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Kentucky Electricity Utilities & Rates

60 electric utilities serve Kentucky · EIA Form 861 2025, with monthly prices through August 2026

Utilities
60
Customers
2,458,328
Electricity sold
76,975 GWh
Residential rate (2025)
13.13¢
Avg residential bill
$144/mo
Residential price (August 2026)
13.80¢

Average Kentucky electricity prices, 2025

Customer classAvg priceAvg monthly useAvg monthly bill
Residential13.13¢1,094 kWh$143.72
Commercial11.75¢5,273 kWh$619.74
Industrial6.78¢489,986 kWh$33,220.80

EIA Form 861 average-bill tables for 2025: total class revenue divided by sales and customers as filed. Prices are average realized rates, blending fixed and variable charges - not any single tariff.

Latest monthly prices (EIA-861M, preliminary)

PeriodResidentialCommercialIndustrialAll sectors
August 202613.80¢12.09¢7.37¢11.14¢
2026 year-to-date14.20¢12.64¢7.49¢11.34¢

Electric utilities serving Kentucky

UtilityOwnershipCustomers in stateSales (GWh)Residential rate
Kentucky Utilities CoInvestor Owned550,61318,14511.90¢
Louisville Gas & Electric CoInvestor Owned441,26711,38112.42¢
Kentucky Power CoInvestor Owned161,8475,27815.95¢
Duke Energy KentuckyInvestor Owned155,7754,08513.86¢
Warren Rural Elec Coop CorpCooperative77,3622,36112.67¢
South Kentucky Rural E C CCooperative71,9301,28513.55¢
Owen Electric Coop IncCooperative67,9023,03112.59¢
Blue Grass Energy Coop CorpCooperative65,1571,47912.61¢
Kenergy CorpCooperative60,0305,49316.29¢
Salt River Electric Coop CorpCooperative57,9461,34510.94¢
Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY)Cooperative53,54899914.76¢
Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopCooperative47,6541,32913.86¢
Nolin Rural Electric Coop CorpCooperative39,52376612.78¢
West Kentucky Rural E C CCooperative39,27193414.17¢
City of Bowling Green - (KY)Municipal32,82886412.15¢
Meade County Rural E C CCooperative31,8061,17115.26¢
Adjustment 202531,38174611.80¢
Jackson Purchase Energy CorporationCooperative30,80787617.66¢
Clark Energy Coop Inc - (KY)Cooperative28,62246213.35¢
Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (KY)Cooperative28,40359413.70¢
Taylor County Rural E C CCooperative28,16257113.38¢
Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY)Cooperative27,22550413.04¢
City of Owensboro - (KY)Municipal26,58976613.40¢
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)Cooperative26,55572213.13¢
Fleming-Mason Energy Coop IncCooperative26,25598813.03¢
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.Cooperative24,23751713.11¢
City of Paducah - (KY)Municipal22,84371415.35¢
City of Frankfort - (KY)Municipal22,01966711.11¢
Licking Valley Rural E C CCooperative17,95532415.21¢
Shelby Energy Coop, Inc - (KY)Cooperative17,90649613.95¢
Grayson Rural Electric Coop CorpCooperative15,63929215.99¢
City of HopkinsvilleMunicipal12,84436913.27¢
Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop CorpCooperative12,53320614.81¢
Henderson City Utility CommMunicipal12,18351110.90¢
Madisonville Municipal UtilsMunicipal8,45325411.92¢
City of Murray - (KY)Municipal7,99125714.27¢
City of Glasgow - (KY)Municipal7,68822013.96¢
City of Nicholasville - (KY)Municipal6,950161—
City of Franklin - (KY)Municipal5,93922713.42¢
City of Berea Municipal UtilityMunicipal5,3501279.52¢
City of Mayfield Plant BoardMunicipal5,21012613.87¢
City of Bardstown - (KY)Municipal4,747191—
Corbin City Utilities CommMunicipal4,27369.8—
Barbourville Utility CommMunicipal4,24187.0—
City of Russellville - (KY)Municipal4,19211112.61¢
City of Princeton - (KY)Municipal3,802110—
Gibson Electric Members CorpCooperative3,41981.814.04¢
City of Paris - (KY)Municipal3,41137.8—
City of VanceburgMunicipal2,58749.9—
City of Benton - (KY)Municipal2,57670.614.95¢
City of JellicoMunicipal2,11629.114.10¢
Williamstown Utility CommMunicipal1,71335.8—
City of Fulton - (KY)Municipal1,60852.614.11¢
City of Providence - (KY)Municipal1,31323.2—
City of Olive Hill - (KY)Municipal1,25023.4—
City of Falmouth - (KY)Municipal1,07917.1—
City of HickmanMunicipal1,02816.214.99¢
City of Bardwell - (KY)Municipal4887.6—
City of BenhamMunicipal2715.6—
Tennessee Valley AuthorityFederal164,312—

Cheapest residential electricity in Kentucky (2025)

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Forms EIA-861 (2025) and EIA-861M (monthly, preliminary).

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