Commercial electricity rates in Kansas

What businesses in Kansas actually paid per kilowatt-hour, from EIA's monthly utility filings. Updated monthly.

The last 36 months

Range over the period shown: 10.27¢ to 12.31¢ per kWh. Each point is a monthly state average, not an offered rate.

Kansas by the numbers

How commercial compares with other sectors

All figures are August 2026 averages for Kansas.

Commercial customers in Kansas pay 21% less per kWh than households there. Nationally the commercial price sits 20% below residential, so the gap here is wider than usual.

What this costs a typical account

The average commercial account in Kansas used 6,933 kWh in August 2026. At 12.24¢ per kWh that is about $849 for the month — computed from EIA totals, so it is the average account, mixing a large facility with a corner shop.

How the price has moved

Over the 36 months to August 2026, Kansas's commercial price rose 12.9%, from 10.84¢ in September 2023 to 12.24¢. The high point was 12.31¢ in July 2024 and the low 10.27¢ in December 2023 — a spread of 20% between the cheapest and dearest month, which is typical for a state-level average.

Across the same period the dearest month on average was August (12.02¢) and the cheapest December (10.58¢), a seasonal swing of 14%.

Kansas against its region

Kansas is in EIA's West North Central division, where the commercial average was 12.07¢ in August 2026. Kansas is 1% above that, and 4 of 7 on price within the region.

Others in the region: North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa.

States priced near Kansas

Source

EIA Electric Power Monthly, retrieved 2026-11-02 · methodology · all 51 states