Postpaid Fixed Rate Electric Plans in Texas
A prepaid electricity plan takes payment in advance and draws your balance down as you use power. When the balance runs out, service can be disconnected with little notice — that is the product working as designed, not a failure.
Prepaid products serve a real purpose: they are often available without a credit check or a deposit, which matters to households that would otherwise struggle to start service at all. They are also priced and structured in a way that makes them very hard to compare against a monthly contract on a single number.
This marketplace lists only postpaid plans — you use the electricity, then you are billed for it. Prepaid products are refused at retrieval, so nothing below has a balance to run down.
If a deposit is the obstacle to starting service, that is worth raising with retailers directly rather than solving with a plan chosen on price. It is a credit question, not a comparison question, and this site cannot answer it.
Plans available through our marketplace
No prepaid plans in Texas · priced at 1,000 kWh a month.
Oncor
ZIP 75201
77 plansfrom $1,584/yr
CenterPoint
ZIP 77002
73 plansfrom $1,596/yr
AEP Texas Central
ZIP 78401
75 plansfrom $1,500/yr
AEP Texas North
ZIP 79601
67 plansfrom $1,500/yr
Texas-New Mexico Power
ZIP 77590
67 plansfrom $1,800/yr
79
distinct plans across the five areas
78 sold in more than one
18
participating providers
$1,500
lowest projected first-year cost found
AEP Texas Central · ZIP 78401
39
published at 100% renewable
75
with no minimum-usage charge
- 12-month:
- 26
- 24-month:
- 24
- 36-month:
- 14
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 No prepaid 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 prepaid 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 9 · 9 mo · AEP Texas CentralLowest sampled | Clear Rate 9 | AEP Texas CentralZIP 78401also in 4 other areas | $1,500Avg. price at 1,000 kWh: 12.5¢/kWh | |
| Chariot EnergySolarize 15 · 15 mo · AEP Texas Central | Solarize 15100% renewable | AEP Texas CentralZIP 78401also in 4 other areas | $1,510Avg. price at 1,000 kWh: 12.6¢/kWh | |
| AP Gas & ElectricClear Rate 12 · 12 mo · AEP Texas Central | 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 | |
| Rhythm EnergySimply Select 6 · 6 mo · AEP Texas Central | Simply Select 6100% renewable | AEP Texas CentralZIP 78401also in 4 other areas | $1,525Avg. price at 1,000 kWh: 12.7¢/kWh | |
| Chariot EnergySolarize 18 · 18 mo · AEP Texas Central | Solarize 18100% renewable | AEP Texas CentralZIP 78401also in 4 other areas | $1,534Avg. price at 1,000 kWh: 12.8¢/kWh |
73 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.