Missouri electricity rates, bills and electric companies

What a kilowatt-hour costs in Missouri, by period

Missouri's residential customers paid an average of 13.97¢ per kWh over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, 22.6% below the US average and the 12th lowest¹ among the 50 states and DC. That figure is average revenue per kWh: everything homes paid their utility, fixed charges and fuel adjustments included, divided by the kWh they used. It is not the price printed on any one tariff.

Which period you quote matters. Month by month over those 12 months, the average ran from 11.76¢ per kWh in December 2025 to 16.22¢ per kWh in June 2026. In August 2026, the newest month EIA has published, homes paid 16.02¢ per kWh, +4.6% against August 2025; the figure is preliminary, and against other states it ranked only 24th lowest¹. A summer month quoted on its own makes Missouri look much dearer than its year-round average. The calendar-year average for 2025 was 13.30¢ per kWh⁴.

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Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Average revenue per kWh (all charges, nominal dollars), each month; summer and winter months differ by season. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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Period	Missouri (¢/kWh)	United States (¢/kWh)
Jan 2022	9.62¢	13.64¢
Feb 2022	9.51¢	13.76¢
Mar 2022	10.53¢	14.41¢
Apr 2022	10.98¢	14.57¢
May 2022	11.40¢	14.89¢
Jun 2022	13.52¢	15.30¢
Jul 2022	13.62¢	15.31¢
Aug 2022	13.96¢	15.82¢
Sep 2022	13.47¢	16.19¢
Oct 2022	11.58¢	15.99¢
Nov 2022	11.41¢	15.55¢
Dec 2022	10.54¢	14.94¢
Jan 2023	10.54¢	15.47¢
Feb 2023	11.36¢	15.98¢
Mar 2023	11.46¢	16.04¢
Apr 2023	11.79¢	16.10¢
May 2023	12.27¢	16.14¢
Jun 2023	14.10¢	16.09¢
Jul 2023	14.42¢	15.86¢
Aug 2023	14.25¢	15.91¢
Sep 2023	14.03¢	16.27¢
Oct 2023	12.20¢	16.48¢
Nov 2023	11.98¢	16.19¢
Dec 2023	11.33¢	15.69¢
Jan 2024	10.66¢	15.41¢
Feb 2024	11.27¢	16.10¢
Mar 2024	12.40¢	16.67¢
Apr 2024	12.35¢	16.86¢
May 2024	12.46¢	16.40¢
Jun 2024	14.54¢	16.38¢
Jul 2024	14.61¢	16.62¢
Aug 2024	14.72¢	16.60¢
Sep 2024	14.62¢	16.82¢
Oct 2024	12.40¢	17.09¢
Nov 2024	12.53¢	16.85¢
Dec 2024	11.57¢	16.27¢
Jan 2025	10.90¢	15.92¢
Feb 2025	11.07¢	16.40¢
Mar 2025	11.84¢	17.03¢
Apr 2025	12.72¢	17.20¢
May 2025	12.85¢	17.33¢
Jun 2025	15.77¢	17.44¢
Jul 2025	15.40¢	17.39¢
Aug 2025	15.32¢	17.57¢
Sep 2025	15.62¢	18.05¢
Oct 2025	12.79¢	17.95¢
Nov 2025	12.95¢	17.77¢
Dec 2025	11.76¢	17.11¢
Jan 2026	11.80¢	17.45¢
Feb 2026	12.17¢	17.65¢
Mar 2026	13.44¢	18.60¢
Apr 2026	14.01¢	18.86¢
May 2026	13.68¢	18.44¢
Jun 2026	16.22¢	18.34¢
Jul 2026	16.09¢	18.31¢
Aug 2026	16.02¢	18.16¢

The pattern repeats every year in EIA's monthly data: Missouri's average steps up in June, stays high through September and drops back in October, while the US average moves far less from month to month.

Missouri's electric companies

130 utilities report delivering electricity in Missouri, and none of them competes for the same home. Ameren Missouri alone serves 40.0% of residential customers. Evergy Missouri West (11.2%) and Evergy Metro (10.0%) are two companies of the same parent, Evergy, with separate prices; Liberty (Empire District) (5.2%) is the fourth investor-owned utility, and City Utilities of Springfield (3.8%) is the city-owned utility in Greene County. Together these five serve 70.4%⁵ of the state's homes.

Their 2025 averages for full-service residential customers:

• Ameren Missouri: 13.26¢ per kWh, +5.6% on 2024; 14.07¢ per kWh over the last 12 months.
• Evergy Missouri West: 12.10¢ per kWh, −3.6% on 2024; 12.37¢ per kWh over the last 12 months.
• Evergy Metro: 13.63¢ per kWh, −0.7% on 2024; 13.67¢ per kWh over the last 12 months.
• Liberty (Empire District): 14.77¢ per kWh, −1.5% on 2024; 14.82¢ per kWh over the last 12 months.
• City Utilities of Springfield: 11.65¢ per kWh, +1.6%⁵ on 2024; 12.54¢ per kWh⁶ over the last 12 months.

The 12-month figures come from EIA's monthly sample and include preliminary 2026 months. Between 2024 and 2025, Ameren Missouri's average rose while Evergy Missouri West's fell, and Ameren's average monthly bill went from $124.23⁷ to $136.92⁵.

The state's largest utilities also sit in two different wholesale markets. EIA lists Ameren Missouri in MISO, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, and Evergy Metro, Evergy Missouri West, Liberty and City Utilities of Springfield in SPP, the Southwest Power Pool.

Ameren Missouri only (of these)Evergy Missouri West only (of these)Evergy Metro only (of these)Liberty (Empire District) only (of these)City Utilities of Springfield only (of these)Cuivre River Electric Cooperative only (of these)Two or more of themOther utilities only

Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. Counties where each utility reports serving customers (EIA-861 service territory, 2025). A utility often serves only part of a county, and several can share one: the map shows where each one is present, not street-level boundaries. Point at a county for every utility listed there.

EIA's service-territory records list two or more distribution utilities in 113 of Missouri's 115 counties, and 8⁸ in Linn County. A county name alone therefore does not tell you your utility; the boundary on the utility's own map does.

Co-ops, city utilities and investor-owned: the same average

Across the US, customers of investor-owned utilities pay noticeably more per kWh than co-op members. In Missouri the type of utility made almost no difference to the average. In 2025, residential customers of the investor-owned utilities paid an average of 13.24¢ per kWh, those of the electric cooperatives 13.28¢ per kWh and those of city utilities 13.32¢ per kWh. The national averages were 17.78¢ per kWh for investor-owned utilities and 14.10¢ per kWh⁵ for cooperatives.

Inside each group, though, the spread is large. Among the 32 utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers, the 2025 averages ran from 10.35¢ per kWh at Webster Electric Cooperative to 16.76¢ per kWh at Callaway Electric Cooperative, a difference of 6.41¢ per kWh⁵. Both are cooperatives: within one type of utility, the address still decides what a home pays on average.

Webster Electric Cooperative10.35¢

Cuivre River Electric Cooperative11.36¢

City Utilities of Springfield11.65¢

Evergy Missouri West12.10¢

Ozark Border Electric Cooperative12.28¢

Southwest Electric Cooperative12.33¢

Laclede Electric Cooperative12.39¢

Central Missouri Electric Cooperative12.63¢

Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative12.90¢

West Central Electric Cooperative12.93¢

Three Rivers Electric Cooperative13.03¢

Intercounty Electric Cooperative Association13.03¢

Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative13.12¢

Crawford Electric Cooperative13.21¢

Ameren Missouri13.26¢

Missouri average13.30¢

New-Mac Electric Cooperative13.44¢

SEMO Electric Cooperative13.51¢

Boone Electric Cooperative13.57¢

Black River Electric Cooperative13.61¢

Evergy Metro13.63¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. Utilities with 10,000 or more bundled (full-service) residential customers; the 20 lowest of 32 shown. Revenue divided by kWh sold, all charges included, EIA-861 2025 final. Darker bars have their own page.

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Utility	¢/kWh
Webster Electric Cooperative	10.35¢
Cuivre River Electric Cooperative	11.36¢
City Utilities of Springfield	11.65¢
Evergy Missouri West	12.10¢
Ozark Border Electric Cooperative	12.28¢
Southwest Electric Cooperative	12.33¢
Laclede Electric Cooperative	12.39¢
Central Missouri Electric Cooperative	12.63¢
Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative	12.90¢
West Central Electric Cooperative	12.93¢
Three Rivers Electric Cooperative	13.03¢
Intercounty Electric Cooperative Association	13.03¢
Howell-Oregon Electric Cooperative	13.12¢
Crawford Electric Cooperative	13.21¢
Ameren Missouri	13.26¢
Missouri average	13.30¢
New-Mac Electric Cooperative	13.44¢
SEMO Electric Cooperative	13.51¢
Boone Electric Cooperative	13.57¢
Black River Electric Cooperative	13.61¢
Evergy Metro	13.63¢

Bills: average use, a below-average price

The average Missouri home used 1,038 kWh a month in 2025, the 16th highest among the states and well above the US average of 874 kWh. Its bill was $137.97, $12.71 less a month than the US average: the low price more than offsets the extra use. The bill rose 6.8%² from 2024, faster than the price (3.0%⁴), because use per home also grew, from 1,001 kWh¹⁰.

Household reports run somewhat higher than EIA's average. In the Census Bureau's 2025 survey, the median Missouri household paying for electricity estimated its last monthly bill at about $161 (taxes included, recalled by the household, with a margin of error); 23.0% reported $250 or more and 23.5%¹¹ less than $100.

Summer is where Missouri bills grow. Over the last 12 months use per home peaked at 1,405 kWh in July 2026 and was lowest at 746 kWh in April 2026, a ratio of 1.9 times. Because the average price per kWh was also highest in summer, the bill in August 2026 averaged $215.88¹ (preliminary).

982Sep

786Oct

810Nov

1,142Dec

1,345Jan

1,097Feb

890Mar

746Apr

814May

1,108Jun

1,405Jul

1,347Aug

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential kWh sold per customer in each month. The table adds that month's average residential price. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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Month	kWh per customer	Residential ¢/kWh
September 2025	982	15.62¢
October 2025	786	12.79¢
November 2025	810	12.95¢
December 2025	1,142	11.76¢
January 2026	1,345	11.80¢
February 2026	1,097	12.17¢
March 2026	890	13.44¢
April 2026	746	14.01¢
May 2026	814	13.68¢
June 2026	1,108	16.22¢
July 2026	1,405	16.09¢
August 2026	1,347	16.02¢

The utilities do not share one peak. Evergy Metro's customers used the most in July 2026 (1,211 kWh), while Ameren Missouri's peaked in January 2026 at 1,404 kWh and Liberty's in January 2026 at 1,365 kWh⁶: in those territories the highest month of the last 12 was in winter. In the Census survey, 39.6% of Missouri households heat mainly with electricity (US: 41.8%¹²).

Over half of homes are on time-of-use rates

EIA's 2025 meter survey puts 53.2% of Missouri's residential customers on a time-varying rate, the 4th highest share among the states; nationally the figure is 11.3%. The large investor-owned utilities account for almost all of it, reporting the following shares of their residential customers on time-of-use rates: Liberty 99.5%, Evergy Metro 89.5%, Ameren Missouri 84.6% and Evergy Missouri West 78.1%³.

Maryland69.0%

Colorado58.2%

Delaware54.5%

Missouri53.2%

Michigan39.0%

Arizona37.7%

California35.9%

Oklahoma33.1%

Montana17.0%

United States11.3%

Illinois10.2%

Louisiana9.8%

North Dakota8.7%

Source: EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering. Residential customers enrolled in time-of-use, real-time, variable-peak or critical-peak pricing (EIA-861 Dynamic_Pricing), as a share of residential customers. Period: 2025.

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State	On time-varying rates
Maryland	69.0%
Colorado	58.2%
Delaware	54.5%
Missouri	53.2%
Michigan	39.0%
Arizona	37.7%
California	35.9%
Oklahoma	33.1%
Montana	17.0%
United States	11.3%
Illinois	10.2%
Louisiana	9.8%
North Dakota	8.7%

On a time-of-use rate the price per kWh depends on the hour, so when a home uses electricity affects its bill, not only how much. The hours and prices differ by utility and plan; they are set in each utility's tariff. Smart meters make this possible: 87.3%³ of Missouri's residential meters were advanced meters in 2025, and the four large investor-owned utilities each reported nearly all of theirs.

A slower climb than the rest of the country

Missouri's annual residential average was 7.00¢ per kWh¹³ in 2001 and 13.30¢ per kWh in 2025. The increase since 2015 was 18.6%, the 5th lowest among the states, against 36.2% for the US as a whole. The price rose in 20 of the years since 2002; the last annual decline was in 2019⁴.

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Source: EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; EIA, Historical state data, monthly sales and revenue 1990-2009. Average revenue per kWh (all charges, nominal dollars), each calendar year: 2010 onward EIA-861 final annual data, 2001–2009 the sum of the monthly survey.

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Period	Missouri (¢/kWh)	United States (¢/kWh)
2001	7.00¢	8.58¢
2002	7.06¢	8.44¢
2003	6.96¢	8.72¢
2004	6.97¢	8.95¢
2005	7.08¢	9.45¢
2006	7.44¢	10.40¢
2007	7.69¢	10.65¢
2008	8.00¢	11.26¢
2009	8.54¢	11.51¢
2010	9.08¢	11.54¢
2011	9.75¢	11.72¢
2012	10.17¢	11.88¢
2013	10.60¢	12.13¢
2014	10.64¢	12.52¢
2015	11.21¢	12.65¢
2016	11.21¢	12.55¢
2017	11.63¢	12.89¢
2018	11.34¢	12.87¢
2019	11.14¢	13.01¢
2020	11.22¢	13.15¢
2021	11.42¢	13.66¢
2022	11.74¢	15.04¢
2023	12.58¢	16.00¢
2024	12.91¢	16.48¢
2025	13.30¢	17.23¢

The pace has picked up. The last 12 months ran 6.1% above the 12 before, close to the national 6.5%, and the average for January to August 2026 was 7.2% above the same months of 2025 (preliminary). Businesses saw similar increases over the 12 months: +5.2% for commercial customers and +5.4% for industrial ones. Commercial customers paid 10.91¢ per kWh over that period, 21.3% below the US average¹.

Cheap nationally, mid-pack among the neighbors

Missouri borders 8 states, and over the last 12 months 5 of them had a lower residential average. Several are close to Missouri's average; Nebraska was lowest at 12.74¢ per kWh and Illinois highest at 18.91¢ per kWh¹. Missouri's low national rank is shared with most of the states around it.

Illinois18.91¢

United States18.04¢

Kansas15.13¢

Iowa14.20¢

Missouri13.97¢

Kentucky13.94¢

Oklahoma13.81¢

Tennessee13.61¢

Arkansas13.57¢

Nebraska12.74¢

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kilowatt-hours sold over the 12 months 2025-09 to 2026-08 (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). Average revenue per kWh, all charges included; not a tariff. Period: September 2025 to August 2026.

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Area	Residential ¢/kWh, 12 months
Illinois	18.91¢
United States	18.04¢
Kansas	15.13¢
Iowa	14.20¢
Missouri	13.97¢
Kentucky	13.94¢
Oklahoma	13.81¢
Tennessee	13.61¢
Arkansas	13.57¢
Nebraska	12.74¢

Coal still makes most of Missouri's power

Coal generated 64.3% of Missouri's electricity in 2025, the 3rd highest share in the country, against 16.6% nationally. That is down from 78.1% in 2015. Natural gas (12.4%) and nuclear power (9.9%) come next, and wind has risen to 9.1% from 1.2%. Missouri's plants produced the equivalent of 89%¹⁴ of its retail sales in 2025, so the state draws the rest from the regional grids.

Natural gasCoalNuclearHydroWindSolarPetroleumOther

Missouri, 2025

Missouri, 2015

United States, 2025

Source: EIA, Net generation by state by type of producer by energy source. Share of net generation by all power plants located in the state (utilities and independent producers), by energy source. Electricity crosses state lines, so this is what the state produces, not exactly what its customers consume. Pumped storage is a net user of power and is left out.

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	Natural gas	Coal	Nuclear	Hydro	Wind	Solar	Petroleum	Other
Missouri, 2025	12.4%	64.3%	9.9%	1.6%	9.1%	2.2%	0.2%	0.3%
Missouri, 2015	5.5%	78.1%	12.5%	1.9%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.7%
United States, 2025	40.9%	16.6%	17.7%	5.5%	10.4%	6.8%	0.4%	1.7%

Outage minutes and storms

Missouri customers averaged 369 minutes without power in 2025 counting major storms, the 12th highest total among the states, but 115 minutes on ordinary days, tied for 22nd lowest. Two large utilities drove the storm total. City Utilities of Springfield reported 1,288 minutes including major event days and 80 minutes without them; Ameren Missouri 594 minutes and 119 minutes. Evergy Metro, Evergy Missouri West and Liberty reported between 167 minutes and 183 minutes¹⁵ counting everything. For a current outage, each utility's own outage map is the source; the power outages ranking compares the states.

Liberty (Empire District) (MO)167

Evergy Metro (MO)178

Evergy Missouri West (MO)183

Ameren Missouri (MO)594

City Utilities of Springfield (MO)1,288

Source: EIA-861 2025, reliability. 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	outage minutes per customer (all events)
Liberty (Empire District) (MO)	167
Evergy Metro (MO)	178
Evergy Missouri West (MO)	183
Ameren Missouri (MO)	594
City Utilities of Springfield (MO)	1,288

Help paying a Missouri electric bill

Missouri received $92.4 million from the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal 2026, about $35.49 per occupied home (24th highest among the states); the first release for fiscal 2027 was $80.4 million¹⁶. Applications go through local community action agencies. The help paying your electric bill guide explains LIHEAP and the utilities' own payment programs.