Evergy Kansas South, Inc in Kansas: 14.25 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

Roughly 346,494 Kansas accounts belong to Evergy Kansas South, Inc, classed by EIA as investor owned; the residential count is 302,508. Businesses and industry take 67% of the 9,748,788 MWh it sells; homes take 33%.

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Evergy Kansas South, Inc: 876 kWh a month costs roughly $125 in energy at 14.25 ¢/kWh, +0.7% on the Kansas average of 14.15 ¢.

Businesses and industry take 67% of the 9,748,788 MWh it sells; homes take 33%.

Who buys power from Evergy Kansas South, Inc

Business share of sales: 67%homes 33% of 9,748,788 MWh

The customer mix of Evergy Kansas South, Inc is its own: 302,508 home accounts buy 32.6% of 9,748,788 MWh, 40,867 commercial accounts buy 32.3%, and the remaining 35.0% goes to 3,119 industrial and other accounts. A typical Evergy Kansas South, Inc home uses 10,517 kWh a year, a typical business account 77,094.

How it compares

Evergy Kansas South, Inc
Evergy Kansas South, Inc, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Evergy Kansas South, Inc	14.25 ¢/kWh	11.25 ¢/kWh	$125at 876 kWh	87 minSAIDI
Kansas average against this company, which is 3 of 5 on priceLowest in this table	-0.10 ¢/kWhcompany 0.7% above	-0.06 ¢/kWhcompany 0.5% above	-$1a month at 876 kWh	+25 mincompany 25 below
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	14.29 ¢/kWhcompany 0.3% below	11.02 ¢/kWhcompany 2.1% above	$1250 more than company	102 mincompany 14 below

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Evergy Kansas South, Inc: 2025

Evergy Kansas South, Inc: +2.0% on 2024 for homes, Kansas +2.9%.

Evergy Kansas South, Inc home price, 2025: 14.54 ¢/kWh+2.0% on 2024, early release
Evergy Kansas South, Inc SAIDI, 2025: 84 min-4% on 2024, early release
Evergy Kansas South, Inc against Kansas, 2025: -0.9 pointsEvergy Kansas South, Inc +2.0%, Kansas +2.9%, price in Kansas 14.56 ¢

Evergy Kansas South, Inc: 14.54 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +2.0% from 14.25 ¢; Kansas as a whole went +2.9%, so Evergy Kansas South, Inc kept pace with it by 0.9 points. Its SAIDI is 84 minutes against 87 in 2024.

Carbon context

Evergy Kansas South, Inc serves 302,508 homes in Kansas. At 876 kWh a month that is about 289 kg of CO₂, or 3,474 kg a year, at the Kansas plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Kansas generation mix.

Evergy Kansas South, Inc charts

Residential price since 2015: 14.25 ¢ in 2024

12.04 ¢ in 2015, 14.25 ¢ in 2024 (+18.4%); Kansas 12.34 to 14.15 ¢.

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

Year	Evergy Kansas South, Inc	Gap to Kansas residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	12.04	-0.30	-0.61
2016	13.00	-0.06	+0.45
2017	13.28	-0.03	+0.39
2018	13.33	-0.02	+0.46
2019	11.88	-0.83	-1.13
2020	12.51	-0.34	-0.64
2021	12.47	-0.51	-1.19
2022	14.11	+0.12	-0.93
2023	13.01	-0.37	-2.99
2024	14.25	+0.10	-2.23

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Evergy Kansas South, Inc SAIDI, 2015-2024

110 min in 2015, 87 in 2024.

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

Year	Evergy Kansas South, I, no major events	Evergy Kansas South, I, all events
2015	110	297
2016	153	165
2017	89	101
2018	101	106
2019	123	179
2020	86	86
2021	114	168
2022	97	153
2023	84	114
2024	87	206

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 87.1 min

87.1 min, 0.88x the median reporter, rank 292 of 673.

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Company, no major events87.1
Company, with major events206.3

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

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Analyst note

Evergy Kansas South, Inc billed homes 12.04 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 14.25 ¢ in 2024, +18.4% in all, and outpaced the Kansas average (+14.7%) by 3.7 points. Evergy Kansas South, Inc's sharpest move came in 2022, +13.1%. The latest year is the high at 14.25 ¢; the low was 11.88 ¢ (2019). 2024: +9.6% here, +5.8% for the Kansas average. SAIDI at Evergy Kansas South, Inc (major events excluded) fell from 110 minutes in 2015 to 87 in 2024, -21%; best year 2023 at 84. Against the national median, Evergy Kansas South, Inc came in lower on SAIDI in 5 of 10 years, and 2024 ended at 87 minutes, -12 from the median. 2015: 297 minutes with major events, 110 without, the widest gap of any year. Evergy Kansas South, Inc has 2 cheaper and 2 higher-priced Kansas peers among 5 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc, bills 13.97 ¢ (-0.29). Next higher-priced, Evergy Kansas Central, Inc, bills 14.29 ¢ (+0.04).

Nothing stands out: the rate is +0.7% from the Kansas figure and 87 outage minutes are 0.88x the national median.

Home accounts at Evergy Kansas South, Inc went from 283,822 in 2015 to 302,508 in 2024, +6.6%. Business customers paid 0.79 times the home price in 2024 (11.25 against 14.25 ¢); the ratio was 0.80 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.26 in 2015 to 0.94 in 2024, between 0.89 and 1.33.

Outages and home price of Evergy Kansas South, Inc (EIA utility 10005), 2013 to 2024

Evergy Kansas South, Inc customers lost power for 87 minutes in 2024, down from 128 in 2013 (−32%). The low came in 2023 at 84, the high in 2016 at 153; 12 years were filed. The Kansas median in 2024 was 96 minutes, so Evergy Kansas South, Inc ran below it.

Home rates at Evergy Kansas South, Inc went from 11.16 ¢ in 2013 to 14.25 ¢ in 2024 (+27.7%), which is 15.43 ¢ to 14.63 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−5.2%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $1,851 in 2013 and $1,755 in 2024. Of 21 Kansas utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Evergy Kansas South, Inc stood 12th cheapest (15th of 64 in 2013).

Evergy Kansas South, Inc outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 87 in 2024

Evergy Kansas South, Inc at 87 min in 2024 and the Kansas median at 96.

Evergy Kansas South, Inc home price since 2013: −5.2% after inflation

Evergy Kansas South, Inc: 14.63 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 14.25 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Evergy Kansas South, Inc, EIA utility 10005, year by year among Kansas utilities

Evergy Kansas South, Inc 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Evergy Kansas Sout	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Evergy Kansas	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Evergy Kansas	Kansas median SAIDI
2013	11.16	15.43	15 of 64	128	1.25	5 of 13	155
2014	12.04	16.37	23 of 64	100	1.10	4 of 12	120
2015	12.04	16.35	20 of 63	110	1.26	6 of 13	136
2016	13.00	17.43	31 of 64	153	1.33	5 of 14	170
2017	13.28	17.45	33 of 63	89	0.94	7 of 15	102
2018	13.33	17.09	31 of 63	101	1.05	7 of 15	104
2019	11.88	14.96	18 of 73	123	1.11	11 of 17	115
2020	12.51	15.56	9 of 21	86	0.89	5 of 9	86
2021	12.47	14.82	7 of 21	114	1.10	7 of 9	101
2022	14.11	15.52	10 of 21	97	1.01	5 of 9	97
2023	13.01	13.74	9 of 21	84	0.94	5 of 9	84
2024	14.25	14.63	12 of 21	87	0.94	4 of 10	96

Evergy Kansas South, Inc, EIA utility 10005: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Kansas real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 346,49421.8% of Kansas total
Residential accounts: 302,50823.0% of Kansas homes
Commercial accounts: 40,86711.8% of the base
Residential rate: 14.25 ¢/kWhplace 3 of 5, +0.7% against the state
Commercial rate: 11.25 ¢/kWhplace 9 of 16, +0.5% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 87.1 minbetter than 57% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 0.940.93x the median
SAIDI with major events: 206.3 min57.8% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 27.4 MW3,071 installations
Counties served: 24all in Kansas
Average residential use: 10,517 kWh/yr876 a month
Implied monthly bill: $125-$20 on the U.S. rate, 876 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +18.4%12.04 to 14.25 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: -21%110 min in 2015, 87 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Evergy Kansas South, Inc

Evergy Kansas South, Inc sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Kansas ¢/kWh
Residential	302,508	14.25	+0.10
Commercial	40,867	11.25	+0.06

Year by year, Evergy Kansas South, Inc

Year	Home accounts, Evergy Kansas South, I	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	283,822	12.04	9.61	0.80	110	1.26
2016	286,051	13.00	9.94	0.76	153	1.33
2017	287,662	13.28	10.04	0.76	89	0.94
2018	289,364	13.33	10.12	0.76	101	1.05
2019	291,622	11.88	9.45	0.80	123	1.11
2020	293,297	12.51	10.04	0.80	86	0.89
2021	293,976	12.47	9.95	0.80	114	1.10
2022	295,902	14.11	11.57	0.82	97	1.01
2023	298,842	13.01	10.56	0.81	84	0.94
2024	302,508	14.25	11.25	0.79	87	0.94

Peers of Evergy Kansas South, Inc in Kansas, place 3 of 5 on home price

Utility near Evergy Kansas South, Inc on price	SAIDI min, gap to Evergy Kansas South, Inc	Home ¢, gap to Evergy Kansas South, Inc	Gap % to Evergy Kansas South, Inc	Accounts, Evergy Kansas South, Inc = 1
1. Midwest Energy Inc	+185	-2.81	-19.7%	0.15
2. Wheatland Electric Coop, Inc	+37	-0.29	-2.0%	0.09
3. Evergy Kansas South, Inc (this utility)	87	14.25	-	1.00
4. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	+14	+0.04	+0.3%	1.15
5. City of Kansas City	+94	+1.10	+7.7%	0.20

Who buys Evergy Kansas South, Inc's electricity

Class at Evergy Kansas South, Inc	Accounts	Of Evergy Kansas South, Inc accounts	Of Evergy Kansas South, Inc MWh sold	kWh a year per Evergy Kansas South, Inc account
Residential	302,508	87.3%	32.6%	10,517
Commercial	40,867	11.8%	32.3%	77,094
Industrial and other	3,119	0.90%	35.0%	1,095,399

Evergy Kansas South, Inc among Evergy group

Evergy Kansas South, Inc and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Evergy Kansas South, Inc	Home ¢, gap to Evergy Kansas South, Inc	Accounts, Evergy Kansas South, Inc = 1
1. Evergy Missouri West (MO)	+32	-1.70	1.00
2. Evergy Metro (MO)	+17	-0.53	0.89
3. Evergy Kansas South, Inc (KS, this utility)	87	14.25	1.00
4. Evergy Kansas Central, Inc (KS)	+14	+0.04	1.15

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

Measure	Evergy Kansas South, Inc	Kansas context	Evergy Kansas South, Inc detail
Evergy Kansas South, Inc home meters on AMI	100.0%	Kansas 92.8%	308,480 of 308,512 meters
Homes with daily digital access	302,476	Kansas figure not published	100% of the 302,508 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Evergy Kansas South, Inc homes	Offered	4 of 16 Kansas utilities offer one	828 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.27% of 302,508
Net-metered installations	3,071	96% residential	9.8 homes per 1,000 accounts, 8.9 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Evergy Kansas South, Inc

kWh	Share of a 876 kWh month	Cost a month at 14.25 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	29%	$35.63	-$5.57	$428
500	57%	$71.27	-$11.13	$855
750	86%	$106.90	-$16.70	$1,283
1,000	114%	$142.53	-$22.27	$1,710
1,500	171%	$213.80	-$33.40	$2,566
2,000	228%	$285.06	-$44.54	$3,421

Outage record, Evergy Kansas South, Inc

Measure, Evergy Kansas South,	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	87.1	206.3	1.45 h
SAIFI interruptions	0.938	1.401	1.07 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	92.9	147.2	1.55 h

Territory of Evergy Kansas South, Inc

24 Kansas counties, region MRO:

Kansas other states: 24 of 24 counties of Evergy Kansas South, Inc drawn

Evergy Kansas South, Inc: 24 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Allen
Anderson
Bourbon
Butler
Chautauqua
Cherokee
Coffey
Cowley
Crawford
Elk
Greenwood
Harvey
Kingman
Labette
Linn
Marion
McPherson
Montgomery
Neosho
Reno
Sedgwick
Sumner
Wilson
Woodson

Questions on Evergy Kansas South, Inc

How big is Evergy Kansas South, Inc in Kansas, by customer accounts?

346,494 accounts in 2024: residential 302,508, commercial 40,867, industrial 3,119.

How many cents per kWh does Evergy Kansas South, Inc charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 14.25 cents; against the Kansas average that is +0.7%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Evergy Kansas South, Inc?

SAIDI 87.1 min and SAIFI 0.94 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.88, CAIDI 93 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Evergy Kansas South, Inc?

3,071 installations with 27.4 MW, of which residential installations number 2,957.

What would a typical Evergy Kansas South, Inc home pay each month?

876 kWh at 14.25 cents comes to about $125, energy only.

Is Evergy Kansas South, Inc cheaper than other Kansas utilities?

Rank 3 of 5 in Kansas on price, +0.7% against the state average; 2 charge less than 14.25 ¢.

What share of Evergy Kansas South, Inc sales do homes buy?

Homes take 32.6% of 9,748,788 MWh, commercial accounts 32.3%, industrial and other 35.0%; the 40,867 commercial accounts use 77,094 kWh each, 7.3 times a home.

At Evergy Kansas South, Inc, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

308,480 of 308,512 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Evergy Kansas South, Inc offers a home time-of-use rate; 828 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.27% of its homes.

Has Evergy Kansas South, Inc moved up the Kansas price list since 2015?

2nd cheapest of 5 in 2015, 3rd of 5 in 2024; its price rose 18.4% while Kansas rose 14.7%.

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

Place 3 of 4 on home price at 14.25 ¢ (Evergy group); median 13.99 ¢, cheapest member 12.55 ¢.

Did Evergy Kansas South, Inc cut or raise its 2025 home price?

14.54 cents per kWh, +2.0% on the 14.25 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Evergy Kansas South, Inc at 14.25 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Pearl River Valley El Pwr AssnMississippi, 14.25 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
Okefenoke Rural El Member CorpGeorgia, 14.24 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ below
Linn County RECIowa, 14.23 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below
Meade County Rural E C CKentucky, 14.27 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above

Primary sources for Evergy Kansas South, Inc in Kansas: 14.25 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

EIA-861 annual report entry for Evergy Kansas South, Inc in Kansas: 14.25 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Evergy Kansas South, Inc in Kansas: 14.25 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Evergy Kansas South, Inc in Kansas: 14.25 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, the state price average