No Minimum Usage Electricity Plans in Texas
A minimum-usage charge is a flat fee added when your monthly usage falls below a stated level — often around $9.95 under 1,000 kWh. The energy rate itself does not change, which is why these are still fixed-rate plans, but a small month costs proportionally more than the advertised rate suggests.
They suit some households perfectly well. They suit a small apartment, a part-time residence, or anybody with a mild-weather month rather badly, because those are exactly the months that fall under the threshold.
We list plans that carry one, clearly labelled, rather than hiding them — a market where they did not exist would be a market we invented. The plans below are the ones that do not carry one at all.
Plans available through our marketplace
No minimum-usage plans in Texas · priced at 1,000 kWh a month.
Oncor
ZIP 75201
70 plansfrom $1,488/yr
CenterPoint
ZIP 77002
68 plansfrom $1,392/yr
AEP Texas Central
ZIP 78401
66 plansfrom $1,464/yr
AEP Texas North
ZIP 79601
65 plansfrom $1,512/yr
Texas-New Mexico Power
ZIP 77590
66 plansfrom $1,596/yr
71
distinct plans across the five areas
70 sold in more than one
16
participating providers
$1,392
lowest projected first-year cost found
CenterPoint · ZIP 77002
33
published at 100% renewable
71
with no minimum-usage charge
- 12-month:
- 23
- 24-month:
- 19
- 36-month:
- 14
Sampled at one ZIP code in each of Texas's 5 competitive delivery areas (75201, 77002, 78401, 79601, 77590); 5 returned plans. 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 No minimum-usage 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 No minimum-usage 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 10 · 10 mo · CenterPointLowest sampled | Clear Rate 10 | CenterPointZIP 77002also in 2 other areas | $1,39211.600¢/kWh advertised | |
| AP Gas & ElectricClear Rate 12 · 12 mo · CenterPoint | Clear Rate 12 | CenterPointZIP 77002also in 4 other areas | $1,41611.800¢/kWh advertised | |
| Atlantex PowerLuminous · 12 mo · CenterPoint | Luminous | CenterPointZIP 77002also in 4 other areas | $1,41911.826¢/kWh advertised | |
| BKV EnergyVerbena 10 · 10 mo · CenterPoint | Verbena 10 | CenterPointZIP 77002also in 4 other areas | $1,43111.928¢/kWh advertised | |
| BKV EnergyVerbena 11 · 11 mo · CenterPoint | Verbena 11 | CenterPointZIP 77002also in 4 other areas | $1,43111.929¢/kWh advertised | |
| AP Gas & ElectricClear Rate 13 · 13 mo · CenterPoint | Clear Rate 13 | CenterPointZIP 77002also in 4 other areas | $1,44012.0¢/kWh advertised |
65 more plans in this sample — see everything available at your address
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Which one serves your address decides which of these plans you can actually buy.