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Owensboro electricity and gas rates

At typical use (768 kWh of electricity and 54 therms of gas a month), electricity and gas for a Owensboro house cost about $174 a month: about $2,090 a year. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.

Who supplies power and gas to Owensboro houses and what a typical house uses: about 768.2 kWh of electricity and 54 therms of gas a month. Bills include a 3% school utility tax (3% of total electric and water usage, collected on the OMU bill).

Electricity: Owensboro Municipal Utilities

OMU residential single-phase: $18.00 customer charge a month plus $0.09860 per kWh, plus an Energy Cost Adjustment and an Environmental Control Cost Adjustment per kWh.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$18.00 a month
Per kWh11.08¢

Gas: Atmos Energy

Atmos Energy Rate G-1 residential: $25.00 per meter per month and $7.1856 per Mcf for the first 300 Mcf, with a gas cost adjustment of $5.5595 per Mcf listed alongside. The tariff also lists a Pipe Replacement Program rate of $0.6796 per 1,000 cubic feet and an R&D unit charge of $0.0174 per 1,000 cubic feet.

ChargePrice
Fixed charge$25.00 a month
Per therm76.00¢

How Owensboro compares with nearby cities

Electricity and gas, a month

  1. Henderson · 26 mi$154
  2. Owensboro$174
  3. Bowling Green · 66 mi$176
  4. Madisonville · 36 mi$190
  5. Hopkinsville · 66 mi$220

At each city's typical use, with any city utility tax.

Sources

  1. OMU electric rates
  2. EIA gas consumers
  3. EIA gas consumption

Checked October 28, 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.

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