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Roughly 68,637 Kansas accounts belong to City of Kansas City, classed by EIA as municipal; the residential count is 61,475. Businesses and industry take 73% of the 2,153,199 MWh it sells; homes take 27%.
At 776 kWh a month a City of Kansas City home pays about $119 in energy: 15.36 ¢/kWh, 8.5% above the Kansas average of 14.15 ¢.
Businesses and industry take 73% of the 2,153,199 MWh it sells; homes take 27%.
The customer mix of City of Kansas City is its own: 61,475 home accounts buy 26.6% of 2,153,199 MWh, 7,082 commercial accounts buy 49.8%, and the remaining 23.6% goes to 80 industrial and other accounts. A typical City of Kansas City home uses 9,312 kWh a year, a typical business account 151,513.
| City of Kansas City, 2024 | Home | Business | Bill | SAIDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Kansas City | 15.36 ¢/kWh | 12.06 ¢/kWh | $119at 776 kWh | 181 minSAIDI |
| Kansas average against this company, which is 5 of 5 on priceLowest in this table | -1.21 ¢/kWhcompany 8.5% above | -0.87 ¢/kWhcompany 7.7% above | -$9a month at 776 kWh | -69 mincompany 69 above |
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | 14.29 ¢/kWhcompany 7.5% above | 11.02 ¢/kWhcompany 9.4% above | $1118 less than company | 102 mincompany 80 above |
City of Kansas City: -2.8% on 2024 for homes, Kansas +2.9%.
City of Kansas City: 14.93 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, -2.8% from 15.36 ¢; Kansas as a whole went +2.9%, so City of Kansas City trailed it by 5.6 points. Its SAIDI is 130 minutes against 181 in 2024.
City of Kansas City serves 61,475 homes in Kansas. At 776 kWh a month that is about 256 kg of CO₂, or 3,076 kg a year, at the Kansas plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Kansas generation mix.
11.66 ¢ in 2015, 15.36 ¢ in 2024 (+31.6%); Kansas 12.34 to 14.15 ¢.
| Year | City of Kansas City | Gap to Kansas residential | Gap to U.S. residential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.66 | -0.68 | -0.99 |
| 2016 | 11.64 | -1.42 | -0.91 |
| 2017 | 12.96 | -0.35 | +0.07 |
| 2018 | 13.20 | -0.15 | +0.33 |
| 2019 | 13.15 | +0.44 | +0.14 |
| 2020 | 13.20 | +0.35 | +0.05 |
| 2021 | 12.68 | -0.30 | -0.98 |
| 2022 | 14.21 | +0.22 | -0.83 |
| 2023 | 15.02 | +1.64 | -0.98 |
| 2024 | 15.36 | +1.21 | -1.12 |
10 rows from EIA retail sales.
CSV258 min in 2015, 181 in 2024.
| Year | City of Kansas City, no major events | City of Kansas City, all events |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 258 | 703 |
| 2016 | 231 | 252 |
| 2017 | 786 | 1226 |
| 2018 | 161 | 300 |
| 2019 | 135 | 214 |
| 2020 | 108 | 133 |
| 2021 | 153 | 394 |
| 2022 | 156 | 200 |
| 2023 | 176 | 739 |
| 2024 | 181 | 362 |
10 rows from EIA-861 survey.
CSV181.4 min, 1.82x the median reporter, rank 503 of 673.
City of Kansas City, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.
CSVFrom 11.66 ¢ in 2015 to 15.36 ¢ in 2024, a move of +31.6%: City of Kansas City outpaced its state (+14.7%) by 17.0 points, and +1.4 points against the U.S. City of Kansas City's sharpest move came in 2022, +12.0%. The latest year is the high at 15.36 ¢; the low was 11.64 ¢ (2016). 2024: +2.2% here, +5.8% for the Kansas average. SAIDI at City of Kansas City (major events excluded) fell from 258 minutes in 2015 to 181 in 2024, -30%; best year 2020 at 108. At 181 minutes in 2024, City of Kansas City sat +82 from the national SAIDI median, with 0 of 10 years below it. 2017: 1226 minutes with major events, 786 without, the widest gap of any year. City of Kansas City has 4 cheaper and 0 higher-priced Kansas peers among 5 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, bills 14.29 ¢ (-1.07).
Both measures lean against customers: 8.5% above the Kansas average on price and 1.8x the national median on outage minutes (181).
Home accounts at City of Kansas City went from 57,138 in 2015 to 61,475 in 2024, +7.6%. Business customers paid 0.79 times the home price in 2024 (12.06 against 15.36 ¢); the ratio was 0.81 in 2015. SAIFI went from 2.57 in 2015 to 1.64 in 2024, between 1.18 and 5.27.
City of Kansas City customers lost power for 181 minutes in 2024, down from 354 in 2013 (−49%). Its best year was 2020 (108 min), its worst 2017 (786 min), across 12 filed years. Against a Kansas median of 96 minutes in 2024, City of Kansas City was above the middle.
Home rates at City of Kansas City kept pace with inflation: 15.48 ¢ in 2013 and 15.76 ¢ in 2024 in 2025 dollars (+1.8%), 11.20 ¢ to 15.36 ¢ as billed. A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,858 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,891 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 18th cheapest of 64 in 2013, 15th of 21 in 2024 among Kansas utilities with 1,000+ homes.
City of Kansas City at 181 min in 2024 and the Kansas median at 96.
City of Kansas City: 15.76 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 15.36 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
| Year, City of Kansas Cit | ¢ billed | ¢ in 2025 $ | Price place, City of Kansas | SAIDI min | SAIFI | SAIDI place, City of Kansas | Kansas median SAIDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 11.20 | 15.48 | 18 of 64 | 354 | 3.01 | 13 of 13 | 155 |
| 2014 | 11.65 | 15.84 | 19 of 64 | 266 | 2.58 | 12 of 12 | 120 |
| 2015 | 11.66 | 15.84 | 16 of 63 | 258 | 2.57 | 12 of 13 | 136 |
| 2016 | 11.64 | 15.61 | 18 of 64 | 231 | 2.24 | 13 of 14 | 170 |
| 2017 | 12.96 | 17.02 | 29 of 63 | 786 | 5.27 | 15 of 15 | 102 |
| 2018 | 13.20 | 16.92 | 30 of 63 | 161 | 2.00 | 12 of 15 | 104 |
| 2019 | 13.15 | 16.56 | 35 of 73 | 135 | 1.50 | 12 of 17 | 115 |
| 2020 | 13.20 | 16.42 | 16 of 21 | 108 | 1.18 | 7 of 9 | 86 |
| 2021 | 12.68 | 15.07 | 9 of 21 | 153 | 1.88 | 8 of 9 | 101 |
| 2022 | 14.21 | 15.63 | 12 of 21 | 156 | 1.69 | 8 of 9 | 97 |
| 2023 | 15.02 | 15.87 | 16 of 21 | 176 | 1.90 | 9 of 9 | 84 |
| 2024 | 15.36 | 15.76 | 15 of 21 | 181 | 1.64 | 9 of 10 | 96 |
City of Kansas City, EIA utility 9996: EIA-861, CPI-U.
CSV| City of Kansas City sector | Accounts | Rate ¢/kWh | Gap to Kansas ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 61,475 | 15.36 | +1.21 |
| Commercial | 7,082 | 12.06 | +0.87 |
| Year | Home accounts, City of Kansas City | Home ¢ | Business ¢ | Ratio | SAIDI | SAIFI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 57,138 | 11.66 | 9.50 | 0.81 | 258 | 2.57 |
| 2016 | 57,952 | 11.64 | 9.44 | 0.81 | 231 | 2.24 |
| 2017 | 58,432 | 12.96 | 10.58 | 0.82 | 786 | 5.27 |
| 2018 | 58,556 | 13.20 | 10.63 | 0.81 | 161 | 2.00 |
| 2019 | 58,907 | 13.15 | 10.73 | 0.82 | 135 | 1.50 |
| 2020 | 59,177 | 13.20 | 10.76 | 0.82 | 108 | 1.18 |
| 2021 | 59,675 | 12.68 | 9.95 | 0.78 | 153 | 1.88 |
| 2022 | 59,859 | 14.21 | 11.56 | 0.81 | 156 | 1.69 |
| 2023 | 60,437 | 15.02 | 12.08 | 0.80 | 176 | 1.90 |
| 2024 | 61,475 | 15.36 | 12.06 | 0.79 | 181 | 1.64 |
| Utility near City of Kansas City on price | SAIDI min, gap to City of Kansas City | Home ¢, gap to City of Kansas City | Gap % to City of Kansas City | Accounts, City of Kansas City = 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc | -57 | -1.39 | -9.1% | 0.47 |
| 3. Evergy Kansas South, Inc | -94 | -1.10 | -7.2% | 5.05 |
| 4. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | -80 | -1.07 | -6.9% | 5.79 |
| 5. City of Kansas City (this utility) | 181 | 15.36 | - | 1.00 |
| Class at City of Kansas City | Accounts | Of City of Kansas City accounts | Of City of Kansas City MWh sold | kWh a year per City of Kansas City account |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 61,475 | 89.6% | 26.6% | 9,312 |
| Commercial | 7,082 | 10.3% | 49.8% | 151,513 |
| Industrial and other | 80 | 0.12% | 23.6% | 6,346,412 |
| Measure | City of Kansas City | Kansas context | City of Kansas City detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Kansas City home meters on AMI | 99.2% | Kansas 92.8% | 60,964 of 61,475 meters |
| Time-of-use rate for City of Kansas City homes | Not on file | 4 of 16 Kansas utilities offer one | no dynamic-pricing count filed by City of Kansas City |
| Net-metered installations | 397 | 94% residential | 6.1 homes per 1,000 accounts, 9.7 kW average |
| kWh | Share of a 776 kWh month | Cost a month at 15.36 ¢ | vs U.S. | Cost a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | 32% | $38.39 | -$2.81 | $461 |
| 500 | 64% | $76.78 | -$5.62 | $921 |
| 750 | 97% | $115.16 | -$8.44 | $1,382 |
| 1,000 | 129% | $153.55 | -$11.25 | $1,843 |
| 1,500 | 193% | $230.33 | -$16.87 | $2,764 |
| 2,000 | 258% | $307.11 | -$22.49 | $3,685 |
| Measure, City of Kansas City | No events | All events | Converted |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAIDI minutes | 181.4 | 362.1 | 3.02 h |
| SAIFI interruptions | 1.643 | 2.039 | 0.61 yr apart |
| CAIDI minutes | 110.4 | 177.6 | 1.84 h |
1 Kansas counties, region SPP:
Kansas other states: 1 of 1 county of City of Kansas City drawn
City of Kansas City: 1 county listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.
CSV68,637 accounts in 2024: residential 61,475, commercial 7,082, industrial 80.
In 2024 homes paid 15.36 cents; against the Kansas average that is +8.5%.
SAIDI 181.4 min and SAIFI 1.64 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.82, CAIDI 110 min.
397 installations with 3.9 MW, of which residential installations number 372.
776 kWh at 15.36 cents comes to about $119, energy only.
Rank 5 of 5 in Kansas on price, +8.5% against the state average; 4 charge less than 15.36 ¢.
Homes take 26.6% of 2,153,199 MWh, commercial accounts 49.8%, industrial and other 23.6%; the 7,082 commercial accounts use 151,513 kWh each, 16.3 times a home.
60,964 of 61,475 home meters are AMI, 99.2%. City of Kansas City reports no home time-of-use rate; 4 of 16 Kansas filers do.
1st cheapest of 5 in 2015, 5th of 5 in 2024; its price rose 31.6% while Kansas rose 14.7%.
14.93 cents per kWh, -2.8% on the 15.36 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Home prices nearest to City of Kansas City at 15.36 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
2 home plan records, energy charges: 8.2 to 10.8 ¢/kWh.
Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).