Texas · Investor Owned
AEP Texas Central Company
5.91¢ per kWh, delivery only, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $68.16 at 1,153.7 kWh a month, across 793,896 customers on that row.
Texas averaged 15.40¢/kWh and $170.95 a month. The United States averaged 17.23¢/kWh and $150.68. State and national figures come from EIA's Average Bill file.
Revenue divided by sales, EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2025, released October 7, 2026. Texas wires utilities come from the Delivery Companies file. The price and bill use delivery only service. Customer count: 793,896, the largest residential count across service types.
Estimate a bill
Tariff total
$60.42
Residential delivery · October 1, 2026, Central · effective 2026-10-01
Delivery charges only. The retail energy price is separate.
- Fixed monthly charge$3.24
- Volumetric delivery charge · 1,000 kWh × 5.7180¢$57.18
Source: AEP Texas PUCT monthly report, effective October 1, 2026, checked 2026-10-10. Tariff document
Not included: The retail electric provider's energy charge; Sales tax.
- The report prints customer $1.27, metering $1.97, and a volumetric charge rounded to $0.057. The printed average bills are $31.83, $60.42, and $117.59.
- Fixed charges are $3.24. The rate that matches the 500 and 1,000 kWh bills is 5.718¢/kWh. At 2,000 kWh that rate produces $117.60, one cent above the printed $117.59.
2025 EIA average
$59.10
5.91¢/kWh × 1,000 kWh. Delivery only residential average, EIA-861 2025. The customer charge is already folded into this average, so it stands beside a tariff total rather than being added to it.
Annual history
| Year | ¢/kWh | Avg. bill | Avg. kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 4.65¢ | $53.43 | 1,150.2 | 742,738 |
| 2021 | 4.47¢ | $51.68 | 1,155.2 | 752,031 |
| 2022 | 5.14¢ | $62.91 | 1,224.4 | 760,716 |
| 2023 | 5.22¢ | $61.06 | 1,170.8 | 773,896 |
| 2024 | 5.75¢ | $65.13 | 1,132.9 | 784,148 |
| 2025 | 5.91¢ | $68.16 | 1,153.7 | 793,896 |
EIA-861, 2015–2025, using the same service type as the 2025 figure. A blank year means that service was not in the file.
Counties
Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brooks, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Colorado, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Jackson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Matagorda, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Real, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Webb, Wharton, Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala.
EIA-861 Service Territory, 2025. A listed county is the county EIA recorded. It does not mean every address in the county is served. Open this utility in the bill calculator · Rate history tool