City of Baldwin City |
| Franklin County | Evergy Kansas Central, City of Ottawa, City of Pomona |
| Johnson County | Evergy Kansas Central, City of Gardner |
| Leavenworth County | Evergy Kansas Central, FreeState Electric Cooperative |
| Linn County | Evergy Kansas South, Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative, City of Blue Mound, City of Prescott |
| Miami County | Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative, City of Osawatomie |
| Osage County | Evergy Kansas Central, FreeState Electric Cooperative, City of Osage City, City of Burlingame, City of Scranton |
| Wyandotte County | Evergy Kansas Central, City of Kansas City |
Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.
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| Utility | average residential price (bundled customers) |
|---|---|
| Evergy Missouri West (MO) | 12.10¢ |
| Evergy Metro (KS) | 13.21¢ |
| Evergy Metro (MO) | 13.63¢ |
| City of Kansas City (KS) | 14.93¢ |
The chart sets Evergy Metro's two state averages beside the Wyandotte County city utility and Evergy Missouri West, which serves other parts of the Missouri side, for 2025. Whichever utility serves an address, Kansas offers no choice of supplier: EIA counted no residential customers with a competitive supplier in 2025.
Business customers
Evergy Metro's 31,600 commercial accounts in Kansas paid an average of 10.67¢ per kWh in 2025, with an average bill of $922.38 a month, and its 809 industrial accounts 9.85¢ per kWh. The average across all 279,835 Kansas customers was 11.79¢ per kWh1. Evergy owns 5 utilities with pages here; the Evergy page compares them.
Evergy Metro in Kansas: what readers ask
What are Evergy Metro's rates per kWh in Kansas?
EIA reports what residential customers paid on average, not the per-kWh lines of the tariff. In Kansas that was 13.31¢ per kWh over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 (2026 months preliminary), 13.21¢ per kWh1 in calendar 2025 and 14.28¢ per kWh2 in August 20263. Each figure is residential revenue divided by kWh sold, so the monthly customer charge, energy cost adjustments and riders are included; most taxes are not.
What is the average Evergy Metro electric bill in Kansas?
$129.00 a month in 2025 for 977 kWh1, and $131.18 over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. In EIA's monthly data the average bill ranged from $85.34 in April 2026 to $226.85 in July 20262.
Did Evergy Metro raise rates in Kansas in 2026?
EIA's data show little change. The residential average rose 0.6%1 from 2024 to 2025, and the preliminary figure for August 20263 was −0.8%2 on August 2025. Rate changes in Kansas are decided by the Kansas Corporation Commission, whose case files show any pending request.
Can I choose a different electricity supplier in Johnson County?
No. Kansas has no residential retail choice: EIA counted no residential customers buying from a competitive supplier in 2025. The utility whose territory covers an address both supplies and delivers its electricity, and in every county Evergy Metro serves in Kansas at least one other utility also reports customers, so the utilities' own maps decide by address.
Related pages
Sources
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; table sales_ult_cust_2025 and _2026; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; table sales_revenue.xlsx (EPM Table 5.6.A); January 2001 to 2026-08; months since January 2026 preliminary; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2024; 2024, final (file updated December 3, 2025); released December 3, 2025. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state; table Average_Bill_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- HHS, LIHEAP funding releases to states; table FY2027 first release; FY2026 final; FY2027 first release (October 9, 2026); FY2026 total; released October 9, 2026. acf.gov
- EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering; table Advanced_Meters, Dynamic_Pricing, Net_Metering 2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA-861 2025, service territory; table Service_Territory_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties; table cb_2025_us_county_5m; cb_2021_us_county_5m; 2025 (2021 for Connecticut). www.census.gov
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