Electricity Rate
13.68¢/kWh
per kilowatt-hour
Natural Gas Rate
$1.65/therm
per therm
Avg Electric Bill
$111
per month
Avg Gas Bill
$85
per month
Understanding Energy in Missouri
Missouri's electricity market is dominated by Ameren Missouri (St. Louis area) and Evergy (Kansas City area). The state's position in "Tornado Alley" and a continental climate with extreme heat and cold contribute to high annual energy usage, though rates remain below the national average.
Missouri has a regulated electricity market. Your utility is the only electricity provider in your area, but rates are reviewed and approved by the state's public utility commission to ensure they are fair and reasonable.
The state's primary electric utilities include Ameren Missouri, Evergy (Kansas City Power & Light), Empire District Electric (Liberty Utilities). Natural gas distribution is handled by Spire (formerly Laclede Gas/Missouri Gas Energy), CenterPoint Energy Missouri (Vectren). Missouri's climate — continental, cold winters, hot humid summers — is one of the main drivers of annual energy consumption patterns for households.
Electric Utilities in Missouri
The following utilities operate in Missouri. Your specific provider depends on your address.
- Ameren Missouri
- Evergy (Kansas City Power & Light)
- Empire District Electric (Liberty Utilities)
Natural Gas Utilities in Missouri
- Spire (formerly Laclede Gas/Missouri Gas Energy)
- CenterPoint Energy Missouri (Vectren)
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Energy Assistance Programs in Missouri
Low-income households and those facing energy emergencies may qualify for these programs:
- Missouri LIHEAP
- Missouri Weatherization Assistance
- Ameren Missouri EnergyEfficiency
- Missouri Energy Initiative
Energy Saving Tips for Missouri Residents
These tips are tailored to Missouri's climate — continental, cold winters, hot humid summers:
- Winterize your pipes and insulate your water heater for cold months.
- Install a programmable thermostat and set heating schedules around your work day.
- Check that your furnace filter is replaced monthly during peak heating season.
- Add weatherstripping to exterior doors — a common source of heat loss in older Midwest homes.
- Consider shopping for a competitive electricity supplier in deregulated Ohio, Illinois markets.
- Sign up for your utility's budget billing to spread costs evenly throughout the year.
- Look into PIPP (Ohio) or CAP (Pennsylvania) programs for income-qualified bill assistance.
Gas & Electricity Rates by City in Missouri
Select a city to view local utility rates, providers, and energy programs.
Kansas City
⚡ 13.14¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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Springfield
⚡ 13.20¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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Columbia
⚡ 14.46¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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Independence
⚡ 13.14¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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Lee's Summit
⚡ 13.14¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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St. Joseph
⚡ 12.51¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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Blue Springs
⚡ 13.14¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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Joplin
⚡ 14.92¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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Jefferson City
⚡ 12.31¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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Cape Girardeau
⚡ 12.34¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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Liberty
⚡ 12.51¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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Raytown
⚡ 13.14¢/kWh 🔥 $1.65/therm
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All Cities & Towns in Missouri
Gas and electricity information for all 902 cities and towns in Missouri. Jump to a letter or browse the full list.
A
- Adair Village
- Adrian
- Advance
- Affton
- Agency
- Airport Drive
- Alba
- Albany
- Alexandria
- Allendale
- Allenton
- Allenville
- Alma
- Altamont
- Altenburg
- Alton
- Amazonia
- Amity
- Amsterdam
- Anderson
- Annada
- Annapolis
- Anniston
- Appleton City
- Arbyrd
- Arcadia
- Arcola
- Argyle
- Arkansas Junction
- Armstrong
- Arnold
- Arrow Point
- Asbury
- Ash Grove
- Ashburn
- Ashley
- Ashton
- Atlanta
- Augusta
- Aurora
- Auxvasse
- Ava
- Avondale
B
- Bagnell
- Bailey
- Bakersfield
- Baldwin Park
- Ballwin
- Baring
- Barnard
- Barnett
- Barnhart
- Bates City
- Battlefield
- Bel-Nor
- Bel-Ridge
- Bella Villa
- Belle
- Bellefontaine Neighbors
- Belleview
- Bellflower
- Belton
- Benton
- Benton City
- Berger
- Berkeley
- Bernie
- Bertrand
- Big Lake
- Big Spring
- Billings
- Birch Tree
- Birmingham
- Bismarck
- Black Jack
- Blackburn
- Blackwater
- Blairstown
- Bland
- Bloomsdale
- Blue Eye
- Blue Springs
- Blythedale
- Bogard
- Bolckow
- Bolivar
- Bonne Terre
- Boonville
- Bosworth
- Boulder City
- Bowling Green
- Bragg City
- Branson
- Branson West
- Braymer
- Breckenridge
- Breckenridge Hills
- Brentwood
- Bridgeton
- Brimson
- Bronaugh
- Brookfield
- Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Heights
- Browning
- Brownington
- Brownsville
- Brumley
- Brunswick
- Bucklin
- Buckner
- Buffalo
- Bull Creek
- Bunceton
- Bunker
- Burgess
- Burlington Junction
- Butterfield
C
- Cabool
- Cainsville
- Cairo
- Caledonia
- Calhoun
- California
- Callao
- Calverton Park
- Camden
- Camden Point
- Camdenton
- Cameron
- Campbell
- Canalou
- Canton
- Cape Girardeau
- Cardwell
- Carl Junction
- Carrollton
- Carterville
- Carthage
- Caruthersville
- Carytown
- Cassville
- Catron
- Cedar Hill
- Cedar Hill Lakes
- Cedarcreek
- Center
- Centertown
- Centerview
- Centerville
- Centralia
- Chaffee
- Chain-O-Lakes
- Chamois
- Charlack
- Charleston
- Charmwood
- Cherokee Pass
- Chesterfield
- Chilhowee
- Chillicothe
- Chula
- Clarence
- Clark
- Clarksburg
- Clarksdale
- Clarkson
- Clarksville
- Claycomo
- Clayton
- Clearmont
- Cleveland
- Cliff Village
- Clifton Hill
- Clinton
- Clyde
- Cobalt Village
- Coffey
- Cole Camp
- Collins
- Colonial Acres
- Columbia
- Commerce
- Conception Junction
- Concord
- Conway
- Cool Valley
- Cooter
- Corder
- Corning
- Cosby
- Cottleville
- Country Club Hills
- Country Club Village
- Country Life Acres
- Cove
- Cowgill
- Crane
- Cravens
- Crawfordville
- Creighton
- Crestwood
- Creve Coeur
- Crocker
- Cross Timbers
- Crystal City
- Crystal Lake Park
- Cuba
- Curryville
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E
F
- Fair Grove
- Fair Play
- Fairfax
- Fairview
- Farber
- Farley
- Farmington
- Fayette
- Fenton
- Ferguson
- Fidelity
- Fillmore
- Fisk
- Fletcher
- Flint Hill
- Flordell Hills
- Florissant
- Foley
- Fordland
- Forest City
- Foristell
- Forsyth
- Fort Leonard Wood
- Fortuna
- Fountain Lakes
- Frankclay
- Frankford
- Franklin
- Fredericktown
- Freeburg
- Freeman
- Freistatt
- Frohna
- Frontenac
- Fulton
G
- Gainesville
- Galena
- Gallatin
- Galt
- Garden City
- Garland
- Gentry
- Gerster
- Gibbs
- Gideon
- Gilliam
- Gilman City
- Gladstone
- Glasgow
- Glen Allen
- Glen Echo Park
- Glenaire
- Glenwood
- Golden City
- Goodman
- Gordonville
- Goshen
- Gower
- Graham
- Grain Valley
- Granby
- Grand Falls Plaza
- Grand Pass
- Grandin
- Grandview
- Granger
- Grant City
- Grantwood Village
- Gravois Mills
- Gray Summit
- Green City
- Green Park
- Green Ridge
- Greencastle
- Greendale
- Greenfield
- Greentop
- Greenville
- Greenwood
- Greyhawk
- Grovespring
- Guilford
- Gunn City
H
- Hale
- Halfway
- Hallsville
- Halltown
- Hamilton
- Hanley Hills
- Hannibal
- Hardin
- Harris
- Harrisburg
- Harrisonville
- Hartsburg
- Hartville
- Harwood
- Hayti
- Hayti Heights
- Hayward
- Haywood City
- Hazelton
- Hazelwood
- Henley
- Henrietta
- Herculaneum
- Hermann
- Hermitage
- Higbee
- Higginsville
- High Hill
- High Ridge
- Highlandville
- Hillsboro
- Hillsdale
- Hoberg
- Holcomb
- Holden
- Holland
- Holliday
- Hollister
- Holt
- Homestead
- Homestead Village
- Hopkins
- Horine
- Hornersville
- Houston
- Houston Lake
- Houstonia
- Howardville
- Hughesville
- Humansville
- Hume
- Humphreys
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L
- La Belle
- La Due
- La Grange
- La Monte
- La Platte
- La Russell
- Laclede
- Laddonia
- Ladue
- Lake Annette
- Lake Lafayette
- Lake Lotawana
- Lake Mykee Town
- Lake Ozark
- Lake St. Louis
- Lake Tapawingo
- Lake Viking
- Lakeshire
- Lakeside
- Lamar
- Lamar Heights
- Lambert
- Lanagan
- Lancaster
- Laredo
- Laurel Hill
- Lawson
- Leadington
- Leasburg
- Leawood
- Lee's Summit
- Lees Summit
- Leeton
- Leicester
- Leigh
- Lemay
- Lenox
- Leonard
- Leslie
- Levasy
- Lewis and Clark Village
- Lewistown
- Lexington
- Liberal
- Liberty
- Licking
- Lilbourn
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Linneus
- Lisbon
- Lithium
- Livonia
- Lohman
- Lone Jack
- Longtown
- Loose Creek
- Louisiana
- Louisville
- Lowry City
- Lucerne
- Ludlow
M
- Macks Creek
- Macon
- Madison
- Malden
- Malta Bend
- Manchester
- Mansfield
- Maplewood
- Marble Hill
- Marceline
- Maries
- Marionville
- Marlow
- Marquand
- Marshall
- Marshfield
- Marston
- Marthasville
- Martinsburg
- Maryland Heights
- Maryville
- Matthews
- Maysville
- Mayview
- McBaine
- McCord Bend
- McFall
- McKittrick
- Meadville
- Memphis
- Mendon
- Menfro
- Merriam Woods
- Merritt
- Mertens
- Meta
- Metz
- Mexico
- Miami
- Middle Brook
- Middletown
- Midway
- Milan
- Milford
- Mill Creek
- Mill Spring
- Miller
- Millersville
- Millington
- Milo
- Mindenmines
- Mine La Motte
- Miner
- Mineral Point
- Missouri City
- Mitchell
- Moberly
- Mokane
- Moline Acres
- Monitor
- Monroe City
- Montgomery City
- Monticello
- Mooresville
- Morgan
- Morrisville
- Morse Mill
- Mosby
- Moscow Mills
- Mount Vernon
- Mountain Grove
- Mountain View
- Murphy
- Myrtle
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O
P
- Pacific
- Pagedale
- Palmyra
- Paris
- Park Hills
- Parkdale
- Parkville
- Parma
- Parnell
- Pascola
- Patterson
- Pattonsburg
- Paynesville
- Peace Valley
- Peculiar
- Pendleton
- Perry
- Perryville
- Pevely
- Piedmont
- Pierce City
- Pilot Grove
- Pilot Knob
- Pine Lawn
- Pineville
- Plato
- Platte City
- Platte Woods
- Pleasant Green
- Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hope
- Pleasant Valley
- Pocahontas
- Pollock
- Polo
- Pomona
- Ponce de Leon
- Pontiac
- Poplar Bluff
- Portage Des Sioux
- Portageville
- Potosi
- Powersville
- Prairie Home
- Prathersville
- Princeton
- Purcell
- Purdin
- Purvis
R
- Randolph
- Ravenwood
- Raymondville
- Raymore
- Raytown
- Rayville
- Rea
- Redings Mill
- Renick
- Rensselaer
- Republic
- Reynolds
- Rhineland
- Rich Hill
- Richards
- Richland
- Richmond
- Ridgely
- Ridgeway
- Rinehart
- Ripley
- Risco
- Ritchey
- River Bend
- Riverside
- Riverview
- Rives
- Roach
- Robertsville
- Rochester
- Rock Hill
- Rock Port
- Rockaway Beach
- Rockbridge
- Rockville
- Rogersville
- Rolla
- Rosati
- Rosebud
- Rosendale
- Rossville
- Rush Hill
- Rushville
- Russellville
- Rutherford
S
- Saginaw
- Salem
- Salisbury
- Sappington
- Sarcoxie
- Savannah
- Scotsdale
- Scott City
- Sedalia
- Sedgewickville
- Seligman
- Seneca
- Shelbina
- Shelbyville
- Sheldon
- Sheridan
- Shrewsbury
- Sibley
- Sikeston
- Silva
- Skidmore
- Slater
- Smithton
- Smithville
- Sparta
- Spickard
- Spokane
- Springfield
- St. Ann
- St. Charles
- St. Clair
- St. Elizabeth
- St. James
- St. John
- St. Joseph
- St. Louis
- St. Martins
- St. Mary
- St. Paul
- St. Peters
- St. Robert
- St. Thomas
- Stanberry
- Stark City
- Ste. Genevieve
- Steelville
- Stella
- Stet
- Stewardson
- Stewartsville
- Stockton
- Stotesbury
- Stotts City
- Stoutland
- Stoutsville
- Stover
- Strafford
- Strasburg
- Sturgeon
- Success
- Sugar Creek
- Sullivan
- Summersville
- Sumner
- Sunrise Beach
- Sunset Hills
- Swedeborg
- Sweet Springs
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V
W
- Waco
- Walker
- Walnut Grove
- Wardell
- Wardsville
- Warrensburg
- Warrenton
- Warsaw
- Warson Woods
- Washburn
- Washington
- Wasola
- Watson
- Waverly
- Wayland
- Waynesville
- Weatherby
- Weatherby Lake
- Weaubleau
- Webb City
- Webster Groves
- Weldon Spring
- Weldon Spring Heights
- Wellington
- Wellston
- Wellsville
- Wentworth
- Wentzville
- West Alton
- West Line
- West Plains
- West Sullivan
- Westboro
- Western Grove
- Weston
- Westphalia
- Wheatland
- Wheaton
- Wheedleton
- Wheeling
- Whiteman AFB
- Whiteoak
- Willard
- Williamsville
- Willow Springs
- Wilson City
- Winchester
- Windsor
- Windsor Place
- Windsor Springs
- Winfield
- Winigan
- Winona
- Winston
- Wood Heights
- Woodland
- Woodson Terrace
- Wooldridge
- Worth
- Worthington
- Wright City
Frequently Asked Questions — Missouri Energy
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The average residential electricity rate in Missouri is approximately 13.68¢/kWh, compared to the national average of around 16¢/kWh. The average monthly electricity bill is $111.
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The average residential natural gas rate in Missouri is approximately $1.65/therm per therm. The typical monthly gas bill is $85, though this varies significantly by season.
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The primary electric utilities serving Missouri include Ameren Missouri, Evergy (Kansas City Power & Light), Empire District Electric (Liberty Utilities). The right utility for you depends on your specific address.
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No — Missouri has a regulated electricity market, meaning your utility is determined by your location.
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Missouri residents may qualify for several assistance programs including Missouri LIHEAP, Missouri Weatherization Assistance. Contact your utility or the state energy office for eligibility details.
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To reduce your energy bills in Missouri: schedule a free energy audit through your utility, check for state weatherization assistance, upgrade to LED lighting, and optimize your thermostat settings. Ask your utility about budget billing to smooth out seasonal costs.