Texas Electricity Prices

Texas sits mid-pack — 15.88¢ per kilowatt-hour in July 2026, 30th-highest of 51 and 17.5% below the national benchmark.

At Texas's July 2026 average of 15.88¢/kWh, 10,500 kWh of annual use works out to $1,667 a year — around $139 a month. Running the same 10,500 kWh calculation at the July 2026 national benchmark rate gives $2,022 — a $355 gap between the two published averages, less for Texas, not a bill either way.

Over the full EIA series the Texas jurisdiction average has risen 107% since January 2001, from 7.68¢ to 15.88¢ in July 2026 — a compound 2.9% per year. The path has been unusually smooth — Texas is among the steadiest third of jurisdictions month to month.

April 2026, at 16.99¢ per kilowatt-hour. The July 2026 reading of 15.88¢ sits 6.5% below that peak. The lowest monthly average on record was 7.44¢ in November 2002.

June. Measured over the 25 complete calendar years the EIA series covers for Texas, 2001 through 2025, June runs highest relative to its own year and January runs lowest — a swing of roughly 7.3 percentage points.

Among Texas and its land-border neighbours in July 2026, Louisiana posts the lowest average at 12.72¢ and New Mexico the highest at 16.09¢. Texas ranks 4th of 5 in the group, at 15.88¢.

Almost certainly not exactly, and this is the one caveat that governs every figure on this page. The published value is the EIA residential average across every utility and residential rate class in Texas for July 2026 — a benchmark, never a billed amount. Even the jurisdiction figure is not one number — across the trailing year it moved between 15.41¢ in February 2026 and 16.99¢ in April 2026. Your own rate depends on your utility, tariff, usage tier, time-of-use schedule, and fixed monthly charges, none of which this index models. Read your bill for the rate that applies to you.