Texas · Municipal
Austin Energy
13.14¢ per kWh, bundled, EIA-861 2025. Average bill $109.73 at 834.9 kWh a month, across 522,446 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 bundled service. Customer count: 522,446, the largest residential count across service types.
Estimate a bill
Tariff total
$140.32
Residential · October 1, 2026 rates, all months · effective 2026-10-01
Tariff schedule, before the taxes and fees listed below
- Fixed monthly charge$17.35
- 0–300 kWh, energy plus PSA, regulatory, and community benefit · 300 kWh × 11.6800¢$35.04
- 301–900 kWh · 600 kWh × 12.2030¢$73.22
- 901–2,000 kWh · 100 kWh × 14.7090¢$14.71
Source: City of Austin electric tariff, bills rendered on or after October 1, 2026, checked 2026-10-10. Tariff document
Not included: Sales tax; Value of Solar, GreenChoice, and Community Solar riders.
- Customer charge $17.35. Energy: $0.04872, $0.05395, $0.07901, and $0.11428 per kWh.
- Added to every billed kWh: power supply adjustment $0.03912, regulatory charge $0.01799, customer assistance $0.00415, service area lighting $0.00272, energy efficiency $0.00410. That adder is $0.06808/kWh.
- CAP customers are exempt from the customer charge and the CAP component and receive a 10 percent reduction. This total is the standard residential schedule, not CAP.
2025 EIA average
$131.40
13.14¢/kWh × 1,000 kWh. Bundled 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 | 10.75¢ | $96.51 | 898.0 | 403,754 |
| 2016 | 10.66¢ | $91.80 | 860.9 | 414,091 |
| 2017 | 10.70¢ | $90.58 | 846.8 | 424,554 |
| 2018 | 10.71¢ | $94.77 | 884.5 | 435,957 |
| 2019 | 10.84¢ | $95.09 | 876.9 | 446,898 |
| 2020 | 10.56¢ | $89.85 | 851.0 | 457,272 |
| 2021 | 10.11¢ | $83.46 | 825.7 | 469,969 |
| 2022 | 11.85¢ | $106.42 | 898.2 | 479,353 |
| 2023 | 13.00¢ | $114.17 | 878.3 | 490,069 |
| 2024 | 12.58¢ | $104.85 | 833.6 | 507,291 |
| 2025 | 13.14¢ | $109.73 | 834.9 | 522,446 |
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
Travis, Williamson.
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