Average Electric Bill in Kansas
Residential · 12-month average, September 2025 – August 2026.
That works out to about $1,617 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Kansas has the 35th highest average residential bill.
Data current through August 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 15.17¢/kWh × 888 kWh ≈ $135. A state can land high on either factor — Kansas sits close to the U.S. average on both.
Compared with nearby states
| Kansas | $135 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $158 | |
| Oklahoma | $148 | |
| Missouri | $147 | |
| Nebraska | $123 | |
| Colorado | $114 |
Kansas is $24 a month below (-14.9%) the U.S. average of $158. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $208
- July 2026
- Lowest month
- $99
- November 2025
- Swing
- $109
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $204
- August 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Kansas peaks in July 2026 and bottoms out in November 2025. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
Kansas electricity bills in context
The average monthly residential electricity bill in Kansas is $135, ranking 35th of the 50 states and DC — below the national average of $158. Over the twelve months from September 2025 through August 2026, the state's bill rose 6.5% from $126 the year before. Compared with the nation, Kansas pays $23 less each month, a gap driven by both a lower rate of 15.17¢/kWh against the national 18.07¢/kWh and slightly higher usage at 888 kWh per month versus 876 kWh nationally.
Seasonal swings are pronounced. Bills peak in July 2026 at $208 and dip to their lowest in November 2025 at $99, a spread of $109 around the twelve-month average. Over the longer term, the picture is one of steady upward pressure: the bill has climbed 17.6% since August 2021, when it stood at $115, and 69.1% since December 2008, when it was $80.
Among bordering states, Kansas sits in the middle. Colorado charges less at $114 per month and Nebraska at $123, while Oklahoma averages $148 and Missouri $147. The state's rate advantage and moderate usage combine to keep households below the national bill despite price growth outpacing historical trends.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through August 2026.
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (September 2025 – August 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in Kansas may pay well above or below $135. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See Kansas electricity prices by sector.