PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS
RATE REGULATION DIVISION
ELECTRIC UTILITY BILL COMPARISON
July 2011
RESIDENTIAL
500 kWh
TEXAS
UTILITIES
2011
2010
%
Change
Rank
Low=1
INVESTOR OWNED
Cap Rock Energy
El Paso Electric
Entergy Texas
Southwestern Public Service
Southwestern Electric Power
Average
($)
$64.79
$62.39
$59.86
$51.85
$47.62
$57.30
($)
$70.04
$59.32
$54.45
$46.98
$49.55
$56.07
-7.5%
5.2%
9.9%
10.4%
-3.9%
2.2%
5
4
3
2
1
COOPERATIVES
Magic Valley EC
Upshur Rural EC
Victoria EC
Average
$58.22
$52.79
$65.39
$58.80
$64.72
$50.92
$66.39
$60.68
-10.0%
3.7%
-1.5%
-3.1%
TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES
Austin Energy (City of Austin)
CPS Energy (San Antonio)
City of San Marcos
Average
Texas Average (Surveyed)
$39.69
$49.83
$47.56
$45.69
$54.54
$42.02
$48.30
$48.62
$46.31
$54.66
-5.6%
3.2%
-2.2%
-1.3%
-0.2%
OTHER U.S. UTILITIES
Entergy Louisiana
NSPC (Minnesota)
PSCo (Colorado)
Other U.S. Utilities Average
July
RESIDENTIAL
1000 kWh
500 kWh
$52.99
$64.08
$55.46
$57.51
500 kWh
U.S. AVG. (April 2011)
$58.95
July
Last year's avg. kWh usage
paired with current rates
2011
2010
%
Change
Rank
Low=1
July
2010
Average
Bill
Rank
Low=1
($)
$119.59
$119.76
$114.72
$97.70
$87.98
$107.95
($)
$130.09
$113.62
$104.17
$88.37
$91.82
$105.61
-8.1%
5.4%
10.1%
10.6%
-4.2%
2.2%
4
5
3
2
1
(kWh)
1,190
844
1,811
1,245
1,706
1,359
($)
$138.31
$101.86
$203.69
$120.17
$144.98
$141.80
3
1
5
2
4
2
1
3
$98.94
$92.58
$112.28
$101.27
$111.94
$89.83
$114.28
$105.35
-11.6%
3.1%
-1.8%
-3.9%
2
1
3
1,536
1,259
1,493
1,429
$142.60
$113.19
$161.50
$139.10
2
1
3
1
3
2
$94.72
$98.40
$86.63
$93.25
$102.12
$99.38
$95.34
$88.75
$94.49
$102.51
-4.7%
3.2%
-2.4%
-1.3%
-0.4%
2
3
1
1,321
1,642
1,080
1,348
1,375
$130.05
$163.02
$92.88
$128.65
$137.48
2
3
1
1000 kWh Please direct all questions relating to the distribution of this survey to Average Usage/Rates - Other U.S. Utilities
$105.96 the Office of Customer Protection at (512) 936-7150.
1,979
$190.43
2
$121.01
947
$114.94
1
Reminder to participants: To enable us to publish the comparison on
$104.03
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the 15th of each month, we request that your response reach us by
the 8th. Thank you for your cooperation.
$110.33
1463
$152.69
Data Source: Data and computations are provided by each utility
1000 kWh listed. U.S. Average is based on average revenues from Residential
$117.90 Retail Sales reported by the Energy Information Administration.
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. As of 4/16/10, SWEPCO North Texas jurisdiction rates merged with
SWEPCO rates.