Austin Electricity Rates & Plans: Retail Choice for Eligible Addresses
Compare plans in Austin by estimated monthly cost at your usage, with Oncor delivery charges included.
Estimated costs are informational. Provider rates and plan terms may change. Confirm current details directly with the provider.
Live eligible-plan inventory — Oncor territory; the same active, validation-clean, fresh plan set the compare tool ranks, with TDSP delivery charges included. Rate and bill figures cover standard-priced plans only (free-period and time-of-use plans are counted in inventory but excluded from rate figures). Source: daily EFL capture of the state plan feed; refreshed with this page about every 6 hours. Confirm current rates with the provider before enrolling.
Address eligibility note
Most addresses inside Austin city limits are served by Austin Energy, the city-owned utility, and cannot choose a retail electricity provider. Retail choice applies to metro-edge addresses served by deregulated utilities such as Oncor — confirm your exact address before comparing plans.
Retail choice may not apply to all addresses. Use your ZIP in compare flow to confirm eligibility and available offers.
Top Electricity Plans in Austin (Ranked by Real Monthly Cost)
Plans below are ranked by estimated total bill including Oncor delivery charges. Enter your actual monthly kWh for personalized results and confirm final details with the provider.
| # | Plan | Provider | Rate (1,000 kWh) | Est. bill (1,000 kWh) | Term | Fine print |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SimpleSaver 12 | AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC | 6.2¢/kWh | $62/mo | 12 mo | Credit cliff at 1,000 kWh, $150 cancel fee |
| 2 | Sure Saver 12 | SPARK ENERGY LLC | 6.4¢/kWh | $64/mo | 12 mo | Credit cliff at 1,000 kWh, $100 cancel fee |
| 3 | The Lone Saver Plus 12 | Energy Texas | 6.8¢/kWh | $68/mo | 12 mo | Credit cliff at 1,000 kWh, $20 cancel fee |
| 4 | Rhythm Max Saver 24 | RHYTHM | 7.3¢/kWh | $73/mo | 24 mo | Credit cliff at 1,000 kWh, $20 cancel fee |
| 5 | Variable Advantage | SOUTHERN FEDERAL POWER LLC | 8.9¢/kWh | $89/mo | 1 mo | Variable rate |
Estimated bills include Oncor delivery charges. Confirm final pricing on the provider's Electricity Facts Label before enrolling. Use the interactive comparison below to rank all 165 plans at your own usage, or the full comparison tool.
Austin is the big exception among large Texas metros: most addresses inside the city are served by Austin Energy, the municipal utility, and cannot choose a retail electricity provider — rates there are set by the utility and Austin City Council, not by a competitive market. Retail choice exists around the metro's edges, where Oncor delivers the power and competing providers sell supply plans. That makes the first step in Austin not plan comparison but eligibility: confirm which utility serves your exact address, and only then — for choice-eligible addresses — compare plans by estimated monthly cost at your usage rather than headline benchmark rates.
Choice-eligible households in the Austin metro can range from 700-1,000 kWh for many apartments to 1,600+ kWh for larger homes during peak cooling months.
Austin Electricity Rates — August 2026
Weekly standard-priced market index — Oncor territory, snapshot from the week of August 31, 2026. Unlike the live inventory above, rate figures here exclude free-period and time-of-use plans.
In the week of August 31, 2026, 164 standard-priced plans from 41 providers were on the market in Oncor territory. At 1,000 kWh, the cheapest works out to 6.6¢/kWh all-in (about $66 for the month), and the territory average is 13.2¢/kWh — down 0.8¢ vs the week of August 3, 2026. All figures include Oncor delivery charges.
| Monthly usage | Cheapest rate | Average rate | Cheapest est. bill | Average est. bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 kWh | 9.5¢/kWh | 14.0¢/kWh | $47/mo | $70/mo |
| 1,000 kWh | 6.6¢/kWh | 13.2¢/kWh | $66/mo | $132/mo |
| 2,000 kWh | 8.5¢/kWh | 13.1¢/kWh | $170/mo | $262/mo |
Standard-priced plans in the Oncor service territory tracked in the TrueBill database, weekly snapshot from August 31, 2026. Rate = estimated all-in monthly bill (energy + Oncor delivery charges) divided by usage — the same average-price definition the Electricity Facts Label uses. Time-of-use and free-period plans are excluded from rate figures. Oncor delivery charges are identical across the territory, so these rates apply to Austin addresses served by Oncor. Plan pricing changes often — confirm current terms with the provider.
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Provider Rates on the Oncor Grid This Week
Lowest and average all-in rates per provider at 1,000 kWh, from the snapshot for the week of August 31, 2026.
| Provider | Plans | Lowest rate | Avg rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC | 7 | 6.59¢ | 11.18¢ |
| SPARK ENERGY LLC | 5 | 6.92¢ | 10.62¢ |
| SOUTHERN FEDERAL POWER LLC | 5 | 8.90¢ | 14.37¢ |
| Octopus Energy | 6 | 9.06¢ | 10.89¢ |
| TARA ENERGY | 5 | 10.23¢ | 13.09¢ |
| AMIGO ENERGY | 5 | 10.23¢ | 16.25¢ |
| JUST ENERGY | 4 | 10.23¢ | 13.83¢ |
| Companion Energy | 2 | 10.60¢ | 11.10¢ |
| Rhythm Energy | 4 | 10.64¢ | 11.74¢ |
| Energy Texas | 4 | 10.64¢ | 12.09¢ |
Rates are EFL average prices at 1,000 kWh including Oncor delivery charges. This is territory-level data — identical for every city on the Oncor grid, because providers price by TDSP territory, not by city. Full history on the Texas rate history page.
Typical Homes in Austin
Austin's housing stock is unusually diverse, ranging from 1940s–1960s bungalows in Hyde Park and Cherrywood to high-rise condos downtown, mid-century ranches in South Austin, and large newer subdivisions in outlying growth corridors. Older homes near the urban core often have less efficient insulation and original single-pane windows, materially increasing summer cooling demand compared to similarly-sized newer construction.
Local planning angle for Austin
Austin is a mixed-market metro from a retail-choice perspective. Eligibility should be confirmed first, then plan structures should be compared at realistic usage bands because summer AC demand can shift total estimated cost materially.
Why Austin Residents Compare Electricity Plans
Austin-area shoppers land here in two very different situations. Austin Energy customers — most of the city — have no plan to choose, and their useful next step is understanding the bill, not comparing providers. Choice-eligible households at the metro's edges face the standard Texas comparison problem with an Austin twist: July and August bills can run 2–3× spring bills, so plans with narrow bill-credit windows often underperform at the metro's real peak usage. Confirming eligibility first prevents the most common Austin mistake — comparing plans an address can't actually enroll in.
Who Delivers Electricity in Austin
Who delivers your power depends on your exact address
Most addresses inside Austin city limits are served by Austin Energy, the city-owned electric utility. Austin Energy customers do not choose a retail provider — the utility both delivers the power and bills for it at rates set through the city — so the retail plan comparisons on this site do not apply at those addresses.
Retail choice exists around the metro's edges, where Oncor owns the wires and competing retail providers sell the supply plan: many addresses in Round Rock, Pflugerville, Hutto, and parts of Cedar Park and Kyle are choice-eligible. Other area cities run non-choice utilities of their own — Georgetown's municipal utility and San Marcos's city utility among them — and large swaths of the Hill Country side belong to the Pedernales and Bluebonnet cooperatives, also outside retail choice.
The reliable way to know your situation is the exact address: your current bill names the utility that serves you, and entering your ZIP in compare flow confirms whether retail plans apply before any comparison starts.
Review Oncor TDSP delivery charges and service-area details →Typical Electricity Usage in Austin
Austin homes often use significantly more electricity during summer cooling months than during the rest of the year.
That seasonal swing changes plan economics: bill credits, minimum usage fees, and usage-based pricing can behave very differently as monthly usage moves up and down.
TrueBill ranks plans using your actual usage profile whenever possible instead of relying only on the standard 1,000 kWh benchmark.
Estimated profile derived from Austin seasonal ranges and Oncor service-area usage patterns.
Seasonal Usage & Weather in Austin
Monthly Usage Patterns
Austin usage typically drops to 500–800 kWh in mild spring and fall months before climbing sharply in June. Peak summer months (July–September) regularly push choice-eligible households to 1,200–1,800 kWh, with some older or larger homes exceeding 2,000 kWh. Mild winters mean December through February usage stays moderate at 600–1,000 kWh for most homes.
How Austin's Weather Affects Your Bill
Austin experiences intense summer heat without coastal humidity relief, with afternoon temperatures exceeding 100°F for extended stretches. Radiant heat from the urban core keeps overnight lows above 80°F in July, preventing natural cooling and running AC around the clock. The city's bowl-shaped topography traps warm air during summer inversions, amplifying both temperature extremes and cooling costs.
What to Check Before Picking a Plan in Austin
Most in-city Austin addresses are served by Austin Energy and cannot shop retail plans. Verify which utility serves your address before comparing REP plans.
Plans shown at benchmark usage levels may not reflect your monthly pattern. Compare at your expected usage and nearby seasonal bands.
Credit-based structures may fit some homes and may not fit others whose usage drifts around threshold points.
Early termination, base charges, and minimum-usage terms may change. Confirm details directly with the provider.
TrueBill factors these plan structures into every estimate. Plan terms can change, so confirm details with the provider before enrolling.
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Estimated costs are informational. Provider rates and plan terms may change. Confirm current details directly with the provider.