Midwest Energy commercial electricity rates in Kansas

• Average commercial price, 202511.16¢per kWh, all commercial customers
• vs Kansas averageLevelstate commercial average 11.19¢
• Commercial customers13,4284th largest of 21 in Kansas
• Average use2,482 kWha month per commercial customer
• Average bill$277a month per commercial customer
• Since 2015−4.5%from 11.69¢ per kWh
• Outages314 mina year per customer · US average 124

Midwest Energy is an electric cooperative serving 34 counties in Kansas. Among the 21 Kansas utilities in EIA’s 2025 sales data with 500 or more commercial customers, it is the 4th largest, with about 5.5% of the state’s commercial customers. EIA lists it as Midwest Energy Inc.

Midwest Energy commercial electricity prices, 2015 to 2025

In 2015 Midwest Energy billed its commercial customers an average of 11.69¢ per kWh. In 2025 the figure was 11.16¢, so it fell 4.5% over 10 years. The average for all commercial customers in Kansas rose 11% over the same period. The highest year was 2021, at 11.81¢. Between 2024 and 2025 it rose 4.4%.

Average use and average bill are the utility’s commercial sales and revenue divided by its commercial customers and by twelve. The bill is an all-in figure: energy, delivery, demand and fixed charges together. A few very large customers pull both averages up, so most businesses use and pay less than the average.

Residential, commercial and industrial prices at Midwest Energy

In 2025 the average commercial price at Midwest Energy was 7.1% below the residential figure and 35% above the industrial one. Larger customers take power at a higher voltage and use it more steadily, so at most utilities the average falls from residential to commercial to industrial. Which class an account falls in is the utility’s decision, and the line between commercial and industrial is drawn differently from one utility to the next.

How Midwest Energy’s commercial rates are set

Midwest Energy is a cooperative, owned by the members it serves. Its board sets its rates, and in some states the state commission reviews them as well. A commercial account is billed on a rate schedule, chosen by the size of the account and the voltage it takes power at, and a schedule usually combines a fixed monthly charge, a charge per kWh and, above a certain size, a demand charge on the highest rate of draw in the month. The schedule code is printed on the bill. There is no competitive supply market for ordinary commercial accounts in Kansas, so the levers are the schedule, the peak and the amount used.

Meters, time-varying rates and net metering at Midwest Energy

EIA counts 13,428 commercial meters at Midwest Energy in 2025, and 13,428 of them (100%) are advanced meters (AMI), which record use at least hourly and report it to the utility at least daily. An advanced meter is what makes interval data possible, and interval data is what shows when a building’s peak demand happens.

How reliable is Midwest Energy’s electric service?

Midwest Energy customers went without power for an average of 314 minutes in 2025, excluding major storms, with about 2.23 interruptions per customer. The average across U.S. utilities reporting the same way is 124 minutes. With major storms counted the figure was 581 minutes. These are averages over every customer of every class, so they describe the system and not any one street.

Where Midwest Energy serves

EIA records Midwest Energy serving customers in 34 Kansas counties: Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hodgeman, Lane, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Ness, Norton, Osborne, Pawnee, and 16 more. A county can be shared between utilities, so this does not tell you who serves a given address. The utility that serves an address is the one named on its bill.

EIA lists the Southwest Power Pool as its balancing authority. SPP is one of the organised wholesale markets, which run the grid and the wholesale power market across their area.

Other utilities in Kansas

The average each billed its commercial customers in 2025. The Kansas page has the state’s own figures and every utility with 500 or more commercial customers.

• Evergy Kansas Central (11.09¢)
• Evergy Kansas South (11.26¢)
• Evergy Metro (10.67¢)
• Wheatland Electric Cooperative (11.88¢)
• Pioneer Electric Cooperative (9.48¢)

What these figures can and cannot tell you

• They are averages over every commercial customer. A utility whose commercial customers are mostly large averages fewer cents per kWh than one serving mostly small shops, so a lower figure can mean larger customers and not a lower rate.
• They are not a rate schedule. None of these figures is a charge printed in Midwest Energy’s tariff, and nothing here works out a bill from one. The tariff index lists the utilities whose filed schedules are quoted on this site.
• They are annual and final. EIA publishes utility figures once a year. The Kansas page carries the state’s trailing 12 months, which is more recent and still preliminary.

For one building, the cost estimator gives a range by building type, size and state, and price by utility sets every utility side by side. Commercial vs residential vs industrial compares the classes in every state.

Data: every year of these figures, for this utility and every other with a page, is in one CSV, free to use with credit to the U.S. Energy Information Administration and this site. To cite this page: Midwest Energy commercial electricity rates, CommercialElectricityRates.com, from EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data.

Common questions about Midwest Energy

What is the average commercial electricity rate at Midwest Energy?

Midwest Energy billed its commercial customers in Kansas an average of 11.16¢ per kWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is level with the Kansas commercial average of 11.19¢. It is the utility’s commercial revenue divided by its commercial sales, so it describes the whole class and is not the rate on any one schedule.

How much is the average commercial electric bill at Midwest Energy?

About $277 a month in 2025, on average use of about 2,482 kWh a month. That is Midwest Energy’s commercial revenue divided by its 13,428 commercial customers. A few very large accounts pull the average up, so most businesses pay less than this.

Have Midwest Energy’s commercial electricity rates gone up?

The average Midwest Energy billed commercial customers fell 4.5% between 2015 and 2025, from 11.69¢ to 11.16¢ per kWh. The Kansas commercial average rose 11% over the same period.

How reliable is Midwest Energy’s electric service?

Midwest Energy customers averaged 314 minutes without power in 2025, excluding major storms, against a 124-minute average for U.S. utilities reporting the same way (EIA).

Does Midwest Energy use smart meters for businesses?

EIA counts 13,428 advanced (AMI) meters among Midwest Energy’s 13,428 commercial meters in 2025, which is 100%. An advanced meter records use at least hourly, which is what makes interval data and time-varying rates possible.

Is this the rate my business will pay Midwest Energy?

No. It is an average over every commercial customer, from a corner shop to a campus. What one business pays depends on its rate schedule, how much it uses and how hard it draws at its peak. The schedule code is printed on the bill, and the schedule itself is in Midwest Energy’s tariff.