PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS
RATE REGULATION DIVISION
ELECTRIC UTILITY BILL COMPARISON
PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF
RATE REGULATION DIVISIO
ELECTRIC UTILITY BILL COMPA
JUNE 2009
RESIDENTIAL
500 kWh
TEXAS
UTILITIES
2009
INVESTOR OWNED
Cap Rock Energy
El Paso Electric
Entergy Texas
Southwestern Public Service
Southwestern Elec Power
SWEPCO North Texas
Average
JUNE
2008
($)
JUNE 2009
RESIDENTIAL
1000 kWh
%
Rank
Change Low=1
($)
2009
JUNE
2008
($)
Last year's avg. kWh usage
paired with current rates
%
Rank
Change Low=1
JUNE
2008
($)
Average
Bill
Rank
Low=1
($)
58.59
63.84
54.25
45.61
50.21
58.31
55.14
79.09
63.10
63.32
57.36
46.94
57.72
61.26
-25.9%
1.2%
-14.3%
-20.5%
7.0%
1.0%
-10.0%
5
6
3
1
2
4
107.19
123.17
103.92
85.61
93.64
110.60
104.02
148.19
121.67
122.55
109.60
87.12
111.98
116.85
-27.7%
1.2%
-15.2%
-21.9%
7.5%
-1.2%
-11.0%
4
6
3
1
2
5
1,045
635
1,540
692
1,347
856
1,019
109.73
79.84
157.58
60.97
123.79
94.93
104.47
4
2
6
1
5
3
COOPERATIVES
Magic Valley EC
Upshur Rural EC
Victoria EC
Average
59.79
46.03
74.92
60.25
77.54
48.36
62.91
62.94
-22.9%
-4.8%
19.1%
-4.3%
2
1
3
104.58
81.05
131.34
105.66
140.08
87.21
108.31
111.87
-25.3%
-7.1%
21.3%
-5.6%
2
1
3
1,462
848
1,285
1,198
145.96
70.40
163.49
126.62
2
1
3
TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES
Austin Energy (City of Austin)
CPS (San Antonio)
City of San Marcos
Average
Texas Average (Surveyed)
42.02
45.42
52.45
46.63
54.29
42.02
51.51
51.92
48.48
58.48
0.0%
-11.8%
1.0%
-3.8%
-7.2%
1
2
3
99.38
89.55
96.40
95.11
102.20
99.38
104.75
95.33
99.82
111.35
0.0%
-14.5%
1.1%
-4.7%
-8.2%
3
1
2
1,233
1,612
1,196
1,347
1,146
126.11
145.41
113.67
128.40
115.99
2
3
1
OTHER U.S. UTILITIES
Entergy Louisiana
NSPC (Minnesota)
OG&E (Oklahoma)
PSCo (Colorado)
500
38.93
57.91
55.67
48.23
1000
77.84
109.30
104.46
89.27
Other U.S. Utilities Average
50.19
95.22
U.S. AVG. (Feb. 1, 2009)
500
56.15
1000
112.30
Please direct all questions relating to the
Average Usage/Rates - Other U.S. Utilities
distribution of this survey to the Office of
1,475
114.81
2
Customer Protection (512) 936-7150.
612
69.40
1
Reminder to participants: To enable us to
1,382
141.75
3
publish the comparison on the 15th of each
n/a
n/a
n/a
month, we request that your response reach
us by the 8th. Thank you for your cooperation.
1,156
108.65
Data Source: Data and computations are
provided by each utility listed.
Compiled by: Rate Regulation Division, Public Utility Commission of Texas
Notes: The bill amounts may include the effects of temporary refunds and/or
surcharges for items such as fuel. U.S. Average is based on average revenues
from Residential Retail Sales reported by the Energy Information Administration.