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Electric utilities serving Cherokee County, Kansas
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
4 utilities list Cherokee County, Kansas, in the service territory they reported to EIA for 2024, the largest by residential customers statewide being Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc and Empire District Electric Co.
Their average residential prices ran from 13.34¢ to 14.25¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 13.80¢, against a Kansas average of 14.15¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Kansas customers, not for this county alone.
The median SAIDI they reported was 186.9 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Kansas utilities reporting was 202.0.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 19,105. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole Kansas operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.
Utilities and their 2024 figures
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas South, Inc | Investor-owned | 302,508 | 14.25¢ | $124.92 | 206.3 | 87.1 |
| Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc short form | Cooperative | 11,393 | — | — | — | — |
| Empire District Electric Co | Investor-owned | 8,412 | 13.34¢ | $136.49 | 167.5 | 89.5 |
| Twin Valley Electric Coop Inc short form | Cooperative | 2,885 | — | — | — | — |
Ordered by residential customers in Kansas. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available; their all-sector revenue per kWh was Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc 13.82¢, Twin Valley Electric Coop Inc 19.36¢. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.
Against the state and the country
| Measure, 2024 | Utilities listing Cherokee County | Kansas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 13.80¢ median | 14.15¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $130.71 median | $123.90 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 186.9 median | 202.0 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 88.3 median | 95.6 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 4 | 21 | 1,413 |
Outage minutes reported
SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Cherokee County itself.
Population: 19,105 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 4,649 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other Kansas counties
- Barton County 7
- Bourbon County 4
- Brown County 7
- Butler County 6
- Chase County 3
- Chautauqua County 2
- Cheyenne County 3
- Clark County 4
- Clay County 5
- Cloud County 6
- Coffey County 5
- Comanche County 3
All 105 counties and every Kansas utility
Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Cherokee County?
Evergy Kansas South, Inc, Heartland Rural Elec Coop, Inc, Empire District Electric Co and Twin Valley Electric Coop Inc list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.
What is the electricity price in Cherokee County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 13.34¢ to 14.25¢ per kilowatthour across their Kansas customers in 2024; the state average was 14.15¢.
How reliable is power in Cherokee County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 186.9 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 88.3 minutes excluding them.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.