13.60¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of Denton / TX ]
City of Denton electricity rates in Texas
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.2%
vs 2024
63,757
residential customers
+3.7%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of Denton's average effective residential rate (13.60¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.11¢ | — | 44,798 |
| 2016 | 11.21¢ | +0.9% | 45,375 |
| 2017 | 11.16¢ | −0.5% | 46,715 |
| 2018 | 10.95¢ | −1.9% | 47,706 |
| 2019 | 10.73¢ | −2.0% | 49,805 |
| 2020 | 13.11¢ | +22.2% | 50,802 |
| 2021 | 10.70¢ | −18.4% | 52,840 |
| 2022 | 10.58¢ | −1.1% | 54,079 |
| 2023 | 10.62¢ | +0.4% | 56,448 |
| 2024 | 12.81¢ | +20.6% | 58,941 |
| 2025 | 13.60¢ | +6.2% | 63,757 |
How this compares
15.40¢
Texas average, 2025
−11.7%
City of Denton vs TX 2025 average
−21.1%
vs US 2025 average
#35
priciest in TX
Serves 1 county in Texas: Denton. 8 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of Denton's average residential rate has gone from 11.11¢ to 13.60¢ per kWh: +22.4% over 10 years, or about +2.0% a year. It rose in 5 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +22.2% in 2020. The largest drop was −18.4% in 2021.
For a home using 1,110 kWh a month, the Texas average, City of Denton's 2025 rate works out to about $1,812 a year, $240 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 35th most expensive.
City of Denton served 44,798 homes in 2015 and 63,757 in 2025 (+42.3%), under 1% of Texas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of Denton's rates
City of Denton is a municipal utility owned by the local government. The city council or a local utility board sets its rates, usually after a public meeting, and the Public Utility Commission of Texas generally does not.
Commission contact: Public Utility Commission of Texas. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is City of Denton raising rates in 2026?
City of Denton's rates are set by the city council or a local utility 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 +6.2% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of Denton charge per kWh?
City of Denton's average effective residential rate was 13.60¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Texas's 2025 average was 15.40¢.
How much have City of Denton rates gone up in five years?
+3.7% between 2020 and 2025, against +35.4% for Texas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of Denton have in Texas?
63,757 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Denton, 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)