Advertised price vs real cost of Texas electricity plans

Plans: every plan in each utility’s default TexasHomeBills ranking on the data date — fixed-rate, terms of 6 months or longer; variable, prepaid and time-of-use plans are left out, and the same product listed twice (English and Spanish) is counted once. Advertised price: the average price at 1,000 kWh that Power to Choose publishes for the plan (delivery charges included). Real cost: we estimate the plan’s 12 monthly bills for a home using 12,000 kWh a year in a typical Texas seasonal pattern (1,000 kWh a month on average, more in summer), applying any bill credit only in months whose usage qualifies, and divide the total by 12,000 kWh. Every month is billed at the plan’s own prices, even for terms shorter than 12 months. Taxes, cancellation fees and deposits are not included. Both values are rounded to 0.1¢ first, and the gap is the difference of the rounded values. How it works →

Monthly usage used (January to December, kWh): 980, 840, 740, 700, 860, 1180, 1420, 1500, 1260, 920, 740, 860. Your own usage gives different results; the plan pages let you enter it.

Sources

• Power to Choose — Public Utility Commission of Texas plan listings (prices at 500, 1,000 and 2,000 kWh; fees text), imported daily.
• Each plan’s Electricity Facts Label (EFL), linked from its plan page.
• TexasHomeBills cost estimates (method above).

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