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Electric utilities serving St. Clair County, Missouri

Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.

St. Clair County, Missouri, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 6 utilities for 2024; Evergy Missouri West, Empire District Electric Co and Southwest Electric Coop, Inc are the largest by residential customers statewide.

Their average residential prices ran from 11.99¢ to 14.99¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 13.28¢, against a Missouri average of 12.91¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Missouri customers, not for this county alone.

The median SAIDI they reported was 276.1 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Missouri utilities reporting was 157.6.

The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 9,976. 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.

6utilities list the county2 on EIA's short form
13.28¢median of their residential pricesMissouri 12.91¢ · US 16.48¢
$137.79median of their monthly billsMissouri $129.18
276.1median SAIDI minutes, all eventsMissouri median 157.6

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 Missouri operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.

Utilities and their 2024 figures

UtilityOwnershipResidential customers¢ per kWhMonthly billSAIDI, all eventsSAIDI, no major events
Evergy Missouri WestInvestor-owned305,58312.55¢$122.68306.2118.8
Empire District Electric CoInvestor-owned142,53714.99¢$151.34230.5141.5
Southwest Electric Coop, IncCooperative41,38611.99¢$124.23246.0183.7
Osage Valley Elec Coop AssnCooperative16,94514.00¢$173.79329.4306.9
Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc short formCooperative11,970————
City of Osceola short formMunicipal533————

Ordered by residential customers in Missouri. 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 Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc 14.22¢, City of Osceola 12.37¢. 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, 2024Utilities listing St. Clair CountyMissouriUnited States
Average residential price per kWh13.28¢ median12.91¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$137.79 median$129.18$142.26
SAIDI, all events (minutes)276.1 median157.6 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days162.6 median97.0 median99.8 median
Utilities counted6451,413

Outage minutes reported

Evergy Missouri West306.2 min
Empire District Electric Co230.5 min
Southwest Electric Coop, Inc246 min
Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn329.4 min

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 St. Clair County itself.

Population: 9,976 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 5,618 kWh per resident in 2024.

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Questions and answers

Who provides electricity in St. Clair County?

Evergy Missouri West, Empire District Electric Co, Southwest Electric Coop, Inc, Osage Valley Elec Coop Assn, Sac-Osage Electric Coop Inc and City of Osceola 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 St. Clair County?

EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 11.99¢ to 14.99¢ per kilowatthour across their Missouri customers in 2024; the state average was 12.91¢.

How reliable is power in St. Clair County?

Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 276.1 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 162.6 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.