PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS
RATE REGULATION DIVISION
ELECTRIC UTILITY BILL COMPARISON
PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF
RATE REGULATION DIVISIO
ELECTRIC UTILITY BILL COMPA
MAY 2009
RESIDENTIAL
500 kWh
TEXAS
UTILITIES
MAY
2009
INVESTOR OWNED
Cap Rock Energy
El Paso Electric
Entergy Texas
Southwestern Public Service
Southwestern Elec Power
SWEPCO North Texas
Average
($)
2008
MAY 2009
RESIDENTIAL
1000 kWh
%
Rank
Change Low=1
($)
MAY
2009
($)
2008
Last year's avg. kWh usage
paired with current rates
%
Rank
Change Low=1
MAY
2008
($)
Average
Bill
Rank
Low=1
($)
49.19
61.34
55.22
41.79
50.12
58.31
52.66
77.84
60.60
63.32
47.33
46.93
57.72
58.96
-36.8%
1.2%
-12.8%
-11.7%
6.8%
1.0%
-10.7%
2
6
4
1
3
5
88.39
118.17
105.87
77.99
93.46
110.60
99.08
145.69
116.67
122.55
89.55
87.12
111.98
112.26
-39.3%
1.3%
-13.6%
-12.9%
7.3%
-1.2%
-11.7%
2
6
4
1
3
5
664
450
1,044
762
880
518
720
60.89
55.63
110.33
60.76
83.05
59.81
71.75
4
1
6
3
5
2
COOPERATIVES
Magic Valley EC
Upshur Rural EC
Victoria EC
Average
63.54
46.42
70.83
60.26
72.54
48.24
63.29
61.36
-12.4%
-3.8%
11.9%
-1.8%
2
1
3
112.08
81.83
123.17
105.69
130.08
86.97
109.07
108.71
-13.8%
-5.9%
12.9%
-2.8%
2
1
3
1,228
731
915
958
134.21
62.78
114.28
103.76
3
1
2
TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES
Austin Energy (City of Austin)
CPS (San Antonio)
City of San Marcos
Average
Texas Average (Surveyed)
42.02
45.12
53.30
46.81
53.10
42.02
47.46
51.26
46.91
56.55
0.0%
-4.9%
4.0%
-0.2%
-6.1%
1
2
3
99.38
82.96
98.11
93.48
99.33
99.38
90.65
94.02
94.68
106.98
0.0%
-8.5%
4.4%
-1.3%
-7.1%
3
1
2
792
1,070
811
891
822
75.52
88.26
81.16
81.65
82.22
1
3
2
OTHER U.S. UTILITIES
Entergy Louisiana
NSPC (Minnesota)
OG&E (Oklahoma)
PSCo (Colorado)
500
45.32
51.31
55.40
46.42
1000
90.62
96.11
94.08
85.66
Other U.S. Utilities Average
49.61
91.62
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
1,022
92.61
3
Customer Protection (512) 936-7150.
545
55.32
1
Reminder to participants: To enable us to
925
88.64
2
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.
831
78.86
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.