Texas Electricity Rates & Plans
Track the Texas electricity market, then jump into ZIP, city, county, or statewide plan pages to compare live offers with more confidence.
Search your area
Enter a Texas ZIP code for the fastest path to live plan results, or jump into broader city and county pages first.
Why Texas is different
Many Texans can shop for electricity plans, but the market still runs on local utility lines.
Texas created its competitive retail electricity market through Senate Bill 7 in 1999, and statewide retail electric choice began on January 1, 2002, in eligible areas. That gave many homes and businesses the ability to compare providers and plans instead of buying from a single retail utility.
The practical takeaway is simple: you may be able to choose the company and the plan, but your local transmission and distribution utility still delivers the electricity and handles outages. That is why the local ZIP, city, and county pages matter.
What matters today
Shop the plan, keep the same wires
In eligible areas you can choose the retail provider, while the local utility still manages delivery and outages.
The exact location still matters
Texas is not uniform. The fastest path to a real plan comparison is to move from statewide context into the most specific local page you know.
Senate Bill 7 passed
Texas lawmakers opened the door to retail electric competition and customer choice.
Retail choice began
Eligible Texas customers could begin choosing their retail electricity provider and comparing plan options.
Compare plans, keep your utility
Where retail choice exists, you can shop for providers while the local utility continues handling delivery and outages.
How to use this page
Start broad, then narrow down.
Treat this hub like a guide. Start with the statewide context here, then move into the most specific local page you know before comparing live plans.
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Check the statewide trend
The market snapshot shows whether Texas residential prices are rising, falling, or holding steady.
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Open the most specific page you know
If you know the ZIP, start there. Otherwise, browse by city or county until you can confirm the exact service area.
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Compare live plans last
Statewide trends explain the market. Local pages show the plan availability and real comparisons that matter when you are ready to choose.
Texas market snapshot
Texas electricity market snapshot
Start with the statewide price trend, then move into the most specific Texas page you know when you are ready to compare live offers.
Latest residential average
Apr 2026
Change vs last year
Compared with the same month last year
Residential monthly sales
Apr 2026
Residential monthly revenue
Apr 2026
Residential customers
Apr 2026
Available capacity
Net summer capacity
Texas generation mix
Where Texas power came from in 2024
Natural gas still leads the grid, with wind close behind. Use this as statewide context, not as a signal of what a specific provider plan includes.
natural gas
48.8%
wind
23.7%
all coal products
11.7%
nuclear
7.4%
Texas price history
How Texas residential electricity prices have changed
Switch between shorter and longer views to see how the trend changes over time.
Range shown
May 2024 to Apr 2026
Change over range
From the first month in view to the latest month in view
Range high
Apr 2026
Range low
Jun 2024
Average monthly residential electricity price. Statewide context only. Y-axis is scaled to the visible range for readability.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), updated Jul 13, 2026
Where prices may head next
The short-term outlook adds a forward-looking layer to the Texas hub. Use it as background context before you drill into live local plan data.
The latest EIA outlook keeps regional electricity prices in a fairly tight range over the next year. Use the forecast as background context, then rely on the plans shown on SlashPlan for the final comparison.
The outlook combines recent historical data with the latest EIA short-term forecast for the West South Central market. Use it to understand direction, then confirm the final decision with the plans shown on SlashPlan.
Residential outlook
West South Central latest published month
Range change
2y historical lookback plus current forecast
ERCOT hub signal
Average of the next three forecast months
Projected gas share
Natural gas share of Texas total generation outlook
Regional residential retail outlook
Historical values are shown first, followed by the latest EIA short-term outlook. The range buttons change how much historical context you keep before the forecast begins. This is regional market context, not the same as a local plan quote.
Historical values appear first, followed by the latest EIA short-term outlook. Regional market context only. Final plan comparisons on SlashPlan still rely on current plan data from the companies and plans we track.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Jul 6, 2026, next update Aug 10, 2026
Find the right page
Jump straight to the Texas page that fits your search.
This hub is the starting point. Use it to see the statewide market first, then open the page that gets you to live local plan data faster.
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Texas deregulation FAQ
The questions most people ask before they start comparing plans.
This is the fast version of how the Texas deregulated electricity market works, who can shop, and what still depends on the local utility.