12.60¢
per kWh, 2025
[ SWEPCO / TX ]
SWEPCO electricity rates in Texas
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+4.7%
vs 2024
157,119
residential customers
+22.4%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at SWEPCO's average effective residential rate (12.60¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9.17¢ | — | 148,612 |
| 2016 | 9.53¢ | +3.9% | 149,482 |
| 2017 | 9.70¢ | +1.8% | 150,120 |
| 2018 | 10.15¢ | +4.6% | 150,308 |
| 2019 | 10.20¢ | +0.5% | 151,032 |
| 2020 | 10.29¢ | +0.9% | 152,519 |
| 2021 | 14.73¢ | +43.1% | 153,758 |
| 2022 | 12.84¢ | −12.8% | 154,733 |
| 2023 | 11.92¢ | −7.2% | 155,326 |
| 2024 | 12.03¢ | +0.9% | 156,271 |
| 2025 | 12.60¢ | +4.7% | 157,119 |
How this compares
15.40¢
Texas average, 2025
−18.2%
SWEPCO vs TX 2025 average
−26.9%
vs US 2025 average
#52
priciest in TX
SWEPCO files with the EIA as Southwestern Electric Power Co (utility ID 17698).
Serves 25 counties in Texas: Bowie, Camp, Cass, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Franklin, Gray, Gregg, Hall, Harrison, Hopkins, Marion, Morris, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wheeler, Wood. 147 ZIP codes.
Questions
Is SWEPCO raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for SWEPCO is on file with the Public Utility Commission of Texas in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved +4.7% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does SWEPCO charge per kWh?
SWEPCO's average effective residential rate was 12.60¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Texas's 2025 average was 15.40¢.
How much have SWEPCO rates gone up in five years?
+22.4% between 2020 and 2025, against +35.4% for Texas as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does SWEPCO have in Texas?
157,119 residential customers in 2025, across 25 counties including Bowie, Camp, Cass, 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)