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Commercial electricity in Topeka, Kansas
Which electric utilities serve businesses in Topeka, what each charged commercial customers in EIA’s 2025 data, and where Kansas’s prices stand.
EIA lists 2 electric utilities in Shawnee County, which contains Topeka. Evergy Kansas Central, the largest by commercial customers, averaged 11.09¢ per kWh for them in 2025. Kansas’s average commercial price was 11.60¢ per kWh over the 12 months to August 2026.
Source: EIA Form EIA-861 (2025) and Form EIA-861M; U.S. Census Bureau
Electric utilities serving Topeka
These are the utilities EIA records in Shawnee County. EIA lists a utility in a county when it has customers anywhere in it, so this is everyone with a presence, ordered by commercial customers across Kansas, not a statement about any one address. Prices are EIA’s averages over all of each utility’s commercial customers: revenue divided by kWh.
| Utility | Type | Commercial customers in KS | Average commercial price, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central | Investor-owned | 54,567 | 11.09¢ |
| FreeState Electric Coop | Cooperative | 1,478 | 15.27¢ |
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What businesses in Topeka pay
Across Kansas, businesses paid an average 11.60¢ per kWh over the 12 months to August 2026, 16.4% below the U.S. average of 13.87¢, and up 3.9% on the 12 months before. That ranks Kansas 34 of 51, where 1 is the highest price. In 2025 the average commercial account in the state used 5,518 kWh a month, about $617 a month at the state price; that is a mean pulled up by a few very large users, so most small businesses use less.
A city has no price of its own: two businesses on the same street can pay very different amounts per kWh, because the rate schedule, the size of the peak and, where it is allowed, the supply contract matter more than the location. The Kansas page has the state’s price history since 2010 and every utility with at least 500 commercial customers.
Choosing a supplier in Topeka
Kansas commercial accounts purchase supply from the regulated utility serving their address. Cost work is tariff, demand and efficiency.
Where prices are heading
EIA does not forecast single states. For the West North Central census division, which includes Kansas, its November 2026 Short-Term Energy Outlook puts the average commercial price at 10.80¢ per kWh for 2026 and 10.89¢ for 2027, up 4.4% from 10.43¢ in 2025. The forecast for every region.
About Topeka
The Census Bureau estimates Topeka had 125,795 residents on July 1, 2025, down 0.5% from 126,427 in 2020. It lies in Shawnee County.
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Common questions
- Who provides electricity to businesses in Topeka?
- EIA lists Evergy Kansas Central and FreeState Electric Coop as electric utilities in Shawnee County. Which one serves a given address depends on the street; the utility on an existing bill is the definitive answer, and a utility can confirm service for a new site.
- What is the average commercial electricity rate in Topeka?
- There is no official figure for a city. EIA publishes prices by state and by utility: Evergy Kansas Central averaged 11.09¢ per kWh for its commercial customers in 2025, and Kansas averaged 11.60¢ over the 12 months to August 2026. A business’s own price depends on its rate schedule, its demand and, where it can choose, its supply contract.
- Can a business in Topeka choose its electricity supplier?
- Kansas commercial accounts purchase supply from the regulated utility serving their address. Cost work is tariff, demand and efficiency. The state page for Kansas explains how it works and who regulates it.
Averages describe Topeka; a bill describes your business. A person can read yours: rate schedule, demand, riders, contract window. Nobody calls unless you ask.