14.05¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Deep East Texas Elec Coop / TX ]
Deep East Texas Elec Coop electricity rates in Texas
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+7.3%
vs 2024
40,593
residential customers
+40.8%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Deep East Texas Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (14.05¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.79¢ | — | 37,893 |
| 2016 | 11.71¢ | −0.7% | 37,920 |
| 2017 | 11.65¢ | −0.5% | 38,326 |
| 2018 | 10.76¢ | −7.6% | 38,660 |
| 2019 | 10.34¢ | −3.9% | 38,890 |
| 2020 | 9.98¢ | −3.5% | 39,551 |
| 2021 | 11.47¢ | +14.9% | 40,106 |
| 2022 | 13.11¢ | +14.3% | 40,359 |
| 2023 | 12.65¢ | −3.5% | 40,852 |
| 2024 | 13.10¢ | +3.6% | 40,404 |
| 2025 | 14.05¢ | +7.3% | 40,593 |
How this compares
15.40¢
Texas average, 2025
−8.8%
Deep East Texas Elec Coop vs TX 2025 average
−18.5%
vs US 2025 average
#28
priciest in TX
Serves 8 counties in Texas: Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby. 22 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Deep East Texas Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 11.79¢ to 14.05¢ per kWh: +19.2% over 10 years, or about +1.8% a year. It rose in 4 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +14.9% in 2021. The largest drop was −7.6% in 2018.
For a home using 1,110 kWh a month, the Texas average, Deep East Texas Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,871 a year, $180 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 28th most expensive.
Deep East Texas Elec Coop served 37,893 homes in 2015 and 40,593 in 2025 (+7.1%), under 1% of Texas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Deep East Texas Elec Coop's rates
Deep East 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 Deep East Texas Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Deep East 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 +7.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Deep East Texas Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Deep East Texas Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 14.05¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Texas's 2025 average was 15.40¢.
How much have Deep East Texas Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+40.8% between 2020 and 2025, against +35.4% for Texas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Deep East Texas Elec Coop have in Texas?
40,593 residential customers in 2025, across 8 counties including Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, 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)