12.39¢
per kWh, 2025
[ City of New Braunfels / TX ]
City of New Braunfels electricity rates in Texas
CITY SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−6.0%
vs 2024
57,050
residential customers
+27.1%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at City of New Braunfels's average effective residential rate (12.39¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8.08¢ | — | 29,616 |
| 2016 | 8.28¢ | +2.5% | 31,043 |
| 2017 | 8.20¢ | −1.0% | 33,866 |
| 2018 | 8.92¢ | +8.8% | 36,176 |
| 2019 | 8.83¢ | −1.0% | 37,845 |
| 2020 | 9.75¢ | +10.4% | 40,204 |
| 2021 | 10.89¢ | +11.7% | 42,989 |
| 2022 | 13.55¢ | +24.4% | 45,582 |
| 2023 | 12.95¢ | −4.4% | 47,850 |
| 2024 | 13.18¢ | +1.8% | 53,975 |
| 2025 | 12.39¢ | −6.0% | 57,050 |
How this compares
15.40¢
Texas average, 2025
−19.6%
City of New Braunfels vs TX 2025 average
−28.1%
vs US 2025 average
#57
priciest in TX
Serves 2 counties in Texas: Comal, Guadalupe. 2 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, City of New Braunfels's average residential rate has gone from 8.08¢ to 12.39¢ per kWh: +53.3% over 10 years, or about +4.4% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +24.4% in 2022. The largest drop was −6.0% in 2025.
For a home using 1,110 kWh a month, the Texas average, City of New Braunfels's 2025 rate works out to about $1,650 a year, $401 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 57th most expensive.
City of New Braunfels served 29,616 homes in 2015 and 57,050 in 2025 (+92.6%), under 1% of Texas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets City of New Braunfels's rates
City of New Braunfels 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 New Braunfels raising rates in 2026?
City of New Braunfels'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 −6.0% from 2024 to 2025.
What does City of New Braunfels charge per kWh?
City of New Braunfels's average effective residential rate was 12.39¢ 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 New Braunfels rates gone up in five years?
+27.1% between 2020 and 2025, against +35.4% for Texas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does City of New Braunfels have in Texas?
57,050 residential customers in 2025, across 2 counties including Comal, Guadalupe, 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)