[ Pedernales Electric Coop / TX ]
Pedernales Electric Coop electricity rates in Texas
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
Estimated at Pedernales Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (12.75¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10.78¢ | — | 251,438 |
| 2016 | 10.31¢ | −4.4% | 262,148 |
| 2017 | 10.35¢ | +0.4% | 290,157 |
| 2018 | 10.32¢ | −0.3% | 303,443 |
| 2019 | 10.36¢ | +0.4% | 316,925 |
| 2020 | 10.33¢ | −0.3% | 334,725 |
| 2021 | 10.57¢ | +2.3% | 353,754 |
| 2022 | 11.30¢ | +6.9% | 370,868 |
| 2023 | 11.69¢ | +3.5% | 387,103 |
| 2024 | 12.22¢ | +4.5% | 405,587 |
| 2025 | 12.75¢ | +4.3% | 420,753 |
How this compares
Serves 24 counties in Texas: Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Menard, Real, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Travis, Williamson. 86 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Pedernales Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 10.78¢ to 12.75¢ per kWh: +18.3% over 10 years, or about +1.7% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +6.9% in 2022. The largest drop was −4.4% in 2016.
For a home using 1,110 kWh a month, the Texas average, Pedernales Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,698 a year, $353 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 48th most expensive.
Pedernales Electric Coop served 251,438 homes in 2015 and 420,753 in 2025 (+67.3%), about 3% of Texas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Pedernales Electric Coop's rates
Pedernales Electric 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 Pedernales Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
Pedernales Electric 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 +4.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Pedernales Electric Coop charge per kWh?
Pedernales Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 12.75¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Texas's 2025 average was 15.40¢.
How much have Pedernales Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+23.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +35.4% for Texas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Pedernales Electric Coop have in Texas?
420,753 residential customers in 2025, across 24 counties including Bell, Bexar, Blanco, 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)
