State Comparisons

Electric Rates: How Kentucky Compares

Kentucky's industrial sector electric power costs rank 4th lowest in the nation for the second straight year.

Kentucky’s industrial power costs are the 2nd lowest when compared to states east of the Mississippi River and are over 30 percent lower than the U.S. average. Electric power in Kentucky is distributed by four investor owned electric utilities, twenty-nine municipal electric systems, twenty-one rural electric cooperatives and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Recent average annual costs (cents per KWH) for Kentucky and selected states are shown below.

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2010 Avg. Industrial Electric Cost per kWh
State Cost per kWh
Kentucky .0507
Arkansas .0541
Missouri .0553
South Carolina .0569
West Virginia .0587
Indiana .0597
Alabama .0605
North Carolina .0612
Georgia .0619
Ohio .0632
Mississippi .0636
Tennessee .0665
Illinois .0671
Virginia .0673
Michigan .0716
United States .0679
Source: Energy Information Administration. Rates are in Cents per KWH. Released March, 2011.

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