State average · reviewed October 14, 2026

Why are Missouri electric bills so high?

In July 2026 the average residential price in Missouri was 16.09¢ per kWh, compared with 15.56¢ in July 2025 (+3.4%). The 2025 average monthly bill was $137.97 for 1,038 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: 16.09¢; +3.4% vs July 2025
2025 average bill: $137.97; 1,038 kWh a month
2025 average price: 13.30¢; 2,953,515 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
Ameren Missouri	1,100,654	Full service	13.26¢
Evergy Metro	523,588	Full service	13.41¢
Evergy Missouri West	308,573	Full service	12.10¢
Empire District Electric	161,373	Full service	14.67¢
Carroll Electric Coop	116,791	Full service	13.43¢
City Utilities of Springfield	105,859	Full service	11.65¢
Cuivre River Electric Coop	74,261	Full service	11.36¢
City of Independence	54,199	Full service	16.54¢
City of Columbia	45,899	Full service	15.50¢
Southwest Electric Coop	41,670	Full service	12.33¢
White River Valley El Coop	39,401	Full service	15.47¢
Laclede Electric Coop	35,275	Full service	12.39¢
Boone Electric Coop	34,098	Full service	13.57¢
Ozark Border Electric Coop	33,262	Full service	12.28¢
Ozark Electric Coop	31,915	Full service	15.64¢
Co-Mo Electric Coop	31,352	Full service	14.93¢
Intercounty Electric Coop Assn	30,009	Full service	13.03¢
Citizens Electric	24,997	Full service	15.24¢
Platte-Clay Electric Coop	23,816	Full service	12.90¢
Howell-Oregon Elec Coop	23,203	Full service	13.12¢
Three Rivers Electric Coop	22,757	Full service	13.03¢
Black River Electric Coop	21,606	Full service	13.61¢
Crawford Electric Coop	19,861	Full service	13.21¢
New-Mac Electric Coop	19,527	Full service	13.44¢
Webster Electric Coop	19,050	Full service	10.35¢
Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn	16,710	Full service	14.80¢
West Central Electric Coop	15,556	Full service	12.93¢
Callaway Electric Cooperative	12,767	Full service	16.76¢
Farmers Electric Coop	12,497	Full service	13.64¢
Central Missouri Elec Coop	11,259	Full service	12.63¢
SEMO Electric Cooperative	10,798	Full service	13.51¢
Clay County Electric Coop	10,554	Full service	14.44¢
Macon Electric Coop	10,059	Full service	15.75¢
City of Kirkwood	9,522	Full service	14.49¢
Gascosage Electric Coop	9,292	Full service	13.26¢
City of Rolla	8,097	Full service	11.10¢
City of Poplar Bluff	7,710	Full service	11.06¢
Consolidated Electric Coop	7,698	Full service	13.54¢
City of Hannibal	7,673	Full service	14.03¢
City of Farmington	7,396	Full service	14.59¢

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

No residential customers in the 2025 extract

These 87 EIA respondents touch Missouri 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.

Atchison-Holt Electric Coop · Cooperative
Barry Electric Coop · Cooperative
Barton County Elec Coop, Inc · Cooperative
Carrollton Board of Public Wks · Municipal
Central Electric Power Coop - (MO) · Cooperative
Chillicothe Municipal Utils (MO) · Municipal
City of Albany - (MO) · Municipal
City of Ava - (MO) · Municipal
City of Bethany - (MO) · Municipal
City of Butler - (MO) · Municipal
City of Cabool - (MO) · Municipal
City of California - (MO) · Municipal
City of Cameron · Municipal
City of Centralia - (MO) · Municipal
City of Crane - (MO) · Municipal
City of Cuba - (MO) · Municipal
City of Easton - (MO) · Municipal
City of El Dorado Springs - (MO) · Municipal
City of Fayette - (MO) · Municipal
City of Fredericktown - (MO) · Municipal
City of Fulton - (MO) · Municipal
City of Gallatin - (MO) · Municipal
City of Gilman City - (MO) · Municipal
City of Harrisonville - (MO) · Municipal
City of Hermann · Municipal
City of Higginsville - (MO) · Municipal
City of Houston - (MO) · Municipal
City of Hunnewell - (MO) · Municipal
City of Jackson - (MO) · Municipal
City of Kahoka - (MO) · Municipal
City of Kennett - (MO) · Municipal
City of La Plata - (MO) · Municipal
City of Lamar - (MO) · Municipal
City of Liberal - (MO) · Municipal
City of Linneus - (MO) · Municipal
City of Macon - (MO) · Municipal
City of Malden - (MO) · Municipal
City of Mansfield - (MO) · Municipal
City of Marceline - (MO) · Municipal
City of Marshall - (MO) · Municipal
City of Meadville - (MO) · Municipal
City of Memphis - (MO) · Municipal
City of Milan - (MO) · Municipal
City of Mindenmines - (MO) · Municipal
City of Monroe City - (MO) · Municipal
City of Mount Vernon - (MO) · Municipal
City of Mountain View - (MO) · Municipal
City of New Madrid - (MO) · Municipal
City of Newburg - (MO) · Municipal
City of Nixa - (MO) · Municipal
City of Odessa - (MO) · Municipal
City of Osceola - (MO) · Municipal
City of Palmyra - (MO) · Municipal
City of Paris - (MO) · Municipal
City of Perry - (MO) · Municipal
City of Richland - (MO) · Municipal
City of Rockport - (MO) · Municipal
City of Salem - (MO) · Municipal
City of Salisbury - (MO) · Municipal
City of Seymour - (MO) · Municipal
City of Shelbina - (MO) · Municipal
City of Slater - (MO) · Municipal
City of St James - (MO) · Municipal
City of St Robert - (MO) · Municipal
City of Stanberry - (MO) · Municipal
City of Steelville · Municipal
City of Sullivan - (MO) · Municipal
City of Thayer - (MO) · Municipal
City of Unionville - (MO) · Municipal
City of Vandalia - (MO) · Municipal
City of Waynesville - (MO) · Municipal
City of West Plains - (MO) · Municipal
City of Willow Springs - (MO) · Municipal
City of Winona - (MO) · Municipal
Grundy Electric Coop, Inc · Cooperative
Howard Electric Coop · Cooperative
Lewis County Rural E C A · Cooperative
Lockwood Water & Light Company · Municipal
North Central MO Elec Coop Inc · Cooperative
Pemiscot-Dunklin Elec Coop Inc · Cooperative
Ralls County Electric Coop · Cooperative
Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc · Cooperative
SE-MA-NO Electric Coop · Cooperative
Trenton Municipal Utilities - (MO) · Municipal
Tri-County Electric Coop Assn (MO) · Cooperative
United Electric Coop, Inc - (MO) · Cooperative
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration · Federal

A bill at the July 2026 state average

Monthly use	At 16.09¢/kWh
500 kWh	$80.45
750 kWh	$120.68
1,000 kWh	$160.90
1,500 kWh	$241.35
2,000 kWh	$321.80

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.

Missouri Public Service Commission

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