Electricity rates — Kansas City Power & Light Co (Missouri)

What a typical bill costs

At 1,000 kWh a month the 6 generally available plans here run from $1,447.68 on Residential High Differential Time of Use (Schedule RTOU-3) to $2,087.12 on Residential Other Use ROU, with a median of $1,540.20.

Effective rates, bill divided by kilowatt-hours, span 12.1¢ to 17.4¢ per kWh at that usage.

What Kansas City Power & Light Co (Missouri)'s customers were billed in 2024

Priced at 798 kWh a month, what Kansas City Power & Light Co (Missouri)'s customers used on average, its open plans come within 2% of what EIA reports they were billed in 2024: the plans here describe its bills well.

How it compares

Among the 109 utilities indexed, Kansas City Power & Light Co (Missouri)'s cheapest open plan is the 33rd-lowest, 12% less than their median of $1,649.16. It sits between Idaho Power Co ($1,447.26) and Entergy Texas Inc. ($1,447.76).

In Missouri it is the 2nd-dearest of the 4 utilities indexed; Union Electric Co starts lowest, at $1,169.34.

Residential Peak Adjustment Service (Schedule RPKA) is tiered: past 600 kWh a month, each kWh costs 4.7¢ less. Of the 51 utilities whose plans step, that is the 10th-largest step.

Residential Other Use ROU changes price with the season: a kWh costs 4.2¢ more in June to September than in October to May, and the same 1,000 kWh is billed $201.68 in its dearest month against $160.05 in its cheapest.

In the guides: The price that changes once the meter passes a line · The price that changes with the month

How the answer changes with usage

Residential High Differential Time of Use (Schedule RTOU-3) is cheapest at every level tested — $795.83 a year at 500 kWh a month, $2,751.41 at 2,000 kWh.

The penalty for a poor choice grows with usage: $319.69 a year at 500 kWh against $1,278.83 at 2,000 kWh.

Cheapest 6 plans at 1,000 kWh a month

Separately Metered Electric Vehicle Time of Use (Schedule RTOU-EV) — $1,414.68 a year, 11.8¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $3.25 monthly standing charge. In effect since February 2026. Restricted: needs an electric vehicle.

Residential High Differential Time of Use (Schedule RTOU-3) — $1,447.68 a year, 12.1¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $12.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since February 2026.

Residential Time of Day Service - Schedule RTOD (FROZEN) — $1,480.57 a year, 12.3¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $12.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since April 2024.

Residential Time of Use - Two Period (Schedule RTOU-2) — $1,492.83 a year, 12.4¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $12.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since February 2026.

Residential Schedule R General Use & Space Heat - One Meter -1RS6A,1RFEB — $1,550.56 a year, 12.9¢ per kWh effective, tiered and priced by season. It carries a $11.88 monthly standing charge. In effect since April 2017. Too old to quote as a current price.

Residential Schedule General Use 1RS1A, 1RSDA, 1RS1B — $1,587.56 a year, 13.2¢ per kWh effective, tiered and priced by season. It carries a $12.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since February 2026.

How these plans are structured

Of 9 priceable plans: 4 tiered, 5 time-of-use, 4 priced by season.

Fixed monthly charges run from $3.25 to $15.25.

Who provides these plans

URDB files Kansas City Power & Light Co (Missouri)'s schedules under Missouri, and they are compared there with that state's other utilities. 9 of its 9 published residential schedules can be priced.

The largest saving available here

Moving from Residential Other Use ROU to Residential High Differential Time of Use (Schedule RTOU-3) saves $639.44 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, with no change in consumption.

What this does not cover

5 of these plans price by the hour, so their figures are marked lower confidence.