The Average Electricity Bill in Texas
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that the average Texas residential electric bill was $163.72 per month in 2024. That number is useful context, but it is a statewide average. Your own bill can be much higher or lower depending on how much electricity you use, where you live and the plan you are on.
Texas residential electricity, 2024
Published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. All four figures come from one row of one table for one year.
$163.72
Average monthly residential bill
1,096 kWh
Average monthly residential electricity use
14.94¢
Average residential price per kilowatt-hour
12,547,863
Residential accounts included
$142.26
U.S. average monthly residential bill
863 kWh
U.S. average monthly residential electricity use
16.48¢
U.S. average residential price per kilowatt-hour
How Texas compares with the national average
Texas households used considerably more electricity than the national average in 2024.
The average Texas residential account used 1,096 kWh per month, compared with 863 kWh nationally, about 27% more.
At the same time, the average residential price in Texas was lower: 14.94¢ per kilowatt-hour compared with 16.48¢ nationally.
That combination helps explain why the average Texas bill was $163.72 per month, $21.46 above the national average, even though the average price per kilowatt-hour was lower.
About the data
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average Price, Table 5.a. Residential average monthly bill by Census Division, and State. Data year 2024, released October 7, 2025.
The agency does not survey households about their bills. It divides the revenue utilities report from residential customers by the number of residential customers, so the figure is an average across every residential account in the state.
Collected on Forms EIA-861 schedules 4A-D, EIA-861S and EIA-861U. The figures on this page were read out of the published table on August 21, 2026.
What the statewide average includes
The Texas figure covers residential electricity customers across the entire state.
That includes customers in the competitive retail market as well as customers served by municipal utilities, electric cooperatives and regulated utilities where retail electricity choice is not available.
It is also a mean, not a description of a typical household. A one-bedroom apartment and a large all-electric home both count as one residential account, and both are inside the average.
Use the number as a statewide benchmark, not as a target for what your own bill should be.
What drives a Texas electric bill
Several factors can affect a Texas electric bill.
Electricity usage. The number of kilowatt-hours you use has a major effect on your bill. Home size, insulation, weather, thermostat settings, electric appliances and how many people live in the home can all change monthly usage.
Your retail electricity plan. In areas with retail choice, the plan you select determines the retail energy charges and contract terms you pay. Every plan shown on Fixed Rate Electric Plans has a fixed energy rate for the contract term, although other charges can still affect the total bill.
TDU delivery charges. Your local TDU charges for delivering electricity over the poles and wires to your home. Those charges are regulated, and they are not something you choose when you switch retail providers.
Plan structure. Minimum-usage charges, bill credits and time-of-use pricing can make the cost of a plan change significantly at different usage levels. Fixed Rate Electric Plans does not show bill-credit or time-of-use plans. Plans with minimum-usage charges may appear and are labeled.
Why summer bills are often higher
Texas electricity use is highly seasonal.
Air-conditioning demand can push household electricity use much higher during the summer, even when the price per kilowatt-hour has not changed.
A fixed-rate plan fixes the rate structure for the contract term. It does not fix how many kilowatt-hours your home uses.
When comparing your own bill with the statewide average, look at your usage as well as the dollar amount.
How to compare your own bill
Start with the kilowatt-hours shown on your electric bill.
If you have twelve months of bills, add the monthly usage together and divide by twelve. That gives you a monthly average you can compare with the statewide usage figure above.
When comparing electricity plans, look beyond a single month's bill. A plan is a contract, so the more useful comparison is what it is expected to cost over the contract term at a usage level that resembles your own.
Which plans are available where you live?
The statewide average tells you what Texas residential customers paid in aggregate. It does not tell you which electricity plans are available at your address. That depends on where you live.
Read your own bill alongside the average
What the usage figure on your bill means, why summer months are different, and which part of the bill you can shop for.
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Ranked by projected first-year cost at the usage level shown, not by the advertised rate.
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