Average Electric Bill in Texas
Residential · 12-month average, September 2025 – August 2026.
That works out to about $2,145 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Texas has the 6th highest average residential bill.
Data current through August 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 16.01¢/kWh × 1,117 kWh ≈ $179. A state can land high on either factor — Texas pays below the national rate but uses much more power than average.
Compared with nearby states
| Texas | $179 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $158 | |
| Louisiana | $158 | |
| Oklahoma | $148 | |
| Arkansas | $143 | |
| New Mexico | $101 |
Texas is $20 a month above (+12.9%) the U.S. average of $158. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $266
- August 2026
- Lowest month
- $130
- November 2025
- Swing
- $135
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $266
- August 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Texas peaks in August 2026 and bottoms out in November 2025. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
Texas electricity bills in context
Texas's average monthly electricity bill stands at $179, ranking it sixth among the 50 states and DC in terms of expense. This reflects a combination of a lower-than-average price of 16.01¢/kWh and above-average usage of 1,117 kWh per month. While Texas pays less per kilowatt-hour than the national rate of 18.07¢/kWh, its homes use substantially more power—241 kWh more than the national average of 876 kWh—which pushes the overall bill $21 higher than the national figure of $158.
Over the past year, the bill has risen 5.1%, from $170 in the prior period. Looking back further, since December 2008 it has climbed 21.4%, from $147. The long-term trajectory shows even steeper growth when measured from August 2021, when the bill was $131—a 36.1% increase to the current level.
Seasonal swings are pronounced. August 2026 saw the peak monthly bill of $266, while November 2025 was lowest at $130, a difference of $136. Among neighboring states, Louisiana's bill of $158 sits closer to the national average, while Oklahoma and Arkansas fall below Texas at $148 and $143 respectively. New Mexico's average of $101 is substantially lower.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through August 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (September 2025 – August 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in Texas may pay well above or below $179. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See Texas electricity prices by sector.