12-Month Fixed Rate Electric Plans in Texas
A 12-month contract fixes your energy rate for a year and then ends. It is the shortest term most retailers offer at a competitive price, and it is the one that lets you re-shop soonest — which matters, because a contract that expires without a replacement moves you onto a default month-to-month product whose price can change between billing cycles.
The trade is that you shop again in a year. If wholesale prices are high when you sign, a 12-month term limits how long you are committed to them; if they are low, a longer term locks the low price in. Nobody can tell you which of those is happening, and any site that claims to is guessing.
Every plan below is a fixed rate for the full term, with no bill credits and no time-of-use pricing, ranked by what twelve months actually costs rather than by the advertised cents-per-kWh figure.
Plans available through our marketplace
12-month plans in Texas · priced at 1,000 kWh a month.
Oncor
ZIP 75201
25 plansfrom $1,588/yr
CenterPoint
ZIP 77002
24 plansfrom $1,632/yr
AEP Texas Central
ZIP 78401
24 plansfrom $1,512/yr
AEP Texas North
ZIP 79601
21 plansfrom $1,536/yr
Texas-New Mexico Power
ZIP 77590
20 plansfrom $1,836/yr
26
distinct plans across the five areas
26 sold in more than one
17
participating providers
$1,512
lowest projected first-year cost found
AEP Texas Central · ZIP 78401
11
published at 100% renewable
25
with no minimum-usage charge
- 12-month:
- 26
- 24-month:
- 0
- 36-month:
- 0
Sampled at one ZIP code in each of Texas's 5 competitive delivery areas (75201, 77002, 78401, 79601 and 77590), with plans priced at 1,000 kWh per month. These are the plans our marketplace carries at those ZIP codes — not every plan sold in Texas, and not a statewide price list. Prices differ between delivery areas because delivery charges do. Enter your ZIP code for exact availability at your address.
Example plans for 12-month plans in Texas
Drawn from live inventory at one ZIP code in each of 5 Texas delivery areas, ranked by projected first-year cost at 1,000 kWh a month. Each price is for the delivery area named beside it and does not apply statewide. This is not a price list for 12-month plans in Texas: which plans you can buy, and what they cost, depends on your own address.
| Provider | Plan | Term | Delivery area sampled | Projected first year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP Gas & ElectricClear Rate 12 · 12 mo · AEP Texas CentralLowest sampled | Clear Rate 12 | AEP Texas CentralZIP 78401also in 4 other areas | $1,512Avg. price at 1,000 kWh: 12.6¢/kWh | |
| Chariot EnergySolarize 12 · 12 mo · AEP Texas Central | Solarize 12100% renewable | AEP Texas CentralZIP 78401also in 4 other areas | $1,522Avg. price at 1,000 kWh: 12.7¢/kWh | |
| Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.12 Month (No Min Usage Fee) · 12 mo · AEP Texas Central | 12 Month (No Min Usage Fee) | AEP Texas CentralZIP 78401also in 4 other areas | $1,539Avg. price at 1,000 kWh: 12.8¢/kWh | |
| Think EnergyThink Clean 12 · 12 mo · AEP Texas North | Think Clean 12100% renewable | AEP Texas NorthZIP 79601also in 4 other areas | $1,553Avg. price at 1,000 kWh: 12.9¢/kWh | |
| Atlantex PowerLuminous · 12 mo · AEP Texas Central | Luminous | AEP Texas CentralZIP 78401also in 4 other areas | $1,572Avg. price at 1,000 kWh: 13.1¢/kWh | |
| BKV EnergyVerbena 12 · 12 mo · AEP Texas Central | Verbena 12 | AEP Texas CentralZIP 78401also in 4 other areas | $1,584Avg. price at 1,000 kWh: 13.2¢/kWh |
20 more plans in this sample — see everything available at your address
Other plan types
Texas delivery areas
Which one serves your address decides which of these plans you can actually buy.