Arkansas · Investor Owned
Empire District Electric Co
13.80¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $130.25 at 943.8 kWh a month, across 4,898 customers on that row.
Arkansas averaged 12.87¢/kWh and $138.42 a month. The United States averaged 17.23¢/kWh and $150.68. State and national figures come from EIA's Average Bill file.
Revenue divided by sales, EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2025, released October 7, 2026. Texas wires utilities come from the Delivery Companies file. The price and bill use bundled service. Customer count: 4,898, the largest residential count across service types.
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The figure below is this utility's 2025 EIA residential average.
2025 EIA average
$138.00
13.80¢/kWh × 1,000 kWh. Bundled residential average, EIA-861 2025. The customer charge is already folded into this average, so it stands beside a tariff total rather than being added to it.
Annual history
| Year | ¢/kWh | Avg. bill | Avg. kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.69¢ | $126.96 | 927.7 | 3,644 |
| 2016 | 12.01¢ | $110.55 | 920.2 | 3,678 |
| 2017 | 12.44¢ | $109.35 | 878.9 | 3,743 |
| 2018 | 12.69¢ | $123.53 | 973.8 | 3,859 |
| 2019 | 11.66¢ | $107.18 | 919.4 | 3,962 |
| 2020 | 12.51¢ | $109.97 | 878.9 | 4,121 |
| 2021 | 12.43¢ | $113.50 | 912.8 | 4,317 |
| 2022 | 13.12¢ | $128.27 | 977.9 | 4,508 |
| 2023 | 15.49¢ | $143.78 | 928.5 | 4,724 |
| 2024 | 13.39¢ | $123.02 | 918.4 | 4,813 |
| 2025 | 13.80¢ | $130.25 | 943.8 | 4,898 |
EIA-861, 2015–2025, using the same service type as the 2025 figure. A blank year means that service was not in the file.
Counties
Benton.
EIA-861 Service Territory, 2025. A listed county is the county EIA recorded. It does not mean every address in the county is served. Open this utility in the bill calculator · Rate history tool