Electricity in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
4 electric utilities serve homes in Cape Girardeau County, where Cape Girardeau is: Ameren Missouri, Citizens Electric, Black River Electric Cooperative and SEMO Electric Cooperative. The name of your utility is on your bill. In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $136.92 (Ameren Missouri) to $187.72 (SEMO Electric Cooperative) a month. The Missouri average was $137.97.
- 40,977 people (2025 estimate)
- Cape Girardeau County
- EIA data, 2025
Electric utilities in Cape Girardeau
EIA lists utilities by county, not by city. These utilities serve homes in Cape Girardeau County. Your address has one utility: its name is on your bill, or type your ZIP code in the utility finder.
| Utility | Homes in Missouri | Average bill 2025 | 1,000 kWh now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameren MissouriInvestor-owned utility · bill calculator | 1,100,654 | $136.921,032 kWh, 13.3¢ | $116.50 |
| Citizens ElectricElectric cooperative | 24,997 | $158.181,038 kWh, 15.2¢ | — |
| Black River Electric CooperativeElectric cooperative | 21,606 | $156.701,151 kWh, 13.6¢ | — |
| SEMO Electric CooperativeElectric cooperative | 10,798 | $187.721,389 kWh, 13.5¢ | — |
1 smaller utility with fewer than 1,000 homes is also listed in the county. The average bill is the 2025 average of each utility's homes that bought their power from it (EIA-861); a dash means that its homes buy power from a retail supplier. The 1,000 kWh bill is from the official tariff, before taxes, for the utilities that have a calculator on this site. The Missouri average was $137.97 a month for 1,037 kWh (13.3¢ per kWh).
Solar power in Cape Girardeau
A home solar system on a south-facing roof in Cape Girardeau makes about 1,398 kWh a year for each kW of panels (PVWatts, National Laboratory of the Rockies). A 6 kW system makes about 8,389 kWh a year. See what that saves on your utility's rates with the solar savings calculator.
Lower your electric bill in Cape Girardeau
- Open your utility above for its average bill, outages and rates, or the bill calculator to check your own bill.
- Help paying the electric bill in Missouri: bill assistance, payment plans and discounts.
- Why is my electric bill so high? and the appliance cost calculator.
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Who provides electricity in Cape Girardeau, MO?
4 electric utilities serve homes in Cape Girardeau County, where Cape Girardeau is: Ameren Missouri, Citizens Electric, Black River Electric Cooperative and SEMO Electric Cooperative. The name of your utility is on your bill.
What is the average electric bill in Cape Girardeau, MO?
In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $136.92 (Ameren Missouri) to $187.72 (SEMO Electric Cooperative) a month. The Missouri average was $137.97 a month for 1,037 kWh. Your bill depends on your kWh and your rate plan.
utilityratecalc.com is not part of any utility or city government. Sources: Census Bureau city population estimates, Vintage 2025 (the city and its counties); EIA-861 data, 2025 (utilities by county, homes and average bills). A small part of Cape Girardeau is in 1 other county, not shown here.