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Evergy Metro rate plans
12 residential plans are currently open to new customers. Some charge different prices depending on the hour — which is where most of the savings hide.
How much does the plan you pick actually matter here?
Run the same three-bedroom house with central air through every plan Evergy Metro files, and the bill lands anywhere between $906 and $1,711 a year. That $805 spread is not a difference in electricity — it is the same kilowatt-hours, from the same wires, priced under different rules. Nobody sends you a letter when you are on the wrong side of it.
The plan most households land on by default, Residential Standard Service (Schedule R), comes to about $1,114. The cheapest option here, Residential Demand Service Pilot (RD), comes to $906 — a gap of about $207 a year for a household that never changed a single habit. Whether you can actually capture that depends on when you use power, which is what the calculator below is for.
6 of these 12 plans price by the hour. Those are the ones where moving laundry, dishes, or car charging into the cheap window changes the bill; on the rest, the clock is irrelevant and only the total matters. Which camp you belong in is the first question worth settling, because it decides whether shifting your day is worth anything at all.
Watch the fixed charges too. Across these plans they run from $39 to $183 a year before a single kilowatt-hour is counted. For a small household that difference alone can outweigh the per-kWh price, which is why comparing cents per kilowatt-hour on its own quietly misleads.
Which plan would cost you least?
No bill upload, no sign-up. Tell us roughly what you use and what runs on electricity — we price every plan against the same household and show you the gap.
That adds up to 7,914 kWh a year. Compare it to the total on your bill and adjust until it’s close.
Same usage, different plan
$676a year
That is the gap between the cheapest plan you could be on — Residential Demand Service Pilot (RD) — and the priciest. Not by using less power. By being billed differently for the same power.
| Plan | Per year | Vs best |
|---|---|---|
| Residential Demand Service Pilot (RD)The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September. | $749 | — |
| Residential Standard Service (Schedule R)The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September. | $943 | +$194 |
| Residential Time Of Use - PilotPeak hits 6am–4pm, 8pm–midnight, 4pm–8pm in Oct–May; 6am–4pm, 8pm–midnight, midnight–6am, 4pm–8pm in Jun–Sep — every day. | $977 | +$228 |
| Residential Time Of Use Two-PeriodPeak hits 6am–midnight in Oct–May; 8pm–4pm, 4pm–8pm in Jun–Sep — every day. | $1,080 | +$331 |
| Residential Other Use Service (Schedule ROU)The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September. | $1,102 | +$353 |
| Residential Time of Use - Two Period (Schedule RTOU-2)Peak hits 6am–midnight in Oct–May; 8pm–4pm, 4pm–8pm in Jun–Sep — every day. | $1,118 | +$369 |
| Separately Metered Electric Vehicle Time of Use (Schedule RTOU-EV)Peak hits 4pm–9pm, 6am–4pm, 9pm–midnight in Oct–May; 4pm–9pm, 6am–4pm, 9pm–midnight, midnight–6am in Jun–Sep — every day. | $1,145 | +$396 |
| Residential Schedule General Use 1RS1A, 1RSDA, 1RS1BThe hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September. | $1,174 | +$425 |
| Residential High Differential Time of Use (Schedule RTOU-3)Peak hits 4pm–8pm, 6am–4pm, 8pm–midnight in Oct–May; 4pm–8pm, 6am–4pm, 8pm–midnight, midnight–6am in Jun–Sep — every day. | $1,178 | +$429 |
| Residential Peak Adjustment Service (Schedule RPKA)Peak hits 4pm–9pm, 6am–4pm, 9pm–midnight in Oct–May; 4pm–9pm, 6am–4pm, 9pm–midnight, midnight–6am in Jun–Sep — every day. | $1,186 | +$437 |
| Residential Schedule R General Use and Space Heat - 2 Meters - 1RS2A. 1RS3A. 1RW7A. 1RH1AThe hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September. | $1,221 | +$472 |
| Residential Other Use ROUThe hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September. | $1,425 | +$676 |
An estimate, not a quote. Supply charges move month to month, and your real usage pattern is not exactly this one. What it does show reliably is the gap between plans — both are priced off the same assumptions.
Before you switch anything
- What is a time-of-use electricity rate?
The same kilowatt-hour, priced differently depending on when you use it.
- Should you switch to a time-of-use electricity plan?
A wide peak-to-off-peak gap is a lever, not a saving. Levers need something to move.
- How to compare electricity plans without getting it wrong
Six things that break a comparison, and the order to check them in.
Every plan, in detail
Hour-by-hour schedules, tier thresholds, and the tariff each one comes from.
- Residential Demand Service Pilot (RD)demand charge
The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
5.6–10.7¢ - Residential High Differential Time of Use (Schedule RTOU-3)time-of-use
Peak hits 4pm–8pm, 6am–4pm, 8pm–midnight in Oct–May; 4pm–8pm, 6am–4pm, 8pm–midnight, midnight–6am in Jun–Sep — every day.
2.6–36.2¢ - Residential Other Use ROUflat
The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
14.8–19.0¢ - Residential Other Use Service (Schedule ROU)flat
The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
10.9–13.5¢ - Residential Peak Adjustment Service (Schedule RPKA)time-of-use
Peak hits 4pm–9pm, 6am–4pm, 9pm–midnight in Oct–May; 4pm–9pm, 6am–4pm, 9pm–midnight, midnight–6am in Jun–Sep — every day.
6.0–16.4¢ - Residential Schedule General Use 1RS1A, 1RSDA, 1RS1Bflat
The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
7.1–15.8¢ - Residential Schedule R General Use and Space Heat - 2 Meters - 1RS2A. 1RS3A. 1RW7A. 1RH1Aflat
The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
6.9–14.7¢ - Residential Standard Service (Schedule R)flat
The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
9.0–11.3¢ - Residential Time Of Use - Pilottime-of-use
Peak hits 6am–4pm, 8pm–midnight, 4pm–8pm in Oct–May; 6am–4pm, 8pm–midnight, midnight–6am, 4pm–8pm in Jun–Sep — every day.
4.1–28.1¢ - Residential Time of Use - Two Period (Schedule RTOU-2)time-of-use
Peak hits 6am–midnight in Oct–May; 8pm–4pm, 4pm–8pm in Jun–Sep — every day.
6.0–38.6¢ - Residential Time Of Use Two-Periodtime-of-use
Peak hits 6am–midnight in Oct–May; 8pm–4pm, 4pm–8pm in Jun–Sep — every day.
7.0–30.3¢ - Separately Metered Electric Vehicle Time of Use (Schedule RTOU-EV)time-of-use
Peak hits 4pm–9pm, 6am–4pm, 9pm–midnight in Oct–May; 4pm–9pm, 6am–4pm, 9pm–midnight, midnight–6am in Jun–Sep — every day.
2.6–36.2¢