Evergy Missouri West electric rates and bills
Evergy Missouri West's 308,573 residential customers in Missouri paid an average of 12.10¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $120.51 a month on 996 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 12.37¢, and 14.62¢ 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.
31 of 115 Missouri counties served (EIA-861 2025)
Evergy Missouri West's homes paid an average of 12.10¢ per kWh in 2025, 18th lowest of 177 large US utilities and 3.6%1 less than in 2024. They still paid more a month than Evergy Metro's Missouri customers, because they used more electricity, and the monthly data show the average rising again in 2026.
Average price per kWh, 2025 and since
Evergy Missouri West, the operating name of Evergy Missouri West, Inc., delivered and sold electricity to 308,573 homes in 2025, 11.2% of Missouri's residential customers. Those homes paid an average of 12.10¢ per kWh1 that year. That is average revenue per kWh: all residential charges, including the monthly customer charge, the fuel adjustment and riders, divided by the kWh sold. It is not a line in the tariff, and a home that uses little electricity pays more per kWh than the average because the fixed charge is spread over fewer kWh.
On that 2025 figure Evergy Missouri West was:
- 4th lowest of the 32 Missouri utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers, and 9.0% below the Missouri average (13.30¢ per kWh3);
- 18th lowest of 177 US utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, whose median was 15.07¢ per kWh;
- 31.9% below the national average for investor-owned utilities (17.78¢ per kWh);
- one of Evergy's 5 utilities with pages here, whose averages ranged from 12.10¢ per kWh at Evergy Missouri West to 14.56¢ per kWh1 at Evergy Kansas Central.
Newer figures from EIA's monthly survey are higher: 12.37¢ per kWh over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, and 14.62¢ per kWh2 in August 20264 alone, a single preliminary month. For comparing utilities, use the 2025 or 12-month average, not the single month.
A lower price than Evergy Metro, a higher bill
Evergy Missouri West and Evergy Metro are sister utilities that both serve the Kansas City area, and EIA's service-territory records list both in Jackson, Clay, Cass and Platte counties, among others. In 2025 their residential customers paid noticeably different prices, yet the bills ran the other way:
| 2025 unless stated | Evergy Missouri West | Evergy Metro (Missouri) |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential price | 12.10¢ per kWh | 13.63¢ per kWh |
| Use per home, a month | 996 kWh | 818 kWh |
| Average monthly bill | $120.51 | $111.441 |
| Average price, 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 | 12.37¢ per kWh | 13.67¢ per kWh |
| Average bill, same 12 months | $124.02 | $112.902 |
The difference in use outweighs the difference in price. A home on Evergy Missouri West's lines used close to the Missouri average (1,038 kWh5 a month in 2025), while Evergy Metro's homes used much less. EIA's data do not say why use differs; housing size, electric heating and the mix of urban and rural customers all affect it, and the data cannot separate them.
Among the 5 Missouri utilities with 100,000 or more residential customers, Evergy Missouri West's average bill sat below Ameren Missouri's ($136.921) and the statewide residential average of $137.975 in 2025.
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 |
Lower in 2025, higher again in 2026
From 2024 to 2025 the residential average fell from 12.55¢ per kWh to 12.10¢ per kWh (−3.6%), while Missouri's statewide average rose 3.0%3. The average bill fell less, from $122.68 to $120.51 (−1.8%), because use per home went up from 978 kWh6 to 996 kWh1 a month.
The monthly survey shows the direction turning. The 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 averaged 12.37¢ per kWh, above the 2025 figure, and in August 2026 the residential average was +4.1% on the same month a year earlier. Missouri as a whole was +4.6%4 on that comparison and Evergy Metro's Missouri customers −1.9%2. These 2026 months are preliminary and EIA revises them.
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 Missouri West (¢/kWh) | kWh per customer | Bill per customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 10.42¢ | 1,323 | $137.94 |
| February 2025 | 11.12¢ | 1,168 | $129.92 |
| March 2025 | 10.00¢ | 808 | $80.86 |
| April 2025 | 11.43¢ | 659 | $75.31 |
| May 2025 | 11.63¢ | 712 | $82.84 |
| June 2025 | 14.06¢ | 1,171 | $164.55 |
| July 2025 | 13.93¢ | 1,373 | $191.18 |
| August 2025 | 14.05¢ | 1,155 | $162.26 |
| September 2025 | 14.39¢ | 960 | $138.12 |
| October 2025 | 11.76¢ | 744 | $87.48 |
| November 2025 | 10.78¢ | 798 | $85.98 |
| December 2025 | 10.14¢ | 1,084 | $109.90 |
| January 2026 | 9.97¢ | 1,441 | $143.67 |
| February 2026 | 10.46¢ | 790 | $82.60 |
| March 2026 | 11.45¢ | 887 | $101.54 |
| April 2026 | 12.33¢ | 644 | $79.40 |
| May 2026 | 11.64¢ | 854 | $99.39 |
| June 2026 | 15.10¢ | 1,089 | $164.57 |
| July 2026 | 14.24¢ | 1,474 | $209.82 |
| August 2026 | 14.62¢ | 1,267 | $185.17 |
An average per kWh records the outcome, not its parts. Base rates set in a rate case, the fuel adjustment clause and riders all end up in the same number, and EIA's data cannot tell them apart. Evergy Missouri West's rate cases, fuel adjustment filings and tariffs are on the Missouri Public Service Commission's EFIS docket system; the guide to rate increases explains how a decision there reaches a bill.
A summer peak and a spring low
Over the 12 months to August 2026, use per home peaked in July 2026 at 1,474 kWh, when the average bill reached $209.82, and was lowest in April 2026, at 644 kWh and $79.402. The peak-month bill was more than double the lowest one. Statewide, Missouri's use per home followed the same calendar, from 746 kWh in April 2026 to 1,405 kWh in July 20264.
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 | 960 | $138.12 | 14.39¢ |
| October 2025 | 744 | $87.48 | 11.76¢ |
| November 2025 | 798 | $85.98 | 10.78¢ |
| December 2025 | 1,084 | $109.90 | 10.14¢ |
| January 2026 | 1,441 | $143.67 | 9.97¢ |
| February 2026 | 790 | $82.60 | 10.46¢ |
| March 2026 | 887 | $101.54 | 11.45¢ |
| April 2026 | 644 | $79.40 | 12.33¢ |
| May 2026 | 854 | $99.39 | 11.64¢ |
| June 2026 | 1,089 | $164.57 | 15.10¢ |
| July 2026 | 1,474 | $209.82 | 14.24¢ |
| August 2026 | 1,267 | $185.17 | 14.62¢ |
The 12-month average bill of $124.022 is therefore a poor guide to a summer month.
Time-of-use for most homes, and rooftop solar
Every residential meter is an advanced meter (100.0% in EIA's 2025 count), and 240,961 residential customers, 78.1% of the total, were enrolled in time-of-use pricing. That is above Missouri's overall share of 53.2%, which ranked 4th highest among the states, and below Evergy Metro's 89.5%7. Under a time-of-use rate the price of a kWh depends on when it is used. EIA records enrollment only; the plan names, peak hours and prices are in the utility's tariff on file with the commission, and the time-of-use guide shows how such plans change a bill.
Rooftop solar is more common here than at the sister utility. Evergy Missouri West reported 6,002 residential net-metered installations in 2025, 19.5 per 1,000 customers, with 62.9 megawatts of capacity; Evergy Metro's Missouri figure was 14.57 per 1,000.
Outages well below the Missouri average
Evergy Missouri West's customers averaged 183 minutes without power in 2025 including major event days, fewer than the Missouri average of 369 minutes, and 104 minutes excluding them, with 1.49 interruptions per customer (IEEE 1366). Evergy Metro's Missouri customers reported a similar 178 minutes8. A single severe storm can change these totals from one year to the next.
Counties served, none of them alone
EIA's 2025 service-territory records list Evergy Missouri West in 31 Missouri counties, from Atchison, Nodaway and Buchanan in the northwest corner to Pettis, Henry, Vernon and Barton further south. In all 319, at least one other utility, such as Evergy Metro, an electric cooperative or a city utility, also reports customers. A county or city name does not settle which utility serves a home; Evergy's service map does, by address. The utility belongs to the SPP1 regional grid.
Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Andrew County | United Electric Cooperative |
| Atchison County | United Electric Cooperative, Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative, City of Rockport |
| Barton County | Liberty (Empire District), Sac-Osage Electric Cooperative, Barton County Electric Cooperative, City of Lamar, City of Liberal, City of Mindenmines |
| Bates County | Evergy Metro, Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, City of Butler |
| Benton County | Southwest Electric Cooperative, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, Sac-Osage Electric Cooperative, Central Missouri Electric Cooperative |
| Buchanan County | Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative, United Electric Cooperative, City of Easton |
| Carroll County | Evergy Metro, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Carrollton Board of Public Wks |
| Cass County | Evergy Metro, Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, West Central Electric Cooperative, City of Harrisonville |
| Cedar County | Liberty (Empire District), Southwest Electric Cooperative, Sac-Osage Electric Cooperative, Barton County Electric Cooperative, City of El Dorado Springs |
| Clay County | Ameren Missouri, Evergy Metro, Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative |
| Clinton County | Ameren Missouri, Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative, Farmers Electric Cooperative, United Electric Cooperative, City of Cameron |
| Dade County | Liberty (Empire District), Southwest Electric Cooperative, Ozark Electric Cooperative, Sac-Osage Electric Cooperative, Barton County Electric Cooperative, Lockwood Water & Light Company |
| Daviess County | Ameren Missouri, Farmers Electric Cooperative, United Electric Cooperative, Grundy Electric Cooperative, City of Gallatin |
| DeKalb County | Ameren Missouri, Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative, Farmers Electric Cooperative, United Electric Cooperative, City of Cameron |
| Gentry County | Ameren Missouri, United Electric Cooperative, Grundy Electric Cooperative, City of Albany, City of Stanberry |
| Grundy County | Grundy Electric Cooperative, Trenton Municipal Utilities |
| Harrison County | Farmers Electric Cooperative, United Electric Cooperative, Grundy Electric Cooperative, City of Bethany, City of Gilman City |
| Henry County | Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, Sac-Osage Electric Cooperative |
| Holt County | United Electric Cooperative, Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative |
| Jackson County | Evergy Metro, City of Independence, West Central Electric Cooperative |
| Johnson County | Evergy Metro, Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, West Central Electric Cooperative |
| Lafayette County | Evergy Metro, West Central Electric Cooperative, City of Higginsville, City of Odessa, City of Ava |
| Livingston County | Ameren Missouri, Evergy Metro, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Grundy Electric Cooperative, Chillicothe Municipal Utils |
| Mercer County | Grundy Electric Cooperative |
| Nodaway County | United Electric Cooperative, Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative |
| Pettis County | Ameren Missouri, Evergy Metro, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, West Central Electric Cooperative, Central Missouri Electric Cooperative |
| Platte County | Evergy Metro, Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative, United Electric Cooperative |
| Ray County | Ameren Missouri, Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative, Farmers Electric Cooperative |
| St. Clair County | Liberty (Empire District), Southwest Electric Cooperative, Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, Sac-Osage Electric Cooperative, City of Osceola |
| Vernon County | Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Association, Sac-Osage Electric Cooperative, Barton County Electric Cooperative |
| Worth County | United Electric Cooperative |
Missouri has no residential retail choice: 01 homes bought from an alternative supplier in 2025, so Evergy Missouri West both supplies and delivers the electricity for its territory.
Business customers and help with bills
Commercial customers paid 8.74¢ per kWh on average in 2025 and its 221 industrial accounts 6.26¢ per kWh, against 12.10¢ per kWh for homes. All 349,970 accounts together averaged 9.78¢ per kWh1.
Missouri received $92.4 million11 in federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds for fiscal 2026. The Evergy page compares the company's 5 utilities in Kansas and Missouri, and electricity in Missouri covers the statewide picture.
Evergy Missouri West: questions readers ask
How much does Evergy Missouri West charge per kWh?
EIA publishes what customers paid on average, not a tariff rate: 12.10¢ per kWh1 for residential customers in 2025 and 12.37¢ per kWh2 over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026 (2026 months preliminary). Both are residential revenue divided by kWh, so the customer charge, fuel adjustment and riders are included. The per-kWh lines in the tariff change with the season and, on time-of-use plans, with the hour.
What is the average Evergy Missouri West bill?
$120.51 a month in 2025 for 996 kWh1, and $124.02 over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026). In that period the monthly average ran from $79.40 in April 2026 to $209.82 in July 20262.
Did Evergy Missouri West rates go up in 2026?
The averages did. The 12 months to August 2026 averaged 12.37¢ per kWh, above the 2025 figure of 12.10¢ per kWh1, and August 20264 was +4.1%2 on the same month a year earlier. The 2026 months are preliminary. Approved rate changes are filed with the Missouri Public Service Commission.
Is Evergy Missouri West the same as Evergy Metro?
No. Both belong to Evergy and both serve the Kansas City area, but they are separate utilities with separate tariffs. In 2025 Evergy Metro's Missouri homes paid an average of 13.63¢ per kWh, against 12.10¢ per kWh1 at Evergy Missouri West. The utility's service map decides which one serves an 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, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; table HS861 2010-.xlsx; 2010-2025, final; released October 7, 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-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
- 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
How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.