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Electricity prices in Kansas

What homes in Kansas pay for electricity, from EIA.

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Average price
15.1¢ a kWh
Up 5.9% on a year ago
Average bill
$134 a month
Up 7.1% on a year ago
Average use
886 kWh
A month. US 875 kWh
Price rank
33 of 51
1 is the most expensive

Over the 12 months to August 2026, Kansas homes paid 15.1¢ a kWh, against a US average of 18.0¢.

Kansas vs the US

KansasUS
Average price, 12 months to August 202615.1¢18.0¢
Price in August 202615.5¢18.2¢
Average monthly bill, 12 months$134$158
Bill in August 2026$204$209
Average monthly use886 kWh875 kWh
Price change, past year+5.9%+6.5%
Price change since 2019+19%+39%

Electricity price

Average residential price a kilowatt-hour, by month.

Up to and including August 2026

Average monthly bill

What an average home pays a month. Bills peak in summer and winter.

Up to and including August 2026

Natural gas price

Average residential price a thousand cubic feet, by month. Summer prices are high because fixed charges are spread over little gas.

Up to and including May 2026

Utilities in Kansas

Past 12 months, utilities with 10,000 homes or more. These utilities serve 73% of homes in Kansas; smaller utilities serve the rest.

Evergy Kansas CentralInvestor-owned15.3¢+6.8%$132347,548
Evergy Kansas SouthInvestor-owned15.3¢+7.0%$136309,321
Evergy MetroInvestor-owned13.3¢+0.3%$131250,629
City of Kansas CityMunicipal14.9¢-0.8%$12062,596
Midwest EnergyCooperative12.4¢+7.1%$11129,754

Heating fuels in Kansas: propane.