Missouri · Investor Owned
Empire District Electric Co
14.77¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $154.21 at 1,044.1 kWh a month, across 144,059 customers on that row.
Missouri averaged 13.30¢/kWh and $137.97 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: 144,059, 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
$147.70
14.77¢/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 | 12.68¢ | $136.53 | 1,076.7 | 126,909 |
| 2016 | 13.22¢ | $140.41 | 1,061.7 | 127,897 |
| 2017 | 13.96¢ | $140.44 | 1,006.1 | 129,017 |
| 2018 | 14.07¢ | $161.34 | 1,146.8 | 129,991 |
| 2019 | 13.45¢ | $145.90 | 1,084.7 | 131,232 |
| 2020 | 13.42¢ | $138.30 | 1,030.3 | 133,019 |
| 2021 | 13.37¢ | $141.90 | 1,061.6 | 134,689 |
| 2022 | 15.20¢ | $170.81 | 1,124.0 | 136,488 |
| 2023 | 15.93¢ | $160.62 | 1,008.0 | 139,947 |
| 2024 | 14.99¢ | $151.34 | 1,009.8 | 142,537 |
| 2025 | 14.77¢ | $154.21 | 1,044.1 | 144,059 |
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
Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Polk, St Clair, Stone, Taney.
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