Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: 14.29 ¢/kWh for homes, 102 minutes of SAIDI

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc is an investor owned utility serving 397,226 customer accounts in Kansas; 341,806 of them are residential. Among the 4 Evergy utilities listed here it is most expensive for homes, +0.30 ¢ from their median.

Jeffrey Energy Center power plant lit at night in Kansas — Jeffrey EC at night. Photo by Bounzie66, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative, not a listed utility's plant.

At 846 kWh a month a Evergy Kansas Central, Inc home pays about $121 in energy: 14.29 ¢/kWh, 1.0% above the Kansas average of 14.15 ¢.

Among the 4 Evergy utilities listed here it is most expensive for homes, +0.30 ¢ from their median.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc against its group: Evergy

Home price place, Evergy group: 4 of 4+0.30 ¢ from the median of 13.99 ¢

Take the 4 Evergy utilities listed here, sorted by home price: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc is the most expensive at 14.29 ¢, while the group median is 13.99 ¢. The cheapest is Evergy Missouri West (MO) at 12.55 ¢, +1.74 ¢ from here; the spread from top to bottom is 1.74 ¢.

On outage minutes it ranks 2 of 4 (1 = fewest), 102 against a group median of 103. It is the largest of them, 397,226 accounts, 1.1 times Evergy Missouri West.

How it compares

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	14.29 ¢/kWh	11.02 ¢/kWh	$121at 846 kWh	102 minSAIDI
Kansas average against this company, which is 4 of 5 on priceLowest in this table	-0.14 ¢/kWhcompany 1.0% above	+0.17 ¢/kWhcompany 1.6% below	-$1a month at 846 kWh	+11 mincompany 11 below
Evergy Kansas South, Inc	14.25 ¢/kWhcompany 0.3% above	11.25 ¢/kWhcompany 2.1% below	$1210 less than company	87 mincompany 14 above

Compare 17 Kansas companies

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: 2025

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: +1.9% on 2024 for homes, Kansas +2.9%.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc home price, 2025: 14.55 ¢/kWh+1.9% on 2024, early release
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc SAIDI, 2025: 80 min-21% on 2024, early release
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc against Kansas, 2025: -1.0 pointsEvergy Kansas Central, Inc +1.9%, Kansas +2.9%, price in Kansas 14.56 ¢

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc reported 14.55 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +1.9% on its 2024 figure of 14.29, while the Kansas average moved +2.9%. Its SAIDI is 80 minutes against 102 in 2024.

Carbon context

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc serves 341,806 homes in Kansas. At 846 kWh a month that is about 279 kg of CO₂, or 3,352 kg a year, at the Kansas plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Kansas generation mix.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc charts

Residential price since 2015: 14.29 ¢ in 2024

12.11 ¢ in 2015, 14.29 ¢ in 2024 (+18.0%); Kansas 12.34 to 14.15 ¢.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Gap to Kansas residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	12.11	-0.23	-0.54
2016	13.08	+0.02	+0.53
2017	13.36	+0.05	+0.47
2018	13.37	+0.02	+0.50
2019	13.29	+0.58	+0.28
2020	12.59	-0.26	-0.56
2021	12.53	-0.45	-1.13
2022	14.16	+0.17	-0.88
2023	13.09	-0.29	-2.91
2024	14.29	+0.14	-2.19

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Evergy Kansas Central, Inc SAIDI, 2015-2024

136 min in 2015, 102 in 2024.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Evergy Kansas Central,, no major events	Evergy Kansas Central,, all events
2015	136	235
2016	116	146
2017	102	146
2018	92	153
2019	100	179
2020	99	107
2021	101	350
2022	106	171
2023	97	198
2024	102	318

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 101.6 min

101.6 min, 1.02x the median reporter, rank 340 of 673.

min

Company, no major events101.6
Company, with major events318.1

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

From 12.11 ¢ in 2015 to 14.29 ¢ in 2024, a move of +18.0%: Evergy Kansas Central, Inc outpaced its state (+14.7%) by 3.3 points, and -12.3 points against the U.S. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc's sharpest move came in 2022, +13.0%. The latest year is the high at 14.29 ¢; the low was 12.11 ¢ (2015). 2024: +9.2% here, +5.8% for the Kansas average. SAIDI at Evergy Kansas Central, Inc (major events excluded) fell from 136 minutes in 2015 to 102 in 2024, -26%; best year 2018 at 92. At 102 minutes in 2024, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc sat +2 from the national SAIDI median, with 2 of 10 years below it. 2021: 350 minutes with major events, 101 without, the widest gap of any year. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc has 3 cheaper and 1 higher-priced Kansas peers among 5 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Evergy Kansas South, Inc, bills 14.25 ¢ (-0.04). Next higher-priced, City of Kansas City, bills 15.36 ¢ (+1.07).

Both measures are ordinary, +1.0% on price against Kansas and 1.02x on outage minutes against the nation.

Home accounts at Evergy Kansas Central, Inc went from 325,647 in 2015 to 341,806 in 2024, +5.0%. Business customers paid 0.77 times the home price in 2024 (11.02 against 14.29 ¢); the ratio was 0.79 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.43 in 2015 to 1.05 in 2024, between 0.91 and 1.43.

Outages and home price of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc (EIA utility 22500), 2013 to 2024

Yearly SAIDI at Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: 102 minutes in 2013, 102 in 2024, little changed (−0%). Its best year was 2018 (92 min), its worst 2015 (136 min), across 12 filed years. Against a Kansas median of 96 minutes in 2024, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc was above the middle.

Corrected for inflation, a Evergy Kansas Central, Inc home paid 14.66 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 15.45 ¢ in 2013, −5.1%; the bill itself went 11.18 ¢ to 14.29 ¢ (+27.8%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,854 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,760 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 16th cheapest of 64 in 2013, 13th of 21 in 2024 among Kansas utilities with 1,000+ homes.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 102 in 2024

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc at 102 min in 2024 and the Kansas median at 96.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc home price since 2013: −5.1% after inflation

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: 14.66 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.29 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, EIA utility 22500, year by year among Kansas utilities

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Evergy Kansas Cent	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Evergy Kansas	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Evergy Kansas	Kansas median SAIDI
2013	11.18	15.45	16 of 64	102	1.24	3 of 13	155
2014	12.08	16.43	24 of 64	114	1.30	6 of 12	120
2015	12.11	16.45	23 of 63	136	1.43	7 of 13	136
2016	13.08	17.54	32 of 64	116	1.24	3 of 14	170
2017	13.36	17.55	36 of 63	102	1.08	8 of 15	102
2018	13.37	17.14	33 of 63	92	0.91	6 of 15	104
2019	13.29	16.73	38 of 73	100	1.02	7 of 17	115
2020	12.59	15.66	11 of 21	99	1.00	6 of 9	86
2021	12.53	14.89	8 of 21	101	1.02	5 of 9	101
2022	14.16	15.58	11 of 21	106	1.12	6 of 9	97
2023	13.09	13.83	10 of 21	97	0.99	6 of 9	84
2024	14.29	14.66	13 of 21	102	1.05	6 of 10	96

Evergy Kansas Central, I, EIA utility 22500: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Kansas real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 397,22625.0% of Kansas total
Residential accounts: 341,80626.0% of Kansas homes
Commercial accounts: 54,30613.7% of the base
Residential rate: 14.29 ¢/kWhplace 4 of 5, +1.0% against the state
Commercial rate: 11.02 ¢/kWhplace 8 of 16, -1.6% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 101.6 minbetter than 50% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 1.051.04x the median
SAIDI with major events: 318.1 min68.1% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 35.0 MW3,672 installations
Counties served: 41all in Kansas
Average residential use: 10,149 kWh/yr846 a month
Implied monthly bill: $121-$19 on the U.S. rate, 846 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +18.0%12.11 to 14.29 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: -26%136 min in 2015, 102 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Kansas ¢/kWh
Residential	341,806	14.29	+0.14
Commercial	54,306	11.02	-0.17

Year by year, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

Year	Home accounts, Evergy Kansas Central,	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	325,647	12.11	9.56	0.79	136	1.43
2016	327,214	13.08	9.92	0.76	116	1.24
2017	329,457	13.36	10.02	0.75	102	1.08
2018	330,847	13.37	10.07	0.75	92	0.91
2019	332,742	13.29	10.39	0.78	100	1.02
2020	335,259	12.59	9.93	0.79	99	1.00
2021	336,375	12.53	9.81	0.78	101	1.02
2022	338,432	14.16	11.34	0.80	106	1.12
2023	340,314	13.09	10.44	0.80	97	0.99
2024	341,806	14.29	11.02	0.77	102	1.05

Peers of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc in Kansas, place 4 of 5 on home price

Utility near Evergy Kansas Central, Inc on price	SAIDI min, gap to Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Home ¢, gap to Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Gap % to Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Accounts, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc = 1
1. Midwest Energy Inc	+171	-2.85	-19.9%	0.13
2. Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc	+23	-0.32	-2.3%	0.08
3. Evergy Kansas South, Inc	-14	-0.04	-0.3%	0.87
4. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc (this utility)	102	14.29	-	1.00
5. City of Kansas City	+80	+1.07	+7.5%	0.17

Who buys Evergy Kansas Central, Inc's electricity

Class at Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Accounts	Of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc accounts	Of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc MWh sold	kWh a year per Evergy Kansas Central, Inc account
Residential	341,806	86.0%	36.1%	10,149
Commercial	54,306	13.7%	44.5%	78,729
Industrial and other	1,114	0.28%	19.4%	1,678,007

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc among Evergy group

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Home ¢, gap to Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Accounts, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc = 1
1. Evergy Missouri West (MO)	+17	-1.74	0.87
2. Evergy Metro (MO)	+2	-0.57	0.78
3. Evergy Kansas South, Inc (KS)	-14	-0.04	0.87
4. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc (KS, this utility)	102	14.29	1.00

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Kansas context	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc detail
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc home meters on AMI	100.0%	Kansas 92.8%	346,515 of 346,573 meters
Homes with daily digital access	341,748	Kansas figure not published	100% of the 341,806 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc homes	Offered	4 of 16 Kansas utilities offer one	1,062 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.31% of 341,806
Net-metered installations	3,672	94% residential	10.1 homes per 1,000 accounts, 9.5 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

kWh	Share of a 846 kWh month	Cost a month at 14.29 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	30%	$35.72	-$5.48	$429
500	59%	$71.44	-$10.96	$857
750	89%	$107.17	-$16.43	$1,286
1,000	118%	$142.89	-$21.91	$1,715
1,500	177%	$214.33	-$32.87	$2,572
2,000	236%	$285.78	-$43.82	$3,429

Outage record, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

Measure, Evergy Kansas Centra	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	101.6	318.1	1.69 h
SAIFI interruptions	1.052	1.650	0.95 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	96.6	192.8	1.61 h

Territory of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

41 Kansas counties, region MRO:

Kansas other states: 41 of 41 counties of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc drawn

Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: 41 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Atchison
Brown
Butler
Chase
Clay
Cloud
Coffey
Dickinson
Doniphan
Douglas
Elk
Ellsworth
Franklin
Geary
Greenwood
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Labette
Leavenworth
Lincoln
Lyon
Marion
Marshall
McPherson
Morris
Nemaha
Neosho
Osage
Ottawa
Pottawatomie
Reno
Rice
Riley
Saline
Shawnee
Wabaunsee
Washington
Wilson
Woodson
Wyandotte

Questions on Evergy Kansas Central, Inc

How many customers does Evergy Kansas Central, Inc serve in Kansas?

397,226 accounts in 2024: residential 341,806, commercial 54,306, industrial 1,114.

What is the average residential rate of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc?

In 2024 homes paid 14.29 cents; against the Kansas average that is +1.0%.

How reliable is Evergy Kansas Central, Inc by SAIDI and SAIFI?

SAIDI 101.6 min and SAIFI 1.05 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.02, CAIDI 97 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Evergy Kansas Central, Inc grid?

3,672 installations with 35.0 MW, of which residential installations number 3,446.

What is the monthly bill at Evergy Kansas Central, Inc for average use?

846 kWh at 14.29 cents comes to about $121, energy only.

How does Evergy Kansas Central, Inc rank on price within Kansas?

Rank 4 of 5 in Kansas on price, +1.0% against the state average; 3 charge less than 14.29 ¢.

How much of the Evergy Kansas Central, Inc load is business?

Homes take 36.1% of 9,613,774 MWh, commercial accounts 44.5%, industrial and other 19.4%; the 54,306 commercial accounts use 78,729 kWh each, 7.8 times a home.

Does Evergy Kansas Central, Inc have smart meters or TOU rates?

346,515 of 346,573 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc offers a home time-of-use rate; 1,062 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.31% of its homes.

Since 2015, has Evergy Kansas Central, Inc become cheaper than other Kansas utilities?

3rd cheapest of 5 in 2015, 4th of 5 in 2024; its price rose 18.0% while Kansas rose 14.7%.

How does Evergy Kansas Central, Inc compare with 3 similar utilities?

Place 4 of 4 on home price at 14.29 ¢ (Evergy group); median 13.99 ¢, cheapest member 12.55 ¢.

What did Evergy Kansas Central, Inc charge homes in 2025?

14.55 cents per kWh, +1.9% on the 14.29 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Evergy Kansas Central, Inc at 14.29 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

White River Valley El Coop IncMissouri, 14.30 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
Meade County Rural E C CKentucky, 14.27 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below
Evergy Kansas South, IncKansas, 14.25 ¢/kWh, 0.04 ¢ below
Pearl River Valley El Pwr AssnMississippi, 14.25 ¢/kWh, 0.04 ¢ below

Rate plans on file

8 home plan records, energy charges: 5.9 to 27.1 ¢/kWh.

Time-of-use: 4, e.g. Time of Use - Pilot
Tiered: 2, e.g. Residential
Demand charge: 3, e.g. Residential - Standard Distributed Generation

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: 14.29 ¢/kWh for homes, 102 minutes of SAIDI

EIA-861 annual report entry for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: 14.29 ¢/kWh for homes, 102 minutes of SAIDI, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: 14.29 ¢/kWh for homes, 102 minutes of SAIDI, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Evergy Kansas Central, Inc: 14.29 ¢/kWh for homes, 102 minutes of SAIDI, the state price average