12.17¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Central Texas Elec Coop / TX ]
Central Texas Elec Coop electricity rates in Texas
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+10.3%
vs 2024
40,305
residential customers
+9.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Central Texas Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (12.17¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.00¢ | — | 35,809 |
| 2016 | 10.81¢ | −1.7% | 32,526 |
| 2017 | 11.49¢ | +6.3% | 33,124 |
| 2018 | 11.22¢ | −2.4% | 33,804 |
| 2019 | 11.24¢ | +0.2% | 34,823 |
| 2020 | 11.16¢ | −0.7% | 35,784 |
| 2021 | 10.95¢ | −1.9% | 36,272 |
| 2022 | 10.18¢ | −7.0% | 37,428 |
| 2023 | 10.33¢ | +1.5% | 38,693 |
| 2024 | 11.03¢ | +6.8% | 39,569 |
| 2025 | 12.17¢ | +10.3% | 40,305 |
How this compares
15.40¢
Texas average, 2025
−21.0%
Central Texas Elec Coop vs TX 2025 average
−29.4%
vs US 2025 average
#60
priciest in TX
Serves 11 counties in Texas: Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Real, San Saba. 38 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Central Texas Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 11.00¢ to 12.17¢ per kWh: +10.6% over 10 years, or about +1.0% a year. It rose in 5 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +10.3% in 2025. The largest drop was −7.0% in 2022.
For a home using 1,110 kWh a month, the Texas average, Central Texas Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,621 a year, $430 less than at Texas's average rate of 15.40¢. Of the 81 Texas utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 60th most expensive.
Central Texas Elec Coop served 35,809 homes in 2015 and 40,305 in 2025 (+12.6%), under 1% of Texas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Central Texas Elec Coop's rates
Central Texas Elec Coop is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Public Utility Commission of Texas also reviews co-op rates, but most co-op rate changes do not go through a commission rate case, so watch the co-op's own member notices and board meetings.
Commission contact: Public Utility Commission of Texas. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Central Texas Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Central Texas Elec Coop's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Public Utility Commission of Texas, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +10.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Central Texas Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Central Texas Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 12.17¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Texas's 2025 average was 15.40¢.
How much have Central Texas Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+9.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +35.4% for Texas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Central Texas Elec Coop have in Texas?
40,305 residential customers in 2025, across 11 counties including Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)