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Empire District Electric Co
Empire District Electric Co served 144,059 residential customers in Missouri in 2025 (4.9% of the state's residential customers), the 4th largest of 45 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority SWPP.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Empire District Electric Co's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,044 kWh
- At 14.77¢/kWh
- $154
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 14.77¢ sits.
Empire District Electric Co averaged 14.77¢ per kWh against a Missouri residential average of 13.49¢: 9.5% above the state figure. Among the 4 investor owned utilities in Missouri with bundled residential sales, it ranks 4th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Empire District Electric Co home used 1,030 kWh a month at 13.42¢ and paid $138. In 2025 it used 1,044 kWh at 14.77¢ and paid $154: the price per kWh is up 10%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 13.42 | 14.77 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,030 | 1,044 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 138.3 | 154.21 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 144,059 | 1,804,922 | 14.77 |
| Commercial | 25,278 | 1,572,703 | 12.44 |
| Industrial | 256 | 917,665 | 9.19 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 42.0% of the electricity Empire District Electric Co sold in Missouri in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
5,208 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 5,208installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 77.8 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 36.2installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
15 counties.
BarryBartonCedarChristianDadeDallasGreeneHickoryJasperLawrenceMcDonaldPolkSt ClairStoneTaney
Counties in Missouri where Empire District Electric Co reported serving customers in 2025 (15 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 5860
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 14.77 | ¢/kWh |
| Missouri average price | 13.49 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 9.5 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 10.0 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,044 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 154.21 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 144,059 | accounts |
| Share of MO residential customers | 4.9 | % |
| Size rank in MO | 4 of 45 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 4 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.