Electricity and gas prices in Kentucky

Households in Kentucky paid an average of 14.26¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $33.20 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 44th highest electricity price of the fifty states and DC.

What heat costs here

Dollars per million BTU delivered into the house — the only figure that compares a heat pump with a furnace, and the only one that needs no assumption about your house.

Gas furnace, 95% AFUE$33.70
Heat pump at COP 3.0$13.93
Heat pump at COP 2.0$20.90
Electric resistance$41.79

Which certified heat pumps hold their capacity at 5 °F in Kentucky

Five years of prices

July 202111.59¢
October 202112.28¢
January 202211.99¢
April 202212.70¢
July 202213.28¢
October 202214.06¢
January 202312.83¢
April 202312.79¢
July 202312.51¢
October 202313.17¢
January 202412.24¢
April 202412.99¢
July 202412.45¢
October 202413.31¢
January 202512.43¢
April 202513.69¢
July 202513.13¢
October 202513.62¢
January 202614.27¢
April 202615.02¢

Who sells electricity in Kentucky

Utilities reporting at least 1,000 residential customers. The price column is derived — total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 annual survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate.

Utility	Ownership	Residential customers	Derived from the 2024 survey
Kentucky Utilities Co	Investor Owned	450,673	11.85¢
Louisville Gas & Electric Co	Investor Owned	384,902	12.28¢
Duke Energy Kentucky	Investor Owned	139,405	13.44¢
Kentucky Power Co	Investor Owned	130,852	15.07¢
South Kentucky Rural E C C	Cooperative	64,877	12.92¢
Owen Electric Coop Inc.	Cooperative	63,984	12.55¢
Warren Rural Elec Coop Corp	Cooperative	60,701	11.98¢
Blue Grass Energy Coop Corp	Cooperative	60,641	12.32¢
Salt River Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	53,479	10.88¢
Jackson Energy Coop Corp - (Ky)	Cooperative	49,423	13.66¢
Kenergy Corp	Cooperative	47,292	15.15¢
Pennyrile Rural Electric Coop	Cooperative	40,645	13.16¢
Nolin Rural Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	35,855	13.08¢
West Kentucky Rural E C C	Cooperative	32,062	13.46¢
Meade County Rural E C C	Cooperative	29,248	14.27¢
Adjustment 2024		29,228	11.42¢
City Of Bowling Green - (Ky)	Municipal	27,181	11.48¢
Inter County Energy Coop Corp - (Ky)	Cooperative	26,655	13.74¢
Clark Energy Coop Inc. - (Ky)	Cooperative	26,203	13.25¢
Taylor County Rural E C C	Cooperative	24,985	13.27¢
Farmers Rural Electric Coop Corp - (Ky)	Cooperative	24,889	13.08¢
Jackson Purchase Energy Corporation	Cooperative	23,979	15.64¢
Fleming-Mason Energy Coop Inc.	Cooperative	23,666	13.05¢
City Of Owensboro - (Ky)	Municipal	23,286	13.42¢
Cumberland Valley Electric, Inc.	Cooperative	22,478	12.87¢
Tri-County Elec Member Corp (Tn)	Cooperative	20,529	12.52¢
City Of Paducah - (Ky)	Municipal	18,863	15.55¢
Shelby Energy Coop, Inc. - (Ky)	Cooperative	17,437	13.21¢
City Of Frankfort - (Ky)	Municipal	17,200	11.23¢
Licking Valley Rural E C C	Cooperative	16,805	13.83¢
Grayson Rural Electric Coop Corp	Cooperative	14,429	16.07¢
Big Sandy Rural Elec Coop Corp	Cooperative	11,574	13.69¢
Henderson City Utility Comm	Municipal	10,320	10.84¢
City Of Hopkinsville	Municipal	9,832	12.53¢
Madisonville Municipal Utils	Municipal	6,919	11.68¢
City Of Murray - (Ky)	Municipal	6,163	13.27¢
City Of Glasgow - (Ky)	Municipal	5,644	13.45¢
City Of Berea Municipal Utility	Municipal	4,722	9.04¢
City Of Franklin - (Ky)	Municipal	4,561	12.92¢
City Of Mayfield Plant Board	Municipal	4,348	13.37¢

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Prices: EIA Electric Power Monthly and Natural Gas Monthly, residential sector. Utility figures: EIA-861 annual survey, data year 2024. Both public domain.