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City of Columbia - (MO)

City of Columbia - (MO) served 45,899 residential customers in Missouri in 2025 (1.6% of the state's residential customers), the 8th largest of 45 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: municipal; balancing authority MISO.

The meter, one average month.

Scroll to run 30 days of City of Columbia - (MO)'s average residential use through a five-dial register.

Day 30 of 30

Used so far: 800 kWh
At 15.5¢/kWh: $124

An average 2025 month: 800 kWh at 15.5¢ comes to about $124, the average bill. Use is spread evenly over 30 days for the picture.

Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh

Where 15.5¢ sits.

City of Columbia - (MO) averaged 15.5¢ per kWh against a Missouri residential average of 13.49¢: 14.9% above the state figure. Among the 12 municipal utilities in Missouri with bundled residential sales, it ranks 11th from the lowest price.

15.5¢ this utility

13.49¢ MO avg

2020 and 2025EIA-861

Five years, same meter.

In 2020 the average City of Columbia - (MO) home used 813 kWh a month at 11.96¢ and paid $97.21. In 2025 it used 800 kWh at 15.5¢ and paid $124: the price per kWh is up 29.7%.

City of Columbia - (MO), Missouri, residential averages, 2020 and 2025
Measure	2020	2025
Price, ¢/kWh	11.96	15.5
Use, kWh a month	813	800
Bill, US$ a month	97.21	124.0

City of Columbia - (MO) customers and sales by class in Missouri, 2025, EIA-861 (bundled service)
Class	Customers	MWh sold	¢/kWh
Residential	45,899	440,521	15.5
Commercial	7,634	461,725	12.73
Industrial	26	268,589	11.04

Who else is on the line

Homes are one class.

Homes took 37.6% of the electricity City of Columbia - (MO) sold in Missouri in 2025.

Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering

703 roofs.

Residential net-metered PV: 703installations reported for 2025
Capacity: 5.8 MWresidential, net metered
Per 1,000 homes: 15.3installations per 1,000 residential customers

Service territoryEIA-861

1 counties.

Boone

Counties in Missouri where City of Columbia - (MO) reported serving customers in 2025 (1 in all; up to 24 listed).

EIA-8612025Utility 4045

The filing, line by line.

City of Columbia - (MO), Missouri, residential class, 2025. Price basis: revenue divided by kWh sold, all residential customers.
Measure	Value	Unit
Average price	15.5	¢/kWh
Missouri average price	13.49	¢/kWh
Difference from state average	14.9	%
Price change over 5 years	29.7	%
Typical monthly use	800	kWh
Typical monthly bill	124.0	US$
Residential customers	45,899	accounts
Share of MO residential customers	1.6	%
Size rank in MO	8 of 45	by customers
Price rank, municipal peers	11 of 12	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.

Missouri: state average, five-year steps and every provider