[ Houston County Elec Coop / TX ]
Houston County Elec Coop electricity rates in Texas
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
What your bill becomes
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
Serves 9 counties in Texas: Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Freestone, Houston, Leon, Madison, Trinity, Walker. 21 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is Houston County Elec Coop raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Houston County Elec Coop is on file with the Public Utility Commission of Texas in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved −8.0% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
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; rate-case facts are from the Public Utility Commission of Texas docket linked on this page. 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)
