Average electricity bills in Kentucky have increased 20% since 2021, below the national average of 28%. That’s according to Heatmap, a climate news website.
Heatmap also gathered data on who’s paying the highest and lowest average bills statewide, and who’s seen the biggest increases in electricity prices.
Kentucky Power customers paid the highest average bill, $246 in March. That’s a nearly 41% increase over 2021, the highest statewide.
Duke Energy Kentucky customers paid the lowest average bill in March, $116. However, at nearly 39%, their bills have increased the second-most since 2021.
Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities customers fared best percentage-wise. Their bills rose 11% and 14% respectively in the past five years.
LG&E customers paid an average $121 in March, and KU customers paid an average $173.
Heatmap compiled the nationwide data with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
It was unable to collect information from all of Kentucky’s rural electric cooperatives.
Among those it did, customers of Kenergy in western Kentucky paid $192 in March, the second highest in the state behind Kentucky Power.
Kenergy’s bills also rose 37% from 2021.
South Kentucky RECC bills averaged $156 in March and increased 28% since 2021.
Warren RECC bills averaged $167 in March and increased 17% since 2021.
Pennyrile RECC bills averaged $163 in March and increased nearly 19% since 2021.
LG&E and KU and Kentucky Power have been granted rate increases since the beginning of the year by the Kentucky Public Service Commission.
Kentucky is more dependent on coal to generate electricity than any state but West Virginia. West Virginia’s electricity bills increased 24.5% from 2021 to 2025, according to Heatmap.
LG&E and KU are financial supporters of WEKU.
