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Kansas · Regulated — advisory only

Commercial electricity in Kansas

Kansas commercial accounts purchase supply from the regulated utility serving their address. Cost work is tariff, demand and efficiency.

  • StructureRegulated — advisory only
  • RegulatorKCC

What Kansas businesses pay for electricity

Average commercial electricity price in Kansas

11.60¢ per kWh

12 months to August 2026 · EIA, preliminary

  • vs US average (13.87¢)−16%below the national figure
  • vs previous 12 months+3.9%from 11.16¢
  • Final 2025 (EIA-861)11.19¢20th lowest of 51 markets
  • Average commercial customer5,518 kWha month, about 617 at the 2025 average
  • Since 2020+8%US +26% over the same years
Kansas average commercial electricity price compared with the US, 2010 to 2025, and the 12 months to August 2026 Kansas: 8.25¢ in 2010, 11.19¢ in 2025, 11.60¢ over the 12 months to August 2026 (preliminary). United States: 10.19¢, 13.37¢, 13.87¢. 6¢8¢10¢12¢14¢16¢ 20102012201420162018202020222024 12 mo KS 11.60¢ US 13.87¢
KansasUnited States12 months to Aug 2026, preliminary
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Average commercial electricity price, cents per kWh (EIA)
PeriodKansasUnited States
20108.25¢10.19¢
20118.78¢10.24¢
20129.24¢10.09¢
20139.68¢10.26¢
201410.13¢10.74¢
201510.10¢10.64¢
201610.47¢10.43¢
201710.59¢10.66¢
201810.66¢10.67¢
201910.29¢10.68¢
202010.40¢10.59¢
202110.52¢11.22¢
202211.51¢12.41¢
202310.85¢12.59¢
202411.19¢12.75¢
202511.19¢13.37¢
12 months to Aug 2026 (preliminary)11.60¢13.87¢

This is the average revenue per kWh from every commercial customer in Kansas, from a corner shop to a hospital: energy, delivery, demand and other charges billed, divided by kWh sold. The average customer uses more than a typical small business, because a few very large customers pull the mean up. It is dated context for reading a bill — not a quote, not an available offer, and not what any one business pays.

What a typical building pays in Kansas

The same federal survey of commercial buildings behind the cost estimator, run for a typical-sized building of eight common kinds and priced at Kansas's average commercial price for the 12 months to August 2026. Typical size is the median floor area of the surveyed buildings of that kind, and the middle half is the range between the 25th and 75th percentile of them.

What a typical building of each kind pays for electricity in Kansas, per month
BuildingTypical sizeTypical billMiddle halfSurvey basis
Office building5,000 sq ft$430$300 to $600269 in the Midwest
Medical, dental or outpatient clinic5,500 sq ft$730$440 to $1,100257 nationwide
Retail store or showroom6,500 sq ft$640$330 to $92081 in the Midwest
Grocery or convenience store2,400 sq ft$1,200$860 to $1,80091 nationwide
Sit-down restaurant or cafeteria3,850 sq ft$1,500$870 to $2,100132 nationwide
Warehouse or distribution centre6,700 sq ft$190$100 to $510169 in the Midwest
Hotel, motel or inn12,000 sq ft$1,700$1,100 to $2,600304 nationwide
Gym, fitness or recreation facility8,300 sq ft$740$560 to $1,400148 nationwide

A screening estimate, not a quote. The price is an average across every commercial customer in Kansas, scaled for building size, and the buildings are whole buildings from EIA's 2018 survey, so a suite inside a larger building, or one with unusual hours or equipment, can differ a lot. Estimate your own building in Kansas, or check a real bill.

What utilities billed commercial customers in Kansas

For each utility, EIA records how many commercial customers it had in 2025 and the average revenue per kWh it billed them. The 10 largest of 21 Kansas utilities with 500 or more commercial customers are shown.

Largest utilities in Kansas by commercial customers, with the average price each billed in 2025
UtilityTypeCommercial customersBundled price per kWh
Evergy Kansas Central, IncInvestor-owned54,56711.09¢
Evergy Kansas South, IncInvestor-owned41,19811.26¢
Evergy MetroInvestor-owned31,60010.67¢
Midwest Energy IncCooperative13,42811.16¢
Wheatland Electric Coop, IncCooperative10,92511.88¢
Pioneer Electric Coop, IncCooperative10,4889.48¢
Prairie Land Electric Coop IncCooperative8,93714.17¢
City of Kansas CityMunicipal6,90811.75¢
Western Coop Electric Assn IncCooperative5,7899.51¢
Southern Pioneer Electric CompanyCooperative4,44114.53¢

Together the 10 shown serve about 77% of Kansas’s 245,381 commercial customers, and all 21 serve about 83%. All Kansas commercial customers together averaged 11.19¢ per kWh in 2025.

Bundled is the price paid by commercial customers who buy their energy and delivery from the utility, so it is an all-in price. Delivery-only is what the utility billed customers who buy their energy from a competitive supplier, so it is the delivery charge alone and cannot be compared with a bundled price. Each figure averages every commercial customer of that utility and service type, from a corner shop to a campus, so a utility with larger customers averages a lower price per kWh. It is dated context, not a quote and not an offer, and the utility that serves an address is named on its bill.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2025 final data. Utilities across the country · every utility as a CSV.

Kansas commercial accounts purchase supply from the regulated utility serving their address. There is no competitive retail supply market for general commercial accounts, so no supplier comparison exists to run in Kansas. Controllable cost sits in utility rate schedule fit, demand charges, billing accuracy and efficiency instead.

Source: Kansas Corporation Commission market structure; this site's market registry · 2026-10-31

Regulated — no supply choice. No supplier-shopping claim.

What a Kansas commercial account can actually do

There is no competitive retail supply market for general commercial accounts in Kansas. Any site offering to compare supplier rates for a Kansas commercial account is describing something that does not exist, and the lead form behind that offer is the product.

The cost is still controllable. It is just controlled through the tariff rather than through a contract:

  • Rate schedule fit. Utility rate schedules are designed around assumed load shapes. An account whose actual shape has drifted from the schedule it sits on can be paying a demand rate built for a much steadier consumer, or a volumetric rate built for a much peakier one. Correcting it is computed from your own usage against a publicly filed alternative tariff, so you or your accountant can verify it.
  • Demand charges and ratchet exposure. Frequently the largest controllable line on a Kansas commercial bill. A ratchet clause means one high interval can set a billing floor for months afterwards, and the recovery date is worth knowing before you plan any load addition.
  • Billing accuracy. Meter multipliers, customer classification errors and misapplied riders are more common than most operators expect, and they compound silently because nobody re-reads a bill that looks familiar.
  • Efficiency and load management, including any KCC-approved utility program the account already qualifies for and is not claiming.

None of that requires a supply market, which is why this work is available in Kansas on exactly the same terms as in a competitive state. It is also work no supplier would ever raise with you, because there is no supply commission attached to any of it.

Where Kansas sits

Every US market on one view, coloured by what an account can actually do there. Kansas is highlighted, and every other tile is a link.

Alaska — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 22.8 cents per kWh AK 22.8¢ Maine — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 22.2 cents per kWh ME 22.2¢ Vermont — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 20.8 cents per kWh VT 20.8¢ New Hampshire — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 21.1 cents per kWh NH 21.1¢ Washington — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.7 cents per kWh WA 11.7¢ Idaho — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 9.6 cents per kWh ID 9.6¢ Montana — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 12.7 cents per kWh MT 12.7¢ North Dakota — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 7.6 cents per kWh ND 7.6¢ Minnesota — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 12.6 cents per kWh MN 12.6¢ Illinois — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 13.8 cents per kWh IL 13.8¢ Wisconsin — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 13.5 cents per kWh WI 13.5¢ Michigan — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 15.3 cents per kWh MI 15.3¢ New York — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 22.3 cents per kWh NY 22.3¢ Rhode Island — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 23.6 cents per kWh RI 23.6¢ Massachusetts — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 24.2 cents per kWh MA 24.2¢ Oregon — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 10.3 cents per kWh OR 10.3¢ Nevada — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 9.3 cents per kWh NV 9.3¢ Wyoming — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 9.7 cents per kWh WY 9.7¢ South Dakota — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.3 cents per kWh SD 11.3¢ Iowa — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.3 cents per kWh IA 11.3¢ Indiana — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 13.8 cents per kWh IN 13.8¢ Ohio — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 13.2 cents per kWh OH 13.2¢ Pennsylvania — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 13.6 cents per kWh PA 13.6¢ New Jersey — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 17.4 cents per kWh NJ 17.4¢ Connecticut — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 21.7 cents per kWh CT 21.7¢ California — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 27.0 cents per kWh CA 27.0¢ Utah — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 10.3 cents per kWh UT 10.3¢ Colorado — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 13.1 cents per kWh CO 13.1¢ Nebraska — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 8.9 cents per kWh NE 8.9¢ Missouri — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 10.9 cents per kWh MO 10.9¢ Kentucky — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 12.4 cents per kWh KY 12.4¢ West Virginia — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.7 cents per kWh WV 11.7¢ Virginia — Limited or special pathway. Average commercial price 11.0 cents per kWh VA 11.0¢ Maryland — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 16.6 cents per kWh MD 16.6¢ Delaware — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 13.6 cents per kWh DE 13.6¢ Arizona — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 12.2 cents per kWh AZ 12.2¢ New Mexico — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 10.9 cents per kWh NM 10.9¢ Kansas — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.6 cents per kWh KS 11.6¢ Arkansas — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.3 cents per kWh AR 11.3¢ Tennessee — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 13.3 cents per kWh TN 13.3¢ North Carolina — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 10.6 cents per kWh NC 10.6¢ South Carolina — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.7 cents per kWh SC 11.7¢ District of Columbia — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 22.9 cents per kWh DC 22.9¢ Oklahoma — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 9.3 cents per kWh OK 9.3¢ Louisiana — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.5 cents per kWh LA 11.5¢ Mississippi — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 13.8 cents per kWh MS 13.8¢ Alabama — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 14.8 cents per kWh AL 14.8¢ Georgia — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.8 cents per kWh GA 11.8¢ Hawaii — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 40.3 cents per kWh HI 40.3¢ Texas — Competitive supply market. Average commercial price 8.6 cents per kWh TX 8.6¢ Florida — Regulated — advisory only. Average commercial price 11.7 cents per kWh FL 11.7¢
  • 14 you can choose — businesses can pick their supplier
  • 6 some can choose — by size, cap or program
  • 31 utility only — other charges can still be fixed

Number on each tile: average commercial electricity price in cents per kWh, 12 months to August 2026 (EIA, preliminary).

Before we can answer anything specific

We verify from the account, not from the address alone:

  • The utility territory actually serving the service address
  • The account identifier and customer class
  • Current supply arrangement, including any aggregation and its termination status
  • Contract expiry date and whether the decision window is open
  • 12 months of consumption and, where metered, peak demand
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