15.28¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Houston County Elec Coop / TX ]
Houston County Elec Coop electricity rates in Texas
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−8.0%
vs 2024
21,761
residential customers
+21.9%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Houston County Elec Coop's average effective residential rate (15.28¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.16¢ | — | 19,629 |
| 2016 | 13.16¢ | +0.0% | 19,819 |
| 2017 | 13.16¢ | +0.0% | 19,943 |
| 2018 | 12.66¢ | −3.8% | 20,174 |
| 2019 | 11.73¢ | −7.3% | 20,278 |
| 2020 | 12.54¢ | +6.9% | 20,502 |
| 2021 | 13.87¢ | +10.6% | 20,856 |
| 2022 | 15.58¢ | +12.3% | 21,070 |
| 2023 | 16.93¢ | +8.7% | 21,331 |
| 2024 | 16.60¢ | −1.9% | 21,426 |
| 2025 | 15.28¢ | −8.0% | 21,761 |
How this compares
15.40¢
Texas average, 2025
−0.8%
Houston County Elec Coop vs TX 2025 average
−11.3%
vs US 2025 average
#15
priciest in TX
Serves 9 counties in Texas: Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Freestone, Houston, Leon, Madison, Trinity, Walker. 21 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Houston County Elec Coop's average residential rate has gone from 13.16¢ to 15.28¢ per kWh: +16.1% over 10 years, or about +1.5% a year. It rose in 4 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +12.3% in 2022. The largest drop was −8.0% in 2025.
For a home using 1,110 kWh a month, the Texas average, Houston County Elec Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $2,035 a year, $16 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 15th most expensive.
Houston County Elec Coop served 19,629 homes in 2015 and 21,761 in 2025 (+10.9%), under 1% of Texas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Houston County Elec Coop's rates
Houston County 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 Houston County Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
Houston County 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 −8.0% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Houston County Elec Coop charge per kWh?
Houston County Elec Coop's average effective residential rate was 15.28¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Texas's 2025 average was 15.40¢.
How much have Houston County Elec Coop rates gone up in five years?
+21.9% between 2020 and 2025, against +35.4% for Texas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Houston County Elec Coop have in Texas?
21,761 residential customers in 2025, across 9 counties including Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, 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)