[ Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop / TX ]
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop electricity rates in Texas
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (11.83¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.24¢ | — | 71,327 |
| 2016 | 10.83¢ | +5.8% | 73,278 |
| 2017 | 11.23¢ | +3.7% | 74,210 |
| 2018 | 10.41¢ | −7.3% | 76,017 |
| 2019 | 10.19¢ | −2.1% | 77,921 |
| 2020 | 10.11¢ | −0.8% | 80,023 |
| 2021 | 12.19¢ | +20.6% | 82,211 |
| 2022 | 12.50¢ | +2.5% | 85,406 |
| 2023 | 12.85¢ | +2.8% | 88,756 |
| 2024 | 12.49¢ | −2.8% | 92,189 |
| 2025 | 11.83¢ | −5.3% | 95,358 |
How this compares
Serves 13 counties in Texas: Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, DeWitt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Jackson, Karnes, Lavaca, Victoria, Wilson. 42 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 10.24¢ to 11.83¢ per kWh: +15.5% over 10 years, or about +1.5% a year. It rose in 5 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +20.6% in 2021. The largest drop was −7.3% in 2018.
For a home using 1,110 kWh a month, the Texas average, Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,576 a year, $476 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 63rd most expensive.
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop served 71,327 homes in 2015 and 95,358 in 2025 (+33.7%), under 1% of Texas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop's rates
Guadalupe Valley 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 Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Guadalupe Valley 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 −5.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 11.83¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Texas's 2025 average was 15.40¢.
How much have Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+17.0% between 2020 and 2025, against +35.4% for Texas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop have in Texas?
95,358 residential customers in 2025, across 13 counties including Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, 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)
