Demand

KEPCO average retail price

KEPCO revenue per kWh sold (revenue ÷ sales).

An average, not a tariff rate. Charts use the KEPCO open-portal values; the data.go.kr file edition (revenue ÷ sales, no 2020) stays as the last series — the two agree within 0.5 won.

Average price by contract type (latest month)

industrialgeneralresidentialstreetlighteducationallate-nightagricultural050100150200189180171.3165.4158.4111.287.8industrialgeneralresidentialstreetlighteducationallate-nightagricultural050100150200189180171.3165.4158.4111.287.8
PeriodKRW/kWh
agricultural87.8
late-night111.2
educational158.4
streetlight165.4
residential171.3
general180
industrial189

Of 7 items, the highest is industrial (189 KRW/kWh) and the lowest is agricultural (87.8 KRW/kWh).

Source: KEPCO Power Data Open Portal OpenAPI (Contract-type electricity usage). Processed by Renuary; not an official KEPCO interpretation. · Chart: Renuary · retrieved 2026-10-19

Unit
KRW/kWh
Period
2015-01–2026-08
Updates
Monthly, about 2 months behind (KEPCO open portal) · retrieved 2026-10-19
Source
KEPCO Power Data Open Portal OpenAPI (Contract-type electricity usage). Processed by Renuary; not an official KEPCO interpretation.
Processing
Average unit price as returned by the portal (shown to 1 decimal). The portal adds the month before last around the 16th.
Download
Raw data cannot be redistributed. Get it from the source above.

Residential average price (monthly, from 2015)

171.3 KRW/kWh · 2026-08

0501001502015-012017-122020-112023-102026-08171.3 KRW/kWh0501001502015-012016-072018-012019-072021-012022-072024-012026-08171.3 KRW/kWh
PeriodKRW/kWh
2026-08171.3
2026-07158.8
2026-06155.8
2026-05150.8
2026-04153.5
2026-03152
2026-02163.4
2026-01162.2
2025-12155.2
2025-11152.1
2025-10153.8
2025-09169.2
2025-08169.9
2025-07162.7
2025-06154.4
2025-05150.3
2025-04153.3
2025-03152.1
2025-02161.3
2025-01159.9
2024-12152
2024-11148.3
2024-10157.5
2024-09172.1
Min of all 14079.3
Max of all 140172.1
Mean of all 140125.76

140 values from 2015-01 to 2026-08. First 134.5, last 171.3 KRW/kWh: up +27%. Highest in 2024-09 (172.1), lowest in 2016-09 (79.3).

Source: KEPCO Power Data Open Portal OpenAPI (Contract-type electricity usage). Processed by Renuary; not an official KEPCO interpretation. · Chart: Renuary · retrieved 2026-10-19

Unit
KRW/kWh
Period
2015-01–2026-08
Updates
Monthly, about 2 months behind (KEPCO open portal) · retrieved 2026-10-19
Source
KEPCO Power Data Open Portal OpenAPI (Contract-type electricity usage). Processed by Renuary; not an official KEPCO interpretation.
Processing
Average unit price as returned by the portal (shown to 1 decimal). The portal adds the month before last around the 16th.
Download
Raw data cannot be redistributed. Get it from the source above.

Residential average price (revenue ÷ sales, file edition)

155.21 KRW/kWh · 2025-12

0501001502016-112018-122022-012024-022025-12155.213 KRW/kWh0501001502016-112017-122019-012021-022022-032023-042024-052025-12155.213 KRW/kWh
PeriodKRW/kWh
2025-12155.21
2025-11152.11
2025-10153.83
2025-09169.22
2025-08169.86
2025-07162.66
2025-06154.39
2025-05150.31
2025-04153.34
2025-03152.13
2025-02161.29
2025-01159.88
2024-12152.01
2024-11148.33
2024-10157.54
2024-09172.11
2024-08168.6
2024-07153.74
2024-06151.86
2024-05146.77
2024-04149.79
2024-03149.99
2024-02157.34
2024-01158.39
Min of all 9891.8
Max of all 98172.11
Mean of all 98126.1

98 values from 2016-11 to 2025-12. First 119.24, last 155.21 KRW/kWh: up +30%. Highest in 2024-09 (172.11), lowest in 2018-09 (91.8).

Source: KEPCO, data.go.kr 15053175 (current and six past files) · Chart: Renuary · retrieved 2026-09-28

Unit
KRW/kWh
Period
2016-11~2019-12, 2021-01~2025-12
Updates
Yearly (portal update cycle) · retrieved 2026-09-28 · next expected 2027-09-11
Source
KEPCO, data.go.kr 15053175 (current and six past files)
Processing
No 2020 data. avg_price = revenue ÷ sales (computed). Broken dates in the source (October as '01'; the 2019-12 file as '2020-MM-YY') were restored from row order. Revenue for 2019-07 to 12 is rounded to KRW million; the 2023 file has six significant digits.
Download
CSV
Embed this chart

Paste the code below; source and link come with it (chart CC BY 4.0 · figures belong to the source agency — credit it).

Preview

Machine-readable · /open/indicators.json — this indicator is listed as ‘retail-price’: latest value, reference date, period, source, cadence and redistribution status.

Stat cardWide PNGSquare PNG

Related posts

All menus

Search

Articles

Data

Rules

History

Glossary

Renuary