Nicholasville electricity and gas rates
Who supplies power and gas to Nicholasville houses and what a typical house uses: about 1047 kWh of electricity and 54 therms of gas a month. Bills include a 3% Jessamine County Schools 3% utility tax.
Electricity: Nicholasville Public Utilities (NPU)
NPU residential rate effective September 2025: $22.00 service charge and $.09354 per kWh. The rates are subject to a Power Cost Adjustment based on the change in the cost of electricity bought from KU, which may change monthly. NPU buys wholesale power from Kentucky Utilities and serves about 6,800 electric customers.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $22.00 a month |
| Per kWh | 9.35¢ |
Gas: Delta Natural Gas Company
Delta residential rates effective July 29, 2026: $29.95 customer charge and a total rate of $12.7480 per Mcf (base rate plus gas cost recovery), plus a Pipe Replacement Program charge of $0.96008 per Mcf and a $0.30 Energy Assistance Program fee. Delta's franchise agreement with the City of Nicholasville, for gas delivery within the city, provides for payment of 3% of gross annual revenues from the sale of gas in the city.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
| Fixed charge | $31.16 a month |
| Per therm | $1.3616 |
Ways to pay less
- Declare your home as your domicile to skip sales tax on utilities. Kentucky residents can file a Declaration of Domicile so that sewer, water and fuel (including natural gas and electricity) bought for their home are classified as exempt from Kentucky sales and use tax. The exemption starts with the first full billing cycle after the utility receives the declaration. How: Submit Kentucky form 51A380 to each utility provider (NPU has the form on its utility forms page).
- Low income: Delta gas bill credit. Delta's Energy Assistance Program funds a bill credit for enrolled low-income residential customers, subject to available funding. How: Enroll through your local community action agency.
Pay or manage it
Sources
- Nicholasville Public Utilities: Electric
- Delta Natural Gas tariff, P.S.C. No. 14 (Kentucky PSC)
- Delta Natural Gas franchise agreement with the City of Nicholasville, 2015 (PSC filing)
- EIA: Kentucky natural gas consumption by end use
- EIA: Kentucky natural gas consumers
Checked October 22, 2026. Every number here comes from the public sources listed, matched by our checker.
Rates change every year; this page shows when it was last checked. Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.