Missouri electricity and natural gas rates
Electricity
13.68¢
per kWh
Natural gas
$2.33
per therm
Residential sector, US Energy Information Administration, 2026-05. Updated monthly.
How Missouri compares
At 13.68¢ per kWh, Missouri is below the national average of 19.41¢, making it the 7th cheapest of the 51 states we track.
What a typical Missouri household uses
Electricity a month
1,047 kWh
Bill a month
$145
Households in Missouri use 21% 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 13.68¢ each unit costs less than it does nationally. The climate is fairly balanced — 4,800 heating degree days against 1,500 cooling ones — so neither season dominates the bill.
Averaged over twelve months across 2,914,498 residential accounts in Missouri. Source: EIA.
What this means for heating
Missouri sees around 105 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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