State average · reviewed October 14, 2026

Why are Kentucky electric bills so high?

In July 2026 the average residential price in Kentucky was 13.81¢ per kWh, compared with 13.13¢ in July 2025 (+5.2%). The 2025 average monthly bill was $143.72 for 1,094 kWh. A single household can sit far from those averages because of usage, a rider, or a different utility.

EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A · Reviewed October 14, 2026

EIA-861 2025 average bill · Reviewed October 14, 2026

July 2026: 13.81¢; +5.2% vs July 2025
2025 average bill: $143.72; 1,094 kWh a month
2025 average price: 13.13¢; 2,088,933 residential customers

Full service and delivery

Among distribution utilities in this extract, delivery-only residential customers were 0.0% of bundled plus delivery customers. A high share means many households buy energy from someone else. A low share means most reported customers are still full service. This is not a legal map of retail choice. Needs verification for a specific address.

Calculated from EIA-861 2025 residential customer counts · Reviewed October 14, 2026

Utilities

Utility	Customers	Average shown	Price
Kentucky Utilities	476,780	Full service	12.07¢
LG&E	388,146	Full service	12.42¢
Duke Energy Kentucky	140,950	Full service	13.86¢
Kentucky Power	130,322	Full service	15.95¢
South Kentucky Rural E C C	65,494	Full service	13.55¢
Owen Electric Coop	65,069	Full service	12.59¢
Blue Grass Energy Coop	61,870	Full service	12.61¢
Warren Rural Elec Coop	61,500	Full service	12.67¢
Salt River Electric Coop	54,002	Full service	10.94¢
Jackson Energy Coop	49,590	Full service	14.76¢
Kenergy	47,514	Full service	16.29¢
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)	45,717	Full service	13.01¢
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop	40,704	Full service	13.86¢
Nolin Rural Electric Coop	36,631	Full service	12.78¢
West Kentucky Rural E C C	32,248	Full service	14.17¢
Gibson Electric Members	32,014	Full service	13.74¢
Meade County Rural E C C	29,572	Full service	15.26¢
City of Bowling Green	27,433	Full service	12.15¢
Inter County Energy Coop	26,993	Full service	13.70¢
Clark Energy Coop	26,315	Full service	13.35¢
Farmers Rural Electric Coop	25,109	Full service	13.04¢
Taylor County Rural E C C	24,888	Full service	13.38¢
Jackson Purchase Energy	23,989	Full service	17.66¢
Fleming-Mason Energy Coop	23,845	Full service	13.03¢
City of Owensboro	23,316	Full service	13.40¢
Cumberland Valley Electric	22,582	Full service	13.11¢
City of Paducah	18,967	Full service	15.35¢
City of Frankfort	17,258	Full service	11.11¢
Shelby Energy Coop	17,245	Full service	13.95¢
Licking Valley Rural E C C	16,861	Full service	15.21¢
Grayson Rural Electric Coop	14,471	Full service	15.99¢
Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop	11,521	Full service	14.81¢
Henderson City Utility Comm	10,505	Full service	10.90¢
City of Hopkinsville	9,760	Full service	13.27¢
Madisonville Municipal Utils	6,923	Full service	11.92¢
City of Murray	6,187	Full service	14.27¢
City of Glasgow	5,675	Full service	13.96¢
City of Berea Municipal Utility	4,698	Full service	9.52¢
City of Franklin	4,621	Full service	13.42¢
City of Mayfield Plant Board	4,351	Full service	13.87¢

Showing the 40 largest. The rest are linked from the utilities directory.

No residential customers in the 2025 extract

These 14 EIA respondents touch Kentucky and reported no residential sales in the files used here. Their profiles stay online so an old link does not 404, and they are left out of the sitemap so they are not indexed as thin pages.

Barbourville Utility Comm · Municipal
City of Bardstown - (KY) · Municipal
City of Bardwell - (KY) · Municipal
City of Benham · Municipal
City of Falmouth - (KY) · Municipal
City of Nicholasville - (KY) · Municipal
City of Olive Hill - (KY) · Municipal
City of Paris - (KY) · Municipal
City of Princeton - (KY) · Municipal
City of Providence - (KY) · Municipal
City of Vanceburg · Municipal
Corbin City Utilities Comm · Municipal
Tennessee Valley Authority · Federal
Williamstown Utility Comm · Municipal

A bill at the July 2026 state average

Monthly use	At 13.81¢/kWh
500 kWh	$69.05
750 kWh	$103.58
1,000 kWh	$138.10
1,500 kWh	$207.15
2,000 kWh	$276.20

This uses the statewide average, not your utility's tariff. Fixed charges make low-use bills diverge. Needs verification against the bill.

Regulator and assistance

Investor-owned base rates are usually set in a public docket. Municipal and cooperative rates may be set by a city or a co-op board instead. Which body sets this utility's rates needs verification.

Kentucky Public Service Commission

LIHEAP contacts for Kentucky are on the federal list. A utility's own discount needs verification.