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Texas Residential Electricity Prices

What Texas households actually paid per kilowatt-hour, month by month, straight from the EIA's retail sales series — and what the swing means on a typical bill.

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Data through Updated: Source: EIA Electricity Data (Texas, residential)

Key findings

  • Texas households paid an average of 13.88¢ per kilowatt-hour in August 2026 — about $139 a month on a 1,000 kWh bill.
  • Across the 13 months between August 2025 and August 2026, the average was 15.49¢, ranging from 13.58¢ in June 2026 to 16.99¢ in April 2026.
  • Over the window the price fell 1.58¢ — 10.2% lower than August 2025.
  • The gap between the cheapest and most expensive month works out to about $34 a month on a 1,000 kWh bill.

Latest (August 2026)

13.88¢

Average across the window

15.49¢

Typical 1,000 kWh bill at the latest rate

$139

Measures: the average price Texas residential customers paid per kilowatt-hour, as reported by the EIA. Geography: statewide Texas, residential sector only. Coverage: 13 monthly readings between August 2025 and August 2026. The EIA publishes this series monthly and revises recent months as utilities report.

Average residential price by month

MonthPrice per kWhTypical 1,000 kWh bill
August 202515.46¢$155
September 202515.83¢$158
October 202516.10¢$161
November 202516.04¢$160
December 202515.87¢$159
January 202615.69¢$157
February 202615.41¢$154
March 202616.39¢$164
April 202616.99¢$170
May 202616.44¢$164
June 202613.58¢$136
July 202613.73¢$137
August 202613.88¢$139

Recorded records

Every monthly reading in this window, newest first.
MonthPrice per kWhReading recorded
August 202613.88¢Aug 23, 2026
July 202613.73¢Aug 23, 2026
June 202613.58¢Aug 23, 2026
May 202616.44¢Aug 24, 2026
April 202616.99¢Aug 24, 2026
March 202616.39¢Aug 24, 2026
February 202615.41¢Aug 24, 2026
January 202615.69¢Aug 24, 2026
December 202515.87¢Aug 24, 2026
November 202516.04¢Aug 24, 2026
October 202516.10¢Aug 24, 2026
September 202515.83¢Aug 24, 2026
August 202515.46¢Aug 24, 2026

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How much does electricity cost in Texas per kWh?

Texas residential customers paid an average of 13.88¢ per kilowatt-hour in August 2026, the most recent month the EIA has published. On a 1,000 kWh bill — the basis Texas retail plans are usually advertised on — that works out to roughly $139 a month before fixed charges and taxes.

What is the average electric bill in Texas?

At the 15.49¢ per kWh average between August 2025 and August 2026, a 1,000 kWh month comes to about $155. Actual bills vary widely with house size, insulation and summer air-conditioning load; 1,000 kWh is a convention for comparing plans, not a typical Texas summer.

Are Texas electricity prices going up or down?

Between August 2025 and August 2026 the statewide residential average went from 15.46¢ to 13.88¢, a fall of 10.2%. The month-by-month table above shows the path. The EIA revises recent months as utilities report, so the newest one or two figures can move.

When is electricity most expensive in Texas?

In this window the highest monthly average was 16.99¢ in April 2026 and the lowest was 13.58¢ in June 2026. Note that this series is the average price per unit, not what households spend: summer bills are usually highest because air conditioning drives up usage, even in months when the per-kWh price is not at its peak.

Does this include my delivery charges?

Yes, in aggregate. The EIA series is total residential revenue divided by total residential sales, so it reflects what customers actually paid — energy plus delivery — averaged across the state. It is not the advertised energy rate on any one retail plan, and it will not match your bill exactly.

THI interpretation

Data: The EIA reported 13 monthly residential price readings for Texas between August 2025 and August 2026, averaging 15.49¢ per kilowatt-hour and ranging from 13.58¢ to 16.99¢.

THI interpretation: The spread across this window is about $34 a month on a 1,000 kWh bill. That is the scale against which any efficiency decision should be judged: a change in the statewide rate moves a bill by roughly that much, while usage changes — insulation, HVAC condition, thermostat setting — typically move it further.

What this may mean for homeowners: At 13.88¢, the practical use of this page is as a benchmark. If your effective rate — your total bill divided by kilowatt-hours used — sits well above the statewide average here, that is a reason to re-shop your retail plan. If it sits near the average and the bill is still high, the problem is usage, not price, and that points at the envelope and the HVAC system rather than the contract.

Limitations: This is a statewide residential average, not a rate you can sign up for, and not specific to any utility, retail provider or city. It is computed by the EIA as revenue divided by sales, so it blends every plan type together and includes delivery charges. Recent months are revised as utilities report, so the newest readings can change. Municipal and co-op territories price differently from the deregulated market that covers most of the state.

Methodology

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration API v2, electricity retail-sales route, filtered to Texas (stateid TX) and the residential sector (sectorid RES) at monthly frequency. Each month is stored as one observation keyed by its period, so the EIA's revisions to recent months update in place rather than duplicating. Bill figures are computed at build time at a 1,000 kWh reference month, the basis Texas retail plans are advertised on, and are illustrative rather than a quote. Observations are append-only: if a scheduled update fails, the last known-good values are preserved and marked stale with the date they were last confirmed, rather than being shown as zero or blank.

Source: EIA Electricity Data (Texas, residential). Last confirmed . See our full methodology for how we handle stale data, historical observations, and source attribution across the site.