City Utilities of Springfield electric rates and bills
City Utilities of Springfield's 105,859 residential customers in Missouri paid an average of 11.65¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $100.80 a month on 866 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 12.54¢, and 14.10¢ 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.
1 of 115 Missouri counties served (EIA-861 2025)
City Utilities of Springfield's homes paid an average of 11.65¢ per kWh in 2025, the lowest of Missouri's five largest utilities, and their average bill of $100.801 a month was the lowest of the five too. Its average has since risen faster than the state's: in EIA's preliminary August 2026 data it was +9.7%2 on the same month a year earlier, while Missouri's rose 4.6%3.
Three averages for one utility
City Utilities of Springfield (CU) is a municipal utility owned by the City of Springfield, and the fifth-largest electric utility in Missouri by residential customers: 105,859 homes in 2025, 3.8%1 of the state's total. It is also in EIA's monthly utility survey, so three figures describe what its homes pay, each for a different stretch of time:
| What EIA measures | Period | Average residential price |
|---|---|---|
| Annual report (EIA-861), final | calendar 2025 | 11.65¢1 |
| Monthly survey (EIA-861M) | 12 months, September 2025 to August 2026 | 12.54¢ per kWh |
| Monthly survey (EIA-861M), preliminary | August 20263 | 14.10¢ per kWh2 |
All three are average revenue per kWh: what CU billed its residential customers, divided by the kWh they used. They include the monthly customer charge and adjustments and blend summer and winter pricing, so none is a price on CU's rate schedule. A single summer month, such as August 20263, runs above the yearly figures; for comparisons with other utilities, use the annual or 12-month average.
On the 2025 figure, CU's homes paid the 3rd lowest average of the 32 Missouri utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers, 12.4% below the Missouri average. Among the 177 US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers it ranked 10th lowest of 177, against a median of 15.07¢ per kWh, and it was 19.6% below the national average for public power (14.49¢ per kWh). Missouri's public power systems as a group averaged 13.32¢ per kWh in 2025, about the same as the state's investor-owned utilities (13.24¢ per kWh) and co-ops (13.28¢ per kWh1), so CU's low figure is its own, not a feature of city ownership in Missouri.
Low use, low bills
Springfield homes used less electricity than most in Missouri: 866 kWh1 a month on average in 2025, against 1,038 kWh4 statewide. A low average price on top of low use gave CU the smallest average bill of the state's five largest utilities.
| 2025, residential | Average price | Use per home, a month | Average monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Utilities of Springfield | 11.65¢ | 866 kWh | $100.80 |
| Evergy Missouri West | 12.10¢ | 996 kWh | $120.51 |
| Ameren Missouri | 13.26¢ | 1,032 kWh | $136.92 |
| Evergy Metro | 13.63¢ | 818 kWh | $111.44 |
| Liberty (Empire District) | 14.77¢ | 1,044 kWh | $154.211 |
| Missouri, all utilities | 13.30¢5 | 1,038 kWh | $137.974 |
Evergy Metro's homes used even less than Springfield's but paid a higher average price, so their bill still came out above CU's. The bill rose from $96.00 in 2024 to $100.80 (+5.0%): the average price went up 1.6%, from 11.47¢ per kWh, and use per home went from 837 kWh6 to 866 kWh1 a month.
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 bill |
|---|---|
| City Utilities of Springfield (MO) | $100.80 |
| Evergy Metro (MO) | $111.44 |
| Evergy Missouri West (MO) | $120.51 |
| Ameren Missouri (MO) | $136.92 |
| Liberty (Empire District) (MO) | $154.21 |
Rates set in Springfield, and the 2024–2028 steps
The Missouri Public Service Commission regulates the rates of Ameren, Evergy and Liberty; CU's electric rates are approved by its own Board of Public Utilities and adopted by ordinance of Springfield City Council. The council's agenda for September 18, 2023 carried a council bill "authorizing revisions to electric rates charged by City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri", and CU's residential rate schedule cites the resulting ordinance. Two years later the council's noted agenda for September 22, 2025 records a further general ordinance authorizing revisions to CU's electric rates, adopted with CU's 2026 budget; CU has described it as two steps, in April 2027 and April 2028.
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 | City Utilities of Springfield (¢/kWh) | kWh per customer | Bill per customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 10.30¢ | 1,038 | $106.87 |
| February 2025 | 10.63¢ | 899 | $95.61 |
| March 2025 | 11.52¢ | 693 | $79.84 |
| April 2025 | 11.93¢ | 570 | $68.01 |
| May 2025 | 12.17¢ | 619 | $75.35 |
| June 2025 | 11.90¢ | 968 | $115.27 |
| July 2025 | 12.26¢ | 1,243 | $152.37 |
| August 2025 | 12.85¢ | 1,172 | $150.62 |
| September 2025 | 12.28¢ | 887 | $108.99 |
| October 2025 | 11.56¢ | 698 | $80.70 |
| November 2025 | 11.67¢ | 644 | $75.18 |
| December 2025 | 10.57¢ | 953 | $100.78 |
| January 2026 | 10.78¢ | 1,014 | $109.37 |
| February 2026 | 12.51¢ | 618 | $77.27 |
| March 2026 | 11.73¢ | 768 | $90.15 |
| April 2026 | 13.44¢ | 595 | $79.99 |
| May 2026 | 13.49¢ | 703 | $94.84 |
| June 2026 | 13.58¢ | 972 | $131.97 |
| July 2026 | 13.69¢ | 1,305 | $178.60 |
| August 2026 | 14.10¢ | 1,312 | $184.97 |
The monthly data show the average moving faster than the rest of the state. Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 CU's homes paid 12.54¢ per kWh, above the 2025 figure and slightly above Evergy Missouri West's 12.37¢ per kWh for the same 12 months, which in calendar 2025 had been the more expensive of the two. In August 2026 alone the CU average was +9.7% on the same month a year earlier, against +4.6% for Missouri as a whole; still, at 14.10¢ per kWh2 it remained below the state's 16.02¢ per kWh3 that month. The 2026 months are preliminary, and an average cannot show how much of the change came from base rates, fuel and purchased-power costs or the mix of summer use.
August is the expensive month
Missouri's large investor-owned utilities split between winter peaks (Ameren Missouri and Liberty in January 2026) and July peaks (both Evergy utilities). CU's homes used the most electricity in August 2026: 1,312 kWh, with an average bill of $184.97. Their lowest month was April 2026, at 595 kWh and $79.992.
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 | 887 | $108.99 | 12.28¢ |
| October 2025 | 698 | $80.70 | 11.56¢ |
| November 2025 | 644 | $75.18 | 11.67¢ |
| December 2025 | 953 | $100.78 | 10.57¢ |
| January 2026 | 1,014 | $109.37 | 10.78¢ |
| February 2026 | 618 | $77.27 | 12.51¢ |
| March 2026 | 768 | $90.15 | 11.73¢ |
| April 2026 | 595 | $79.99 | 13.44¢ |
| May 2026 | 703 | $94.84 | 13.49¢ |
| June 2026 | 972 | $131.97 | 13.58¢ |
| July 2026 | 1,305 | $178.60 | 13.69¢ |
| August 2026 | 1,312 | $184.97 | 14.10¢ |
Averaged over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, use per home was 873 kWh and the bill $109.44 a month, against $145.093 for Missouri. The August 2026 bill was well above that 12-month average, and the April 20262 bill well below it.
2025 outages: almost all on major event days
Counting every event, CU's customers were without power for an average of 1,288 minutes in 2025, more than the Missouri average of 369 minutes, with 2.27 interruptions per customer against 1.56 statewide. Almost all of that time fell on major event days, days with unusually high outage totals that the IEEE 1366 standard lets utilities report on a separate line. Leave them out and the figure drops to 80 minutes, below Missouri's 115 minutes and below each of the four investor-owned utilities (Ameren Missouri 119 minutes, Liberty 110 minutes7).
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 |
Outside major event days, then, CU's customers spent fewer minutes without power than those of any of Missouri's other large utilities, while the all-events total was the highest of the five. One year is not a trend: EIA's next annual reliability data will show whether 2025 was an exception.
Smart meters and rooftop solar
Advanced meters were installed at 99.9% of CU's residential connections in 2025, so nearly every home's use is read remotely in intervals. Rooftop solar is less common than elsewhere in the state: EIA counted 752 net-metered residential systems (5.8 megawatts of capacity), 7.1 per 1,000 customers against 11.3 for Missouri and 36.28 at Liberty, the neighboring investor-owned utility.
Greene County, businesses and help with bills
CU reports electric customers in one county, Greene County9, and at least one other utility also reports customers there, so a Greene County address does not settle who supplies it: CU's service map does. CU operates in the SPP1 wholesale market.
Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Greene County | Liberty (Empire District), Southwest Electric Cooperative, Ozark Electric Cooperative, Webster Electric Cooperative |
Businesses paid less per kWh than homes in 2025: 9.37¢ per kWh on average for CU's 16,400 commercial accounts, whose average monthly bill was $759.60, and 7.96¢ per kWh for its 228 industrial accounts. Spread over all 122,487 customers, every class together, the average came to 9.98¢ per kWh1.
Federal energy assistance (LIHEAP) for Missouri totalled $92.4 million11 in fiscal 2026. The Missouri page sets CU among the state's 1301 electric utilities.
City Utilities of Springfield: questions readers ask
What is City Utilities of Springfield's electric rate per kWh?
EIA reports what customers paid on average, not the lines of the rate schedule. Residential customers paid 11.65¢ per kWh1 in calendar 2025 and 12.54¢ per kWh2 over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 (2026 months preliminary). Both are residential revenue divided by kWh sold, so the customer charge and fuel and other adjustments are folded in. The per-kWh charges themselves are in City Utilities' published electric rates.
What is the average City Utilities electric bill in Springfield?
$100.80 a month in 2025, for 866 kWh1 of use, up from $96.006 in 2024. Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 it averaged $109.44, from $75.18 in November 2025 to $184.97 in August 20262.
Are City Utilities electric rates going up?
Springfield City Council adopted revised electric rates in September 2023 and a further revision in September 2025, which City Utilities describes as steps in April 2027 and April 2028. In EIA's monthly data the residential average for August 20263 was 14.10¢ per kWh, +9.7%2 on the same month a year earlier (preliminary).
Does the Missouri Public Service Commission set City Utilities' rates?
No. City Utilities is owned by the City of Springfield; its electric rates are approved by its Board of Public Utilities and adopted by Springfield City Council. There is no retail choice in Missouri: EIA counted 01 Missouri homes buying electricity from a competing supplier in 2025.
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 2025, average monthly bill by state; table Average_Bill_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
- EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; table HS861 2010-.xlsx; 2010-2025, final; released October 7, 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, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.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, 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
- 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
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