Kentucky electricity and natural gas rates
Electricity
14.98¢
per kWh
Natural gas
$2.84
per therm
Residential sector, US Energy Information Administration, 2026-05. Updated monthly.
How Kentucky compares
At 14.98¢ per kWh, Kentucky is below the national average of 19.41¢, making it the 16th cheapest of the 51 states we track.
What a typical Kentucky household uses
Electricity a month
1,120 kWh
Bill a month
$154
Households in Kentucky use 30% more electricity than the national average and end up with a bill close to it. Cheap power absorbs most of that: the meter turns faster here, but at 14.98¢ each unit costs less than it does nationally. The climate is fairly balanced — 4,300 heating degree days against 1,400 cooling ones — so neither season dominates the bill.
Averaged over twelve months across 2,029,420 residential accounts in Kentucky. Source: EIA.
What this means for heating
Kentucky sees around 95 freezing nights a year. Whether a heat pump beats a furnace here depends on the gap between those two prices above — not on the equipment.
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