Evergy Metro rates and bills in Missouri
Evergy Metro's 276,162 residential customers in Missouri paid an average of 13.63¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $111.44 a month on 818 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 13.67¢, and 15.82¢ 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.
14 of 115 Missouri counties served (EIA-861 2025)
Evergy Metro's Missouri homes paid an average of 13.63¢ per kWh in 2025, 2.5% above the Missouri average, yet their average bill of $111.44 was among the smallest of Missouri's five largest utilities because they used only 818 kWh1 a month. The same company also serves eastern Kansas, where its homes use more, pay less per kWh and almost none are on time-of-use.
The average price, three ways
Evergy Metro, legally Evergy Metro, Inc. and known in Missouri as Evergy Missouri Metro, supplied 276,162 Missouri homes in 2025, 10.0%1 of the state's residential customers. Two EIA surveys record what those homes paid, and the figure depends on the period chosen:
- calendar 2025 (EIA-861, final): 13.63¢ per kWh1;
- the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 (EIA-861M, 2026 months preliminary): 13.67¢ per kWh;
- August 20263 alone (preliminary): 15.82¢ per kWh2, a summer month.
All three are average revenue per kWh, total residential billing (customer charge, energy charges, fuel adjustment, riders) over total residential kWh. None is a price printed in the tariff, and because most of these customers are on time-of-use plans it blends peak and off-peak hours too.
On the 2025 figure Evergy Metro ranked 13th highest of the 32 Missouri utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers. Against the 177 large utilities nationwide it came 53rd lowest of 177; the national median for that group was 15.07¢ per kWh, and Evergy Metro's Missouri figure sat 23.3% below the national average for investor-owned utilities1.
A low bill on a slightly higher price
Evergy Metro's homes paid a little more per kWh than the Missouri average of 13.30¢ per kWh4 in 2025, but they used much less electricity: 818 kWh a month, against 1,038 kWh for the state. The result was an average bill of $111.44, well below Missouri's $137.975. Neighboring Evergy Missouri West shows the opposite pairing: a lower average price (12.10¢ per kWh) on more use (996 kWh), and a larger bill ($120.511).
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 |
Low use also nudges the average price per kWh upward, since the fixed monthly charge is divided among fewer kWh. Between 2024 and 2025 the bill went from $109.43 to $111.44 (+1.8%) as use per home went from 798 kWh6 to 818 kWh1, while the price per kWh slipped.
Flat prices while Missouri's rose
From 2024 to 2025 the residential average fell 0.7%, from 13.72¢ per kWh6 to 13.63¢ per kWh1, while Missouri's statewide average rose 3.0%4. The monthly survey tells the same story into 2026: August 2026 averaged 15.82¢ per kWh, −1.9% on August 2025, when Missouri as a whole was +4.6%. The 12-month average, 13.67¢ per kWh2, sat just below the state's 13.97¢ per kWh3 for the same months. The 2026 months 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 | 10.75¢ | 991 | $106.55 |
| February 2025 | 10.82¢ | 935 | $101.12 |
| March 2025 | 12.17¢ | 692 | $84.20 |
| April 2025 | 13.99¢ | 515 | $72.00 |
| May 2025 | 13.33¢ | 551 | $73.40 |
| June 2025 | 15.55¢ | 1,035 | $160.96 |
| July 2025 | 15.99¢ | 1,138 | $181.87 |
| August 2025 | 16.13¢ | 1,018 | $164.27 |
| September 2025 | 16.19¢ | 838 | $135.69 |
| October 2025 | 13.03¢ | 593 | $77.31 |
| November 2025 | 12.98¢ | 669 | $86.85 |
| December 2025 | 11.08¢ | 839 | $92.94 |
| January 2026 | 10.96¢ | 1,095 | $119.99 |
| February 2026 | 11.51¢ | 661 | $76.07 |
| March 2026 | 12.46¢ | 706 | $87.92 |
| April 2026 | 13.45¢ | 539 | $72.41 |
| May 2026 | 12.88¢ | 677 | $87.25 |
| June 2026 | 15.68¢ | 957 | $150.05 |
| July 2026 | 15.71¢ | 1,211 | $190.31 |
| August 2026 | 15.82¢ | 1,118 | $176.82 |
That may change. In February 2026 Evergy filed a rate case for Evergy Missouri Metro with the Missouri Public Service Commission. The commission suspended the proposed tariff and set the case for an evidentiary hearing; on the docket as of November 14, 2026 the case was still open, with no final order. Whatever the commission approves will appear in EIA's monthly figures only after it reaches bills. Our rate increase guide follows a decision from docket to bill.
One company, two sides of the state line
Evergy Metro also serves eastern Kansas, including Johnson and Wyandotte counties, and EIA reports the two states separately. In 2025 the Missouri and Kansas customers of the same company looked quite different:
| 2025, residential | Evergy Metro, Missouri | Evergy Metro, Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Homes served | 276,162 | 247,426 |
| Average price | 13.63¢ per kWh | 13.21¢ per kWh |
| Change from 2024 | −0.7% | +0.6% |
| Use per home, a month | 818 kWh | 977 kWh |
| Average monthly bill | $111.44 | $129.001 |
| Enrolled in time-of-use | 89.5% | 1.8% |
| Rooftop solar per 1,000 homes | 14.5 | 7.17 |
| Outage minutes, all events | 178 minutes | 129 minutes8 |
Missouri homes paid more per kWh but less per month, because Kansas homes used more electricity. Each state's commission sets the rates for its side: the Missouri Public Service Commission here, the Kansas Corporation Commission across the line. The time-of-use row reflects a Missouri decision, covered in the next section.
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 |
|---|---|
| Evergy Metro (MO) | 818 |
| Evergy Metro (KS) | 977 |
| Evergy Missouri West (MO) | 996 |
Time-of-use is the default in Missouri
247,118 Evergy Metro customers in Missouri, 89.5% of its homes, were enrolled in time-of-use pricing in 2025, on advanced meters installed at 100.0% of homes. The reason is regulatory: in September 2023 the Missouri Public Service Commission approved Evergy's amended tariff making a low-differential time-of-use rate, renamed the "Default Time Based Plan", the default residential rate for Evergy Missouri Metro and Evergy Missouri West, effective October 8, 2023. Evergy Missouri West's share was 78.1%, and Missouri's statewide share of 53.2% ranked 4th highest7 among the states.
EIA counts who is enrolled; it does not publish the plans. Peak hours and the gap between peak and off-peak prices are set out in Evergy's Missouri tariff, and our time-of-use explainer works through what a plan like this does to a monthly bill.
Rooftop solar is more common here than in Missouri as a whole: EIA counted 4,001 homes with net-metered systems in 2025, or 14.5 per 1,000 customers, against 11.3 statewide, with 33.6 megawatts7 of capacity.
April and July
The quietest month of the 12 from September 2025 to August 2026 was April 2026: 539 kWh per home and an average bill of $72.41. The busiest was July 2026: 1,211 kWh and $190.31. Averaged over all 12 months, homes used 826 kWh and paid $112.902.
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 | 838 | $135.69 | 16.19¢ |
| October 2025 | 593 | $77.31 | 13.03¢ |
| November 2025 | 669 | $86.85 | 12.98¢ |
| December 2025 | 839 | $92.94 | 11.08¢ |
| January 2026 | 1,095 | $119.99 | 10.96¢ |
| February 2026 | 661 | $76.07 | 11.51¢ |
| March 2026 | 706 | $87.92 | 12.46¢ |
| April 2026 | 539 | $72.41 | 13.45¢ |
| May 2026 | 677 | $87.25 | 12.88¢ |
| June 2026 | 957 | $150.05 | 15.68¢ |
| July 2026 | 1,211 | $190.31 | 15.71¢ |
| August 2026 | 1,118 | $176.82 | 15.82¢ |
A household budgeting on the annual average will come up short in July. For help with bills, Missouri's fiscal 2026 allocation from the federal LIHEAP program (Low Income Home Energy Assistance) was $92.4 million9; the Missouri page explains how assistance works in the state.
Outages
Counting every event, Evergy Metro's Missouri customers were without power for an average of 178 minutes in 2025, fewer than the Missouri average of 369 minutes, and 99 minutes excluding major event days, the days of unusually widespread outages reported separately under IEEE 1366. They had 1.50 interruptions per customer on average. The company's Kansas customers recorded fewer minutes (129 minutes8). Totals that include major events depend heavily on a year's storms, so a single year is a weak guide to the next.
Where it serves, and business customers
Evergy Metro reported Missouri customers in 14 counties in 2025: Bates County, Carroll County, Cass County, Chariton County, Clay County, Howard County, Jackson County, Johnson County, Lafayette County, Livingston County, Pettis County, Platte County and 2 others10. No county is Evergy Metro's alone; each also has customers of some other utility, so a county or ZIP code does not settle it and Evergy's own service map decides by address. Missouri homes cannot buy power from a competing supplier (EIA counted 0 doing so in 2025), so the utility at the address is also the supplier. The company operates within the SPP1 grid.
Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Bates County | Evergy Missouri West, Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, City of Butler |
| Carroll County | Evergy Missouri West, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Carrollton Board of Public Wks |
| Cass County | Evergy Missouri West, Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, West Central Electric Cooperative, City of Harrisonville |
| Chariton County | Ameren Missouri, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Macon Electric Cooperative, Howard Electric Cooperative, City of Salisbury |
| Clay County | Ameren Missouri, Evergy Missouri West, Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative |
| Howard County | Ameren Missouri, Boone Electric Cooperative, Howard Electric Cooperative, City of Fayette |
| Jackson County | Evergy Missouri West, City of Independence, West Central Electric Cooperative |
| Johnson County | Evergy Missouri West, Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, West Central Electric Cooperative |
| Lafayette County | Evergy Missouri West, West Central Electric Cooperative, City of Higginsville, City of Odessa, City of Ava |
| Livingston County | Ameren Missouri, Evergy Missouri West, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Grundy Electric Cooperative, Chillicothe Municipal Utils |
| Pettis County | Ameren Missouri, Evergy Missouri West, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, West Central Electric Cooperative, Central Missouri Electric Cooperative |
| Platte County | Evergy Missouri West, Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative, United Electric Cooperative |
| Randolph County | Ameren Missouri, Boone Electric Cooperative, Macon Electric Cooperative, Howard Electric Cooperative |
| Saline County | Ameren Missouri, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, Central Missouri Electric Cooperative, City of Marshall, City of Slater |
Businesses paid less per kWh than homes in 2025: 10.41¢ per kWh for commercial accounts and 7.43¢ per kWh for industrial ones, with 10.93¢ per kWh across all 310,6051 Missouri accounts. Evergy's utilities in both states are set side by side on the Evergy hub.
Evergy Metro in Missouri: common questions
How much does Evergy Metro charge per kWh in Missouri?
No single figure answers that, because the tariff has several charges and most homes are on time-of-use plans. Averaged over everything billed, Missouri homes paid 13.67¢ per kWh2 in the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 (EIA-861M; the 2026 months are preliminary) and 13.63¢ per kWh1 in calendar 2025. Both figures divide residential revenue by residential kWh, so the customer charge, fuel adjustment and riders are included, and peak and off-peak hours are blended.
What is the average Evergy Metro electric bill in Missouri?
In calendar 2025, $111.44 a month on 818 kWh1 of use; for the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, $112.90. Month by month the average bill ranged from $72.41 in April 2026 to $190.31 in July 20262.
Is Evergy Metro raising rates in Missouri?
Evergy asked the Missouri Public Service Commission for higher rates for Evergy Missouri Metro in February 2026. As of mid-November 2026 the case was still open and the commission had not issued its decision. EIA's figures up to August 20263 show no increase yet: that month's average, 15.82¢ per kWh, was −1.9%2 on August 2025 (preliminary).
Do I have to be on Evergy's time-of-use plan in Missouri?
Under a 2023 order of the Missouri Public Service Commission, a time-based plan is the default for Evergy's Missouri residential customers, and 89.5%7 of Evergy Metro's Missouri homes were enrolled in time-of-use pricing in 2025. The available plans, their peak hours and prices are in Evergy's Missouri tariff on file with the commission.
Are Evergy Metro and Evergy Missouri West the same?
They are two separate utilities owned by Evergy, each with its own territory and rates. In 2025 Evergy Missouri West's homes paid an average of 12.10¢ per kWh, against 13.63¢ per kWh1 at Evergy Metro. The address decides which one serves a home.
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, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; table HS861 2010-.xlsx; 2010-2025, final; released October 7, 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-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, 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
- 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, 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
How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.