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Duke Energy Kentucky
Duke Energy Kentucky served 140,950 residential customers in Kentucky in 2025 (6.7% of the state's residential customers), the 3rd largest of 45 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority PJM.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Duke Energy Kentucky's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 926 kWh
- At 13.86¢/kWh
- $128
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 13.86¢ sits.
Duke Energy Kentucky averaged 13.86¢ per kWh against a Kentucky residential average of 13.24¢: 4.7% above the state figure. Among the 4 investor owned utilities in Kentucky with bundled residential sales, it ranks 3rd from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Duke Energy Kentucky home used 951 kWh a month at 9.18¢ and paid $87.32. In 2025 it used 926 kWh at 13.86¢ and paid $128: the price per kWh is up 50.9%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 9.18 | 13.86 |
| Use, kWh a month | 951 | 926 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 87.32 | 128.35 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 140,950 | 1,566,371 | 13.86 |
| Commercial | 14,541 | 1,810,729 | 11.68 |
| Industrial | 284 | 708,058 | 9.95 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 38.3% of the electricity Duke Energy Kentucky sold in Kentucky in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
1,026 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 1,026installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 7.0 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 7.3installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
6 counties.
BooneCampbellGallatinGrantKentonPendleton
Counties in Kentucky where Duke Energy Kentucky reported serving customers in 2025 (6 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 19446
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 13.86 | ¢/kWh |
| Kentucky average price | 13.24 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 4.7 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 50.9 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 926 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 128.35 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 140,950 | accounts |
| Share of KY residential customers | 6.7 | % |
| Size rank in KY | 3 of 45 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 3 of 4 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
None shown for this page. Plan counts appear once per utility, on its largest state's bundled page; how plans are counted.