Business electricity rates in Kentucky
In 2025, businesses in Kentucky paid an average of 11.75¢ per kWh for electricity, below the U.S. average of 13.37¢. The average business customer used 5,273 kWh a month and paid $619.74. Industrial customers paid 6.78¢ per kWh. Kentucky has the 25th lowest business price of the 50 states and DC.
- 328,518 business customers
- EIA data, 2025
- Commercial price
- 11.75¢
- U.S. 13.37¢
- Average business bill
- $619.74
- 5,273 kWh a month
- Industrial price
- 6.78¢
- U.S. 8.51¢
- Average industrial bill
- $33,220.80
- 489,986 kWh a month
Business electricity rates by utility
The average for the business customers who buy their power from each utility. Utilities with 100 or more business customers that buy power from them.
| Utility | Business customers | Commercial price | Average bill | Industrial price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Utilities | 94,996 | 11.63¢ | $579.654,986 kWh | 7.08¢ |
| LG&E | 52,571 | 11.46¢ | $856.517,477 kWh | 7.75¢ |
| Kentucky Power | 30,598 | 13.83¢ | $538.383,893 kWh | 8.45¢ |
| Warren Rural Electric Cooperative | 15,814 | 13.87¢ | $343.432,476 kWh | 7.74¢ |
| Duke Energy Kentucky | 14,541 | 11.68¢ | $1,211.6010,377 kWh | 9.95¢ |
| Kenergy | 12,488 | 14.67¢ | $305.542,082 kWh | 6.17¢ |
| West Kentucky Rural ECC | 7,018 | 15.01¢ | $360.422,401 kWh | — |
| Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative | 6,924 | 14.13¢ | $573.144,056 kWh | 7.31¢ |
| Jackson Purchase Energy | 6,811 | 9.71¢ | $574.145,915 kWh | — |
| South Kentucky Rural ECC | 6,108 | 14.65¢ | $203.121,386 kWh | 9.78¢ |
| Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation | 5,919 | 10.44¢ | $532.595,100 kWh | — |
| City of Bowling Green | 5,390 | 11.26¢ | $804.987,146 kWh | — |
| City of Frankfort | 4,716 | 9.74¢ | $494.325,075 kWh | 8.50¢ |
| Jackson Energy Cooperative | 3,946 | 12.58¢ | $386.993,076 kWh | 8.30¢ |
| Salt River Electric Cooperative | 3,922 | 10.93¢ | $700.306,410 kWh | 8.09¢ |
| City of Paducah | 3,871 | 10.96¢ | $1,136.1410,366 kWh | — |
| Blue Grass Energy Cooperative | 3,271 | 11.86¢ | $596.995,032 kWh | 7.63¢ |
| Taylor County Rural ECC | 3,265 | 11.07¢ | $380.173,434 kWh | — |
| City of Owensboro | 3,186 | 10.53¢ | $769.107,304 kWh | 9.55¢ |
| City of Hopkinsville | 3,081 | 13.88¢ | $481.553,470 kWh | — |
| Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative | 2,890 | 11.69¢ | $434.753,720 kWh | — |
| Owen Electric Cooperative | 2,794 | 10.91¢ | $689.426,320 kWh | 5.97¢ |
| Fleming-Mason Energy Cooperative | 2,404 | 10.88¢ | $502.014,613 kWh | — |
| Clark Energy Cooperative | 2,305 | 12.86¢ | $429.433,340 kWh | — |
| Meade County Rural ECC | 2,233 | 14.90¢ | $578.503,881 kWh | — |
| Farmers Rural Electric Cooperative | 2,110 | 12.69¢ | $400.243,154 kWh | — |
| City of Glasgow | 2,010 | 12.39¢ | $731.515,906 kWh | — |
| City of Murray | 1,802 | 11.55¢ | $787.186,816 kWh | — |
| Cumberland Valley Electric | 1,655 | 8.32¢ | $574.776,912 kWh | 9.63¢ |
| Henderson City Utility Commission | 1,644 | 10.15¢ | $519.625,121 kWh | 8.14¢ |
| Madisonville Municipal Utils | 1,526 | 10.51¢ | $645.646,146 kWh | — |
| Inter County Energy Cooperative | 1,400 | 12.62¢ | $445.423,530 kWh | 7.67¢ |
| City of Franklin | 1,314 | 12.91¢ | $441.973,423 kWh | — |
| Grayson Rural Electric Cooperative | 1,166 | 10.07¢ | $590.845,866 kWh | — |
| City of Russellville | 1,090 | 13.62¢ | $440.833,236 kWh | — |
| Licking Valley Rural ECC | 1,087 | 8.57¢ | $763.888,913 kWh | — |
| Big Sandy Rural Electric Cooperative | 1,010 | 12.34¢ | $399.263,237 kWh | — |
| Gibson Electric Membership Corporation | 887 | 13.53¢ | $394.312,915 kWh | — |
| City of Mayfield Plant Board | 857 | 12.97¢ | $836.546,451 kWh | — |
| City of Benton | 684 | 14.43¢ | $546.423,786 kWh | — |
| Shelby Energy Cooperative | 649 | 10.40¢ | $1,184.6411,387 kWh | 8.28¢ |
| City of Berea Municipal Utility | 608 | 9.41¢ | $300.793,198 kWh | 8.14¢ |
| City of Fulton | 412 | 13.32¢ | $571.804,294 kWh | — |
| City of Jellico | 361 | 15.82¢ | $205.221,297 kWh | — |
| City of Hickman | 215 | 16.80¢ | $432.172,573 kWh | — |
Your business electricity price
The averages mix all business customers, from a small shop to a hospital. Your price depends on your rate schedule. Most business rates have a monthly customer charge, an energy charge per kWh and, for larger customers, a demand charge per kW of the highest use in the month. Find the schedule on your bill and in your utility's tariff.
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What is the average commercial electricity rate in Kentucky?
In 2025, businesses in Kentucky paid an average of 11.75¢ per kWh for electricity, below the U.S. average of 13.37¢.
How much is the average business electric bill in Kentucky?
$619.74 a month in 2025 for 5,273 kWh, the average of all 328,518 commercial customers. A small shop uses much less than the average, which includes large offices, stores and hospitals.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2025 final data. State averages: EIA's average monthly bill tables (all suppliers). Utility averages: revenue, sales and customers of the business customers who bought power from the utility.