Kentucky Power Co electricity: 162,507 accounts in Kentucky, SAIDI 406

Kentucky Power Co is an investor owned utility serving 162,507 customer accounts in Kentucky; 130,852 of them are residential. 0% of its home meters are advanced (AMI), against 81% across Kentucky.

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At 1,183 kWh a month a Kentucky Power Co home pays about $178 in energy: 15.07 ¢/kWh, 17.8% above the Kentucky average of 12.79 ¢.

0% of its home meters are advanced (AMI), against 81% across Kentucky.

Kentucky Power Co: smart meters and rate options

Home meters that are AMI: 0%Kentucky utilities overall: 81%

Metering is where Kentucky Power Co differs: 0 of 131,234 home meters are AMI, 0.0%, place 23 of 23 Kentucky utilities that report; the Kentucky figure for all utilities is 81.4%. It offers a time-of-use rate to homes, with 301 customers on dynamic pricing.

How it compares

Kentucky Power Co
Kentucky Power Co, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Kentucky Power Co	15.07 ¢/kWh	13.34 ¢/kWh	$178at 1,183 kWh	406 minSAIDI
Kentucky average against this company, which is 22 of 24 on priceLowest in this table	-2.28 ¢/kWhcompany 17.8% above	-1.84 ¢/kWhcompany 16.0% above	-$27a month at 1,183 kWh	-258 mincompany 258 above
Kenergy Corp	15.15 ¢/kWhcompany 0.6% below	13.66 ¢/kWhcompany 2.3% below	$1791 more than company	159 mincompany 247 above

Compare 41 Kentucky companies

Kentucky Power Co: 2025

Kentucky Power Co: +5.9% on 2024 for homes, Kentucky +3.5%.

Kentucky Power Co home price, 2025: 15.95 ¢/kWh+5.9% on 2024, early release
Kentucky Power Co SAIDI, 2025: 376 min-7% on 2024, early release
Kentucky Power Co against Kentucky, 2025: +2.3 pointsKentucky Power Co +5.9%, Kentucky +3.5%, price in Kentucky 13.24 ¢

Kentucky Power Co: 15.95 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +5.9% from 15.07 ¢; Kentucky as a whole went +3.5%, so Kentucky Power Co ran ahead of it by 2.3 points. Its SAIDI is 376 minutes against 406 in 2024.

Carbon context

Kentucky Power Co serves 130,852 homes in Kentucky. At 1,183 kWh a month that is about 931 kg of CO₂, or 11,176 kg a year, at the Kentucky plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Kentucky generation mix.

Kentucky Power Co charts

Residential price since 2015: 15.07 ¢ in 2024

10.40 ¢ in 2015, 15.07 ¢ in 2024 (+44.9%); Kentucky 10.24 to 12.79 ¢.

Kentucky Power Co residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Kentucky Power Co	Gap to Kentucky residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	10.40	+0.16	-2.25
2016	11.94	+1.45	-0.61
2017	12.01	+1.16	-0.88
2018	12.10	+1.50	-0.77
2019	12.01	+1.21	-1.00
2020	11.91	+1.04	-1.24
2021	14.24	+2.74	+0.58
2022	16.05	+3.14	+1.01
2023	14.19	+1.54	-1.81
2024	15.07	+2.28	-1.41

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Kentucky Power Co SAIDI, 2015-2024

468 min in 2015, 406 in 2024.

Kentucky Power Co SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Kentucky Power Co, no major events
2015	468
2016	446
2017	406
2018	484
2019	485
2020	411
2021	405
2022	491
2023	332
2024	406

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 405.8 min

405.8 min, 4.08x the median reporter, rank 633 of 673.

min

Company, no major events405.8
Company, with major events1,256.2

Kentucky Power Co, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Kentucky Power Co billed homes 10.40 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 15.07 ¢ in 2024, +44.9% in all, and outpaced the Kentucky average (+24.9%) by 20.0 points. Kentucky Power Co's sharpest move came in 2021, +19.6%. The high is 16.05 ¢ (2022) and the low 10.40 ¢ (2015). 2024: +6.2% here, +1.1% for the Kentucky average. SAIDI at Kentucky Power Co (major events excluded) went from 468 minutes in 2015 to 406 in 2024, -13%, between 332 (2023) and 491 (2022). At 406 minutes in 2024, Kentucky Power Co sat +306 from the national SAIDI median, with 0 of 10 years below it. 2021: 2842 minutes with major events, 405 without, the widest gap of any year. Kentucky Power Co has 21 cheaper and 2 higher-priced Kentucky peers among 24 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Meade County Rural E C C, bills 14.27 ¢ (-0.80). Next higher-priced, Kenergy Corp, bills 15.15 ¢ (+0.09).

Both measures lean against customers: 17.8% above the Kentucky average on price and 4.1x the national median on outage minutes (406).

Home accounts at Kentucky Power Co went from 137,944 in 2015 to 130,852 in 2024, -5.1%. Business customers paid 0.89 times the home price in 2024 (13.34 against 15.07 ¢); the ratio was 1.03 in 2015. SAIFI went from 2.47 in 2015 to 2.17 in 2024, between 1.85 and 2.48.

Outages and home price of Kentucky Power Co (EIA utility 22053), 2013 to 2024

Yearly SAIDI at Kentucky Power Co: 383 minutes in 2013, 406 in 2024, little changed (+6%). The low came in 2023 at 332, the high in 2014 at 505; 12 years were filed. The Kentucky median in 2024 was 148 minutes, so Kentucky Power Co ran above it.

Home rates at Kentucky Power Co climbed from 9.34 ¢ in 2013 to 15.07 ¢ in 2024 (+61.4%), or 12.90 ¢ to 15.47 ¢ in 2025 dollars (+19.8%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $1,549 in 2013 and $1,856 in 2024. Of 45 Kentucky utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Kentucky Power Co stood 41st cheapest (12th of 49 in 2013).

Kentucky Power Co outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 406 in 2024

Kentucky Power Co at 406 min in 2024 and the Kentucky median at 148.

Kentucky Power Co home price since 2013: +19.8% after inflation

Kentucky Power Co: 15.47 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 15.07 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Kentucky Power Co, EIA utility 22053, year by year among Kentucky utilities

Kentucky Power Co 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Kentucky Power Co	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Kentucky Power	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Kentucky Power	Kentucky median SAIDI
2013	9.34	12.90	12 of 49	383	2.14	25 of 25	109
2014	10.09	13.72	15 of 49	505	2.37	27 of 27	122
2015	10.40	14.12	20 of 49	468	2.47	26 of 26	117
2016	11.94	16.01	45 of 49	446	2.17	27 of 27	102
2017	12.01	15.78	37 of 49	406	2.17	28 of 29	105
2018	12.10	15.51	43 of 49	484	2.34	29 of 29	119
2019	12.01	15.13	41 of 54	485	2.48	30 of 30	133
2020	11.91	14.81	36 of 46	411	2.06	29 of 30	92
2021	14.24	16.92	43 of 46	405	1.86	29 of 30	113
2022	16.05	17.66	45 of 46	491	2.29	28 of 29	133
2023	14.19	14.99	42 of 46	332	1.85	25 of 29	156
2024	15.07	15.47	41 of 45	406	2.17	27 of 30	148

Kentucky Power Co, EIA utility 22053: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Kentucky real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 162,5076.7% of Kentucky total
Residential accounts: 130,8526.3% of Kentucky homes
Commercial accounts: 30,69718.9% of the base
Residential rate: 15.07 ¢/kWhplace 22 of 24, +17.8% against the state
Commercial rate: 13.34 ¢/kWhplace 30 of 36, +16.0% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 405.8 minbetter than 6% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 2.172.14x the median
SAIDI with major events: 1256.2 min67.7% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 3.9 MW331 installations
Counties served: 20all in Kentucky
Average residential use: 14,200 kWh/yr1,183 a month
Implied monthly bill: $178-$17 on the U.S. rate, 1,183 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +44.9%10.40 to 15.07 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: -13%468 min in 2015, 406 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Kentucky Power Co

Kentucky Power Co sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Kentucky ¢/kWh
Residential	130,852	15.07	+2.28
Commercial	30,697	13.34	+1.84

Year by year, Kentucky Power Co

Year	Home accounts, Kentucky Power Co	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	137,944	10.40	10.74	1.03	468	2.47
2016	137,013	11.94	11.96	1.00	446	2.17
2017	135,890	12.01	12.15	1.01	406	2.17
2018	134,959	12.10	12.37	1.02	484	2.34
2019	133,978	12.01	12.14	1.01	485	2.48
2020	134,284	11.91	12.15	1.02	411	2.06
2021	133,805	14.24	14.03	0.99	405	1.86
2022	132,619	16.05	14.64	0.91	491	2.29
2023	131,090	14.19	12.10	0.85	332	1.85
2024	130,852	15.07	13.34	0.89	406	2.17

Peers of Kentucky Power Co in Kentucky, place 22 of 24 on home price

Utility near Kentucky Power Co on price	SAIDI min, gap to Kentucky Power Co	Home ¢, gap to Kentucky Power Co	Gap % to Kentucky Power Co	Accounts, Kentucky Power Co = 1
19. Jackson Energy Coop Corp	-130	-1.41	-9.4%	0.33
20. Inter County Energy Coop Corp	-289	-1.33	-8.8%	0.17
21. Meade County Rural E C C	-308	-0.80	-5.3%	0.19
22. Kentucky Power Co (this utility)	406	15.07	-	1.00
23. Kenergy Corp	-247	+0.09	+0.6%	0.37
24. Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation	-293	+0.58	+3.8%	0.19

Who buys Kentucky Power Co's electricity

Class at Kentucky Power Co	Accounts	Of Kentucky Power Co accounts	Of Kentucky Power Co MWh sold	kWh a year per Kentucky Power Co account
Residential	130,852	80.5%	34.9%	14,200
Commercial	30,697	18.9%	27.2%	47,137
Industrial and other	958	0.59%	37.9%	2,104,529

Kentucky Power Co among AEP group

Kentucky Power Co and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Kentucky Power Co	Home ¢, gap to Kentucky Power Co	Accounts, Kentucky Power Co = 1
1. Public Service Co of Oklahoma (OK)	-289	-2.34	3.54
2. Kingsport Power Co (TN)	-241	-2.23	0.30
3. Southwestern Electric Power Co (LA)	-86	-1.61	1.44
4. Ohio Power Co (OH)	-248	-0.71	9.44
5. Kentucky Power Co (KY, this utility)	406	15.07	1.00
6. Indiana Michigan Power Co (IN)	-308	+1.24	2.97
7. Appalachian Power Co (VA)	-64	+1.95	3.38
8. Wheeling Power Co (WV)	+255	+2.34	0.25

Kentucky Power Co: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Kentucky Power Co	Kentucky context	Kentucky Power Co detail
Kentucky Power Co home meters on AMI	0.0%	Kentucky 81.4%	0 of 131,234 meters
Home meters, AMR (drive-by read)	131,152	Kentucky figure not published	99.9% of meters
Homes with daily digital access	0	Kentucky figure not published	0% of the 130,852 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Kentucky Power Co homes	Offered	9 of 23 Kentucky utilities offer one	301 homes on dynamic pricing, 0.23% of 130,852
Net-metered installations	331	88% residential	2.2 homes per 1,000 accounts, 11.9 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Kentucky Power Co

kWh	Share of a 1,183 kWh month	Cost a month at 15.07 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	21%	$37.67	-$3.53	$452
500	42%	$75.34	-$7.06	$904
750	63%	$113.01	-$10.59	$1,356
1,000	85%	$150.69	-$14.11	$1,808
1,500	127%	$226.03	-$21.17	$2,712
2,000	169%	$301.37	-$28.23	$3,616

Outage record, Kentucky Power Co

Measure, Kentucky Power Co	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	405.8	1256.2	6.76 h
SAIFI interruptions	2.170	2.774	0.46 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	187.0	452.8	3.12 h

Territory of Kentucky Power Co

20 Kentucky counties, region RFC:

Kentucky other states: 20 of 20 counties of Kentucky Power Co drawn

Kentucky Power Co: 20 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Boyd
Breathitt
Carter
Clay
Elliott
Floyd
Greenup
Johnson
Knott
Lawrence
Leslie
Letcher
Lewis
Magoffin
Martin
Morgan
Owsley
Perry
Pike
Rowan

Questions on Kentucky Power Co

How big is Kentucky Power Co in Kentucky, by customer accounts?

162,507 accounts in 2024: residential 130,852, commercial 30,697, industrial 958.

How many cents per kWh does Kentucky Power Co charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 15.07 cents; against the Kentucky average that is +17.8%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Kentucky Power Co?

SAIDI 405.8 min and SAIFI 2.17 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 4.08, CAIDI 187 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Kentucky Power Co?

331 installations with 3.9 MW, of which residential installations number 290.

What would a typical Kentucky Power Co home pay each month?

1,183 kWh at 15.07 cents comes to about $178, energy only.

Is Kentucky Power Co cheaper than other Kentucky utilities?

Rank 22 of 24 in Kentucky on price, +17.8% against the state average; 21 charge less than 15.07 ¢.

How much of the Kentucky Power Co load is business?

Homes take 34.9% of 5,321,277 MWh, commercial accounts 27.2%, industrial and other 37.9%; the 30,697 commercial accounts use 47,137 kWh each, 3.3 times a home.

Does Kentucky Power Co have smart meters or TOU rates?

0 of 131,234 home meters are AMI, 0.0%. Kentucky Power Co offers a home time-of-use rate; 301 customers use dynamic pricing, 0.23% of its homes.

Since 2015, has Kentucky Power Co become cheaper than other Kentucky utilities?

11th cheapest of 24 in 2015, 22nd of 24 in 2024; its price rose 44.9% while Kentucky rose 24.9%.

Where does Kentucky Power Co stand among 7 peers?

Place 5 of 8 on home price at 15.07 ¢ (AEP group); median 14.71 ¢, cheapest member 12.73 ¢.

Did Kentucky Power Co cut or raise its 2025 home price?

15.95 cents per kWh, +5.9% on the 15.07 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Kentucky Power Co at 15.07 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Public Service Co of ColoradoColorado, 15.05 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below
CORE Electric CooperativeColorado, 15.04 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ below
Suwannee Valley Elec Coop IncFlorida, 15.00 ¢/kWh, 0.07 ¢ below
Empire District Electric CoMissouri, 14.99 ¢/kWh, 0.08 ¢ below

Rate plans on file

4 home plan records, energy charges: 8.9 to 17.7 ¢/kWh.

Time-of-use: 3, e.g. Residential Service Time-of-Day

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

Primary sources for Kentucky Power Co electricity: 162,507 accounts in Kentucky, SAIDI 406

EIA-861 annual report entry for Kentucky Power Co electricity: 162,507 accounts in Kentucky, SAIDI 406, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Kentucky Power Co electricity: 162,507 accounts in Kentucky, SAIDI 406, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Kentucky Power Co electricity: 162,507 accounts in Kentucky, SAIDI 406, the state price average