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The average electric bill in Kentucky

Kentucky households paid $143.72 a month for electricity in 2025, at 13.13¢ per kilowatt-hour for 1,094 kWh a month. That is 2% below the national median, and ranks #28 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$143.72
US median $147.18
Price
13.13¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
1,094
kWh per month
Households
2,088,933
residential accounts

What each Kentucky utility charges, most expensive first

Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation charges 17.66¢ per kWh and City of Berea Municipal Utility charges 9.52¢ — 1.9× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1Jackson Purchase Energy CorporationCooperative · 23,989 homes17.66¢per kWh$214.411,214 kWh/mo1.28× dearer
2Kenergy CorpCooperative · 47,514 homes16.29¢per kWh$200.191,229 kWh/mo1.18× dearer
3Grayson Rural Electric Coop CorpCooperative · 14,471 homes15.99¢per kWh$161.181,008 kWh/mo1.16× dearer
4Kentucky Power CoInvestor Owned · 130,322 homes15.95¢per kWh$196.991,235 kWh/mo1.15× dearer
5City of Paducah - (KY)Municipal · 18,967 homes15.35¢per kWh$139.07906 kWh/mo1.11× dearer
6Meade County Rural E C CCooperative · 29,572 homes15.26¢per kWh$157.741,034 kWh/mo1.10× dearer
7Licking Valley Rural E C CCooperative · 16,861 homes15.21¢per kWh$145.00953 kWh/mo1.10× dearer
8City of Benton - (KY)Municipal · 1,891 homes14.95¢per kWh$160.891,076 kWh/mo1.08× dearer
9Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop CorpCooperative · 11,521 homes14.81¢per kWh$170.411,151 kWh/mo1.07× dearer
10Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (KY)Cooperative · 49,590 homes14.76¢per kWh$174.771,184 kWh/mo1.07× dearer
11City of Murray - (KY)Municipal · 6,187 homes14.27¢per kWh$127.20891 kWh/mo1.03× dearer
12West Kentucky Rural E C CCooperative · 32,248 homes14.17¢per kWh$171.471,210 kWh/mo1.02× dearer
13City of Fulton - (KY)Municipal · 1,195 homes14.11¢per kWh$139.12986 kWh/mo1.02× dearer
14City of JellicoMunicipal · 1,755 homes14.10¢per kWh$157.501,117 kWh/mo1.02× dearer
15Gibson Electric Members CorpCooperative · 2,531 homes14.04¢per kWh$169.831,210 kWh/mo1.01× dearer
16City of Glasgow - (KY)Municipal · 5,675 homes13.96¢per kWh$137.93988 kWh/mo1.01× dearer
17Shelby Energy Coop, Inc - (KY)Cooperative · 17,245 homes13.95¢per kWh$177.811,275 kWh/mo1.01× dearer
18City of Mayfield Plant BoardMunicipal · 4,351 homes13.87¢per kWh$126.98916 kWh/mo1.00× dearer
19Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopCooperative · 40,704 homes13.86¢per kWh$172.341,243 kWh/mo1.00× dearer
20Duke Energy KentuckyInvestor Owned · 140,950 homes13.86¢per kWh$128.35926 kWh/mo1.00× dearer
21Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (KY)Cooperative · 26,993 homes13.70¢per kWh$158.351,156 kWh/mo1.01× cheaper
22South Kentucky Rural E C CCooperative · 65,346 homes13.55¢per kWh$143.351,058 kWh/mo1.02× cheaper
23City of Franklin - (KY)Municipal · 4,621 homes13.42¢per kWh$139.851,042 kWh/mo1.03× cheaper
24City of Owensboro - (KY)Municipal · 23,316 homes13.40¢per kWh$107.23800 kWh/mo1.03× cheaper
25Taylor County Rural E C CCooperative · 24,888 homes13.38¢per kWh$143.621,074 kWh/mo1.03× cheaper
26Clark Energy Coop Inc - (KY)Cooperative · 26,315 homes13.35¢per kWh$149.571,120 kWh/mo1.04× cheaper
27City of HopkinsvilleMunicipal · 9,760 homes13.27¢per kWh$135.181,019 kWh/mo1.04× cheaper
28Tri-County Elec Member Corp (TN)Cooperative · 20,632 homes13.13¢per kWh$157.301,198 kWh/mo1.05× cheaper
29Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.Cooperative · 22,506 homes13.11¢per kWh$147.981,129 kWh/mo1.06× cheaper
30Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (KY)Cooperative · 25,109 homes13.04¢per kWh$142.771,095 kWh/mo1.06× cheaper
31Fleming-Mason Energy Coop IncCooperative · 23,845 homes13.03¢per kWh$140.481,079 kWh/mo1.06× cheaper
32Nolin Rural Electric Coop CorpCooperative · 36,631 homes12.78¢per kWh$147.191,151 kWh/mo1.08× cheaper
33Warren Rural Elec Coop CorpCooperative · 61,500 homes12.67¢per kWh$167.101,319 kWh/mo1.09× cheaper
34Blue Grass Energy Coop CorpCooperative · 61,870 homes12.61¢per kWh$156.881,244 kWh/mo1.10× cheaper
35City of Russellville - (KY)Municipal · 3,098 homes12.61¢per kWh$129.331,026 kWh/mo1.10× cheaper
36Owen Electric Coop IncCooperative · 65,069 homes12.59¢per kWh$144.681,149 kWh/mo1.10× cheaper
37Louisville Gas & Electric CoInvestor Owned · 388,146 homes12.42¢per kWh$116.37937 kWh/mo1.11× cheaper
38City of Bowling Green - (KY)Municipal · 27,433 homes12.15¢per kWh$109.97905 kWh/mo1.14× cheaper
39Madisonville Municipal UtilsMunicipal · 6,923 homes11.92¢per kWh$109.66920 kWh/mo1.16× cheaper
40Kentucky Utilities CoInvestor Owned · 454,021 homes11.90¢per kWh$138.471,164 kWh/mo1.16× cheaper
41City of Frankfort - (KY)Municipal · 17,258 homes11.11¢per kWh$116.131,046 kWh/mo1.25× cheaper
42Salt River Electric Coop CorpCooperative · 54,002 homes10.94¢per kWh$137.721,258 kWh/mo1.27× cheaper
43Henderson City Utility CommMunicipal · 10,505 homes10.90¢per kWh$105.97972 kWh/mo1.27× cheaper
44City of Berea Municipal UtilityMunicipal · 4,698 homes9.52¢per kWh$103.561,088 kWh/mo1.45× cheaper

Price is residential revenue divided by residential kilowatt-hours sold, for bundled service only. Typical bill is that utility’s residential revenue spread over its residential accounts and twelve months, not a quoted tariff. The median priced utility charges 13.84¢ per kWh.

Price is only half of it

The median Kentucky utility also leaves customers without power for 6.3 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Kentucky utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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