Average bill
What is a normal electric bill in Texas?
A normal Texas electric bill is about $164 a month, the 2024 average. An apartment runs closer to $100, and a home of 3,000 square feet or more about $244.
Published
| Home | Typical use | Typical month | In August |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment in a large building | 670 kWh | $100 | $146 |
| Townhome | 860 kWh | $128 | $188 |
| Home, 1,000 to 1,499 sq ft | 970 kWh | $145 | $212 |
| Home, 2,000 to 2,499 sq ft | 1,270 kWh | $190 | $278 |
| Home, 3,000 sq ft or more | 1,630 kWh | $244 | $356 |
Estimates. Each home's average use (U.S. Energy Information Administration survey, southern U.S., 2020) at the 2024 Texas average price of about 14.9¢ per kWh. Your plan and your home change it.
Summer bills run higher. In August, the same homes pay about 1.5 times their typical month, as the last column shows.
Find your home in the table, then compare its typical use with the kWh on your own bill.
What makes a bill bigger or smaller?
Size matters most, but not alone. A pool, an electric car or an old air conditioner all add kWh. So do more people at home during the day.
Your plan's price matters too. The same kWh can cost very different amounts on two plans, so we compare plans on your own usage.
How does Texas compare with the rest of the U.S.?
Texas homes paid about $164 a month in 2024, more than the U.S. average of about $142.
That is not because power costs more here. Each kWh cost less in Texas: about 14.9¢, against 16.5¢ nationally.
Texas homes simply use more of it: about 1,096 kWh a month, against 863 kWh. Air conditioning is a big part of that.
This average covers every Texas home, including Austin, San Antonio and the co-ops. Where you can choose a plan, your price may differ.
863 kWh
United States
Average bill
$142
About 16.5¢ per kWh
1,096 kWh
Texas
Average bill
$164
About 14.9¢ per kWh
Texas homes paid less for each kWh, but they used more of them.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2024 averages for homes.
Does a normal bill change with the season?
Yes. A Texas bill changes a lot from month to month, and summer bills can run about twice the spring ones.
781 kWh
April 2024
Average bill
$118
About 15.1¢ per kWh
1,570 kWh
August 2024
Average bill
$234
About 14.9¢ per kWh
About the same price per kWh. About twice the kWh, and twice the bill.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861M. Averages across all Texas homes.
The price per kWh barely moves, so the bill follows the kWh. Here is why summer bills climb.
What do prices look like now?
In July 2026, Texas homes paid about 15.9¢ per kWh on average, up from 15.4¢ a year earlier.
Normal kWh, but a bigger bill?
Then the cause may be your plan, not your home. Here are the usual reasons a bill jumps.
Find your home
The table shows a typical month for homes like yours.
Expect a summer jump
August bills run well above the typical month.
Price your own year
We estimate which plan fits how much your home uses.
Price your own year
Enter your usage and see which plan is likely to cost your home the least.
Find my best planSources (4)
- Government data on the average home's monthly bill, by state (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2024)
- Government survey of electricity use by home type and size (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2020)
- Government data on electricity prices by state, month by month (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
- Government data on Texas home electricity use, prices and bills by month (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Articles are general information for Texas electricity shoppers. Every cost Power Rate Check shows is an estimate, and the Electricity Facts Label is the provider's official price document — read it before you sign.