14.76¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn / TX ]
Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn electricity rates in Texas
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−1.1%
vs 2024
22,613
residential customers
+38.5%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn's average effective residential rate (14.76¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12.71¢ | — | 18,294 |
| 2016 | 12.71¢ | +0.0% | 18,550 |
| 2017 | 12.66¢ | −0.4% | 18,696 |
| 2018 | 11.39¢ | −10.0% | 18,932 |
| 2019 | 10.87¢ | −4.6% | 19,192 |
| 2020 | 10.66¢ | −1.9% | 19,694 |
| 2021 | 11.93¢ | +11.9% | 20,255 |
| 2022 | 13.12¢ | +10.0% | 20,888 |
| 2023 | 15.04¢ | +14.6% | 21,510 |
| 2024 | 14.92¢ | −0.8% | 22,026 |
| 2025 | 14.76¢ | −1.1% | 22,613 |
How this compares
15.40¢
Texas average, 2025
−4.2%
Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn vs TX 2025 average
−14.3%
vs US 2025 average
#19
priciest in TX
Serves 4 counties in Texas: Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith. 9 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn's average residential rate has gone from 12.71¢ to 14.76¢ per kWh: +16.1% over 10 years, or about +1.5% a year. It rose in 3 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +14.6% in 2023. The largest drop was −10.0% in 2018.
For a home using 1,110 kWh a month, the Texas average, Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn's 2025 rate works out to about $1,966 a year, $85 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 19th most expensive.
Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn served 18,294 homes in 2015 and 22,613 in 2025 (+23.6%), under 1% of Texas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn's rates
Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn 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 Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn raising rates in 2026?
Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn'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 −1.1% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn charge per kWh?
Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn's average effective residential rate was 14.76¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Texas's 2025 average was 15.40¢.
How much have Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn rates gone up in five years?
+38.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +35.4% for Texas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn have in Texas?
22,613 residential customers in 2025, across 4 counties including Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, 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)