Short-Term Fixed Rate Electric Plans in Texas
A short-term fixed plan is one that ends within a year. It is the right shape for a household that may move, is renting on a twelve-month lease, or simply wants the option to re-shop rather than being committed while the market moves.
The trade is price and availability. Retailers generally price shorter terms slightly higher, because they are carrying the same wholesale risk over a shorter recovery period — and fewer of them publish products under twelve months at all, so the list here is usually narrower than the 24- and 36-month one.
What a short term buys you is not a lower bill. It is a smaller early termination fee exposure and a decision point sooner. If you are certain you are staying put for years, that flexibility is something you are paying for and may not need.
One thing a short term does not solve: contracts still expire, and expiring onto a default month-to-month rate is where most Texas households quietly start overpaying. A shorter contract means that date arrives sooner, not that it stops mattering.
Plans available through our marketplace
Short-term fixed plans in Texas · priced at 1,000 kWh a month.
Oncor
ZIP 75201
29 plansfrom $1,488/yr
CenterPoint
ZIP 77002
28 plansfrom $1,392/yr
AEP Texas Central
ZIP 78401
27 plansfrom $1,464/yr
AEP Texas North
ZIP 79601
26 plansfrom $1,512/yr
Texas-New Mexico Power
ZIP 77590
27 plansfrom $1,596/yr
30
distinct plans across the five areas
30 sold in more than one
15
participating providers
$1,392
lowest projected first-year cost found
CenterPoint · ZIP 77002
11
published at 100% renewable
29
with no minimum-usage charge
- 12-month:
- 24
- 24-month:
- 0
- 36-month:
- 0
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 Short-term fixed 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 Short-term fixed 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 | |
| Good CharlieGoodEnergy 12 · 12 mo · CenterPoint | GoodEnergy 12 | CenterPointZIP 77002also in 4 other areas | $1,44412.031¢/kWh advertised |
24 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.