City of Garden City electricity rates
City of Garden City charges an average of 15.85 cents per kilowatt-hour to residential customers, and the average household on its system paid $109 a month using 689 kilowatt-hours, according to its 2024 filing with the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Municipal utility SWPP Kansas
Where City of Garden City sits
It is a smaller system, serving 10,449 residential customers, which means its fixed costs are spread across a narrow base. Its 15.85¢ per kilowatt-hour runs 4.8% above the Kansas average of 15.13¢.
Consumption here is below the national norm at 689 kilowatt-hours a month against 871, which softens the effect of the rate on the final bill.
Owned by the city it serves and governed by a local board rather than the state commission. No shareholder return is built into the rate. That matters because a bill is not only the cost of generating electricity: it also carries the cost of the network, and who owns that network changes how it is paid for.
| Rate | Monthly bill | Monthly kWh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Garden City | 15.85¢ | $109 | 689 |
| Kansas average | 15.13¢ | $130 | 872 |
| United States average | 18.44¢ | $155 | 871 |
Utility figures: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024. State and national figures: Electric Power Monthly, May 2026. Methodology
Where City of Garden City delivers
Its service territory covers one county in Kansas.
- Finney
How often the power goes out
In 2024 the average City of Garden City customer went 72 minutes without electricity across 1.82 interruptions. The median across the 941 utilities that report this is 185 minutes.
That is markedly better than typical. Short outage durations usually mean an underground or heavily automated network, and they are expensive to achieve, which is part of why reliable systems often carry higher delivery charges.
Other Kansas utilities
| Utility | Rate | Bill | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc | 14.29¢ | $121 | 341,806 |
| Evergy Kansas South, Inc | 14.25¢ | $125 | 302,508 |
| Prairie Land Electric Coop Inc | 14.29¢ | $118 | 13,273 |
| Southern Pioneer Electric Company | 15.86¢ | $123 | 12,602 |
| Empire District Electric Co | 13.34¢ | $136 | 8,412 |
City of Garden City rates: common questions
How much does City of Garden City charge per kilowatt-hour?
An average of 15.85 cents per kilowatt-hour across its residential customers in 2024. That is +4.8% against the Kansas average of 15.13¢ and -14.0% against the national average of 18.44¢. It is an all-in average across every residential rate schedule the utility offers, not a specific tariff.
What is the average City of Garden City bill?
$109 a month, based on total residential revenue divided by residential customers over the 2024 survey year, at an average of 689 kWh a month. The national average bill is $155 at 871 kWh.
Who owns City of Garden City?
It is classified by the EIA as a municipal utility. Owned by the city it serves and governed by a local board rather than the state commission. No shareholder return is built into the rate.
Is City of Garden City expensive compared with other Kansas utilities?
It ranks #5 of the 20 Kansas utilities covered here, counting from the most expensive. Nationally it ranks #309 of 1369.