Texas electricity rates by city (November 2026)

What a year of electricity actually costs in each deregulated Texas city, at that city's own seasonal usage rather than the round 1,000 kWh every advertised rate is quoted at.

Oncor: Dallas-Fort Worth and North/Central Texas

172 plans sold here. See all of them ranked at the published usage points.

CenterPoint: Houston and the Gulf Coast

175 plans sold here. See all of them ranked at the published usage points.

AEP Texas Central: Corpus Christi and South Texas

166 plans sold here. See all of them ranked at the published usage points.

AEP Texas North: Abilene and West-Central Texas

167 plans sold here. See all of them ranked at the published usage points.

TNMP: Gulf Coast, West Texas, and North-Central pockets

168 plans sold here. See all of them ranked at the published usage points.

Lubbock Power & Light: Lubbock

75 plans sold here. See all of them ranked at the published usage points.

No city pages for this area yet. See its plans.

Why cities repeat

Plans are sold per delivery area and priced against a weather zone's usage shape, so cities sharing both share an answer. That is why Plano and Dallas show the same number rather than a manufactured difference. Each top pick is the cheapest plan over a full year from a provider rated 3★ or better with no flagged catches.

Not listed here?

These are the cities we can place in one delivery area with confidence. A few Texas cities straddle two utilities (Pearland, Texas City and Alvin each have ZIPs on both sides of a boundary), so no single page can tell every resident the right thing, and we'd rather say nothing than say it wrong. Enter your ZIP on the comparison tool and it resolves your exact delivery area either way.

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