11.02¢
per kWh, 2025
[ South Plains Electric Coop / TX ]
South Plains Electric Coop electricity rates in Texas
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+6.5%
vs 2024
58,726
residential customers
+14.2%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
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Difference / month · / year
Estimated at South Plains Electric Coop's average effective residential rate (11.02¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.47¢ | — | 37,081 |
| 2016 | 9.50¢ | +0.3% | 38,171 |
| 2017 | 9.99¢ | +5.2% | 39,876 |
| 2018 | 10.05¢ | +0.6% | 41,239 |
| 2019 | 9.49¢ | −5.6% | 42,649 |
| 2020 | 9.65¢ | +1.7% | 45,717 |
| 2021 | 10.35¢ | +7.3% | 48,045 |
| 2022 | 13.52¢ | +30.6% | 50,571 |
| 2023 | 11.58¢ | −14.3% | 53,601 |
| 2024 | 10.35¢ | −10.6% | 56,173 |
| 2025 | 11.02¢ | +6.5% | 58,726 |
How this compares
15.40¢
Texas average, 2025
−28.4%
South Plains Electric Coop vs TX 2025 average
−36.0%
vs US 2025 average
#69
priciest in TX
Serves 18 counties in Texas: Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Hale, Hall, Hardeman, Hockley, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Stonewall. 52 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, South Plains Electric Coop's average residential rate has gone from 9.47¢ to 11.02¢ per kWh: +16.4% over 10 years, or about +1.5% a year. It rose in 7 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +30.6% in 2022. The largest drop was −14.3% in 2023.
For a home using 1,110 kWh a month, the Texas average, South Plains Electric Coop's 2025 rate works out to about $1,468 a year, $583 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 69th most expensive.
South Plains Electric Coop served 37,081 homes in 2015 and 58,726 in 2025 (+58.4%), under 1% of Texas's residential electricity customers.
Who sets South Plains Electric Coop's rates
South Plains 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 South Plains Electric Coop raising rates in 2026?
South Plains 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 +6.5% from 2024 to 2025.
What does South Plains Electric Coop charge per kWh?
South Plains Electric Coop's average effective residential rate was 11.02¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Texas's 2025 average was 15.40¢.
How much have South Plains Electric Coop rates gone up in five years?
+14.2% between 2020 and 2025, against +35.4% for Texas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does South Plains Electric Coop have in Texas?
58,726 residential customers in 2025, across 18 counties including Childress, Cottle, Crosby, 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)