Utility rates & providers in Daviess County, KY

Inside OMU’s certified municipal electric territory, Owensboro Municipal Utilities publishes residential single-phase rates with a monthly customer charge and a per-kWh energy charge, plus separate Energy Cost Adjustment (ECA) and Environmental Control Cost Adjustment (ECCA) line items that vary with fuel, wholesale power, and environmental compliance costs at OMU’s generating assets. OMU also posts an electric rates ordinance PDF for users who need the adopted schedule text.

Across much of rural and suburban Daviess County, Kenergy Corp. serves members under PSC-approved residential schedules (for example Schedule 1 in the cooperative’s tariff) with a monthly customer charge and per-kWh energy charges, plus riders such as fuel adjustment that appear on cooperative bills. Kenergy’s public rates page summarizes current residential figures; the full tariff on file with the Kentucky PSC is the controlling document after commission orders.

Kentucky Utilities Company may serve limited addresses on the edges of Daviess County where its IOU distribution territory is certified—residential service is typically Schedule RS in KU’s tariff book. If your account is not OMU or Kenergy, check the legal name on your bill and KU’s service maps.

Daviess County’s government utilities page publishes links to OMU and Kenergy outage/service-area viewers—use them when you are unsure which distributor serves a specific meter.

Many addresses in Owensboro receive drinking water from OMU under schedules posted on OMU’s water rates page, with meter-size customer charges and volumetric blocks; in-city versus outside-city classifications can change the volumetric tiers—confirm the service classification that matches your address.

The Daviess County Water District (DCWD) serves broad areas of the county in east- and west-zone systems illustrated on Daviess County’s utility maps; retail rates and rules are maintained under Kentucky PSC oversight with the district’s tariff on file. Compare the payee on your statement to OMU versus DCWD when budgeting.

East Daviess County Water Association and systems that primarily serve neighboring counties but overlap mapped areas (for example Ohio County Water District or Whitesville in some references) can appear at the margins—your bill’s legal provider name identifies the correct tariff.

Regional wholesale relationships matter for some systems: always use the retail provider’s current PSC tariff or published rate sheet, not a neighboring utility’s summary.

For many OMU utility customers on the regional sanitary system, wastewater charges appear with water billing under Regional Water Resource Agency (RWRA) rate components published in OMU’s consolidated water and wastewater rate materials: customer, capacity, facility, volumetric, and environmental-improvement line items as defined in the effective schedule.

RWRA’s regional program is described on the agency’s public site; customers should follow the remittance and rate language on their actual bill for the billing period in question.

Properties not connected to public sewer may use permitted on-site septic systems regulated by public health—those costs and design rules are not interchangeable with RWRA retail schedules.

Residents inside the City of Owensboro’s sanitation program typically pay the city’s published monthly cart service fee for standard weekly collection using city-issued carts; program rules, cart sizing, and fees are described on the city’s residential trash collection pages.

Residents outside the city’s required service area—or where county policy applies—use Daviess County Fiscal Court–permitted garbage service providers listed on the county Solid Waste Department’s garbage service providers page; pricing is subscription-based and varies by hauler, cart configuration, and fuel or environmental surcharges.

Daviess County Solid Waste also operates convenience centers, transfer stations, and landfill/disposal programs with separate fee schedules for self-haulers—distinct from monthly curbside subscription.