11.35¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Nueces Electric Cooperative / TX ]
Nueces Electric Cooperative electricity rates in Texas
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.3%
vs 2024
49,903
residential customers
+10.5%
since 2020
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Nueces Electric Cooperative's average effective residential rate (11.35¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13.45¢ | — | 35,534 |
| 2016 | 12.93¢ | −3.9% | 36,188 |
| 2017 | 10.57¢ | −18.3% | 36,124 |
| 2018 | 10.26¢ | −2.9% | 37,447 |
| 2019 | 10.55¢ | +2.8% | 36,214 |
| 2020 | 10.27¢ | −2.6% | 37,782 |
| 2021 | 10.65¢ | +3.7% | 39,293 |
| 2022 | 12.44¢ | +16.8% | 41,720 |
| 2023 | 11.35¢ | −8.8% | 43,643 |
| 2024 | 10.68¢ | −5.9% | 46,409 |
| 2025 | 11.35¢ | +6.3% | 49,903 |
How this compares
15.40¢
Texas average, 2025
−26.3%
Nueces Electric Cooperative vs TX 2025 average
−34.1%
vs US 2025 average
#66
priciest in TX
Serves 8 counties in Texas: Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces. 15 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Nueces Electric Cooperative's average residential rate has gone from 13.45¢ to 11.35¢ per kWh: −15.6% over 10 years, or about −1.7% a year. It rose in 4 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +16.8% in 2022. The largest drop was −18.3% in 2017.
For a home using 1,110 kWh a month, the Texas average, Nueces Electric Cooperative's 2025 rate works out to about $1,512 a year, $539 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 66th most expensive.
Nueces Electric Cooperative served 35,534 homes in 2015 and 49,903 in 2025 (+40.4%), under 1% of Texas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Nueces Electric Cooperative's rates
Nueces Electric Cooperative 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 Nueces Electric Cooperative raising rates in 2026?
Nueces Electric Cooperative'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 +6.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Nueces Electric Cooperative charge per kWh?
Nueces Electric Cooperative's average effective residential rate was 11.35¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Texas's 2025 average was 15.40¢.
How much have Nueces Electric Cooperative rates gone up in five years?
+10.5% between 2020 and 2025, against +35.4% for Texas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Nueces Electric Cooperative have in Texas?
49,903 residential customers in 2025, across 8 counties including Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, 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)