Texas Electricity Plans for EV Owners
How an EV changes Texas plan math: current free-nights plans with verified overnight pricing, plus what home charging adds to your usage and bill.
Estimated costs are informational. Provider rates and plan terms may change. Confirm current details directly with the provider.
Publicly listed residential plans with valid pricing data matching this category. Data updated July 20, 2026. Confirm current rates with the provider before enrolling.
Home-charging an EV adds several hundred kWh to a typical month — at three to four miles per kWh, roughly 250–350 kWh per thousand miles driven. That does two things to plan economics: it pushes many households into the 1,500–2,000+ kWh range where high-usage pricing matters, and it concentrates a large, schedulable load in whatever hours you choose to charge.
That second property is why time-of-use plans exist on this page. If your car charges between, say, 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., a free-nights plan can move your single biggest new load into hours you don't pay energy charges for. The plans listed below have free-window or day/night pricing that our formula review has verified, so their estimates reflect the actual window mechanics — the trade being a higher day rate on everything else you use.
The free-window structure isn't automatically the win: if your household's daytime usage is heavy (home office, daytime A/C), the elevated day rate can eat the overnight savings. The alternative worth pricing is a cheap flat-rate plan at your new, higher usage level — at 2,000 kWh the flat market gets very competitive, and charging still costs the same rate around the clock.
Current Plans in This Category (10)
Data updated July 20, 2026. From 4 providers with publicly listed pricing.
| Provider | Plan | Term | 500 kWh | 1,000 kWh | 2,000 kWh ▾ | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARIOT ENERGY | Bright Nights 11 | 11 mo | 12.5–14.5¢ | 11.0–12.7¢ | 10.3–11.8¢ | 6.8¢/kWh outside free window · $15 cancel fee |
| CHARIOT ENERGY | Bright Nights 12 | 12 mo | 12.7–14.7¢ | 11.2–12.9¢ | 10.5–12.0¢ | 7.4¢/kWh outside free window · $15 cancel fee |
| JUST ENERGY | Sustainable Days Bundle - 5 | 5 mo | 11.9–13.9¢ | 11.0–12.7¢ | 10.6–12.1¢ | $175 cancel fee · Free period / time-of-use |
| TARA ENERGY | Balanced Days Bundle - 5 | 5 mo | 11.9–13.9¢ | 11.0–12.7¢ | 10.6–12.1¢ | 7.5¢/kWh outside free window · $175 cancel fee |
| CHARIOT ENERGY | Bright Nights 24 | 24 mo | 13.3–15.2¢ | 11.8–13.4¢ | 11.1–12.5¢ | 8.2¢/kWh outside free window · $15 cancel fee |
| CHARIOT ENERGY | Bright Nights 36 | 36 mo | 13.5–15.4¢ | 12.0–13.6¢ | 11.3–12.7¢ | 8.3¢/kWh outside free window · $15 cancel fee |
| CHARIOT ENERGY | Bright Nights 18 | 18 mo | 13.5–15.6¢ | 12.1–13.8¢ | 11.4–12.9¢ | 8.6¢/kWh outside free window · $15 cancel fee |
| JUST ENERGY | Sustainable Days Bundle - 6 | 6 mo | 13.0–15.0¢ | 12.1–13.8¢ | 11.6–13.2¢ | $175 cancel fee · Free period / time-of-use |
| TARA ENERGY | Balanced Days Bundle - 6 | 6 mo | 13.0–15.0¢ | 12.1–13.8¢ | 11.6–13.2¢ | $175 cancel fee · Free period / time-of-use |
| AMIGO ENERGY | Sustainable Simply Days - 6 | 6 mo | 13.0–15.0¢ | 12.1–13.8¢ | 11.6–13.2¢ | $175 cancel fee · Free period / time-of-use |
EFL average prices in cents/kWh, including delivery charges; ranges span delivery (TDSP) territories. Sorted by the 2,000 kWh column. Plan terms change — confirm current rates and conditions with the provider before enrolling.
How This List Is Ranked
The table lists currently available time-of-use and free-period plans — the structure most relevant to overnight charging — ordered by EFL average price at 1,000 kWh (the standardized benchmark, which for these plans assumes a typical usage split rather than an EV-heavy overnight pattern; your result improves as more usage shifts into the free window). “Best” for an EV household ultimately depends on your overnight share — the compare tool models it at your usage.
Who This Category May & May Not Fit
- EV owners who charge overnight on a schedule (timers or managed charging make this trivial)
- Households that can also shift laundry, dishwashing, and pool pumps into the free window
- High-mileage drivers — the more overnight kWh, the more a free window is worth
- Households with heavy daytime usage that can't shift — the elevated day rate works against you; price a flat plan at 2,000 kWh instead
- Drivers who mostly charge away from home (workplace or DC fast charging) — home plan structure barely matters for the car
- Anyone unwilling to actually schedule charging: an unmanaged EV charging at 6 p.m. hits peak-priced hours on exactly the wrong plan
What to Check Before Enrolling
Free windows differ in start and end times, and the difference between a 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. start can cover — or miss — your evening plug-in. The exact hours are on the EFL; set your car's charge timer to match.
EFL average prices assume a typical usage split across the day. An EV household pushing 400+ kWh into the free window does meaningfully better than the disclosed average — and a household that doesn't shift anything does worse.
A Level 2 charger draws like a second A/C. It won't change your delivery charges structurally, but it makes usage-level plan math (and hitting 2,000+ kWh) arrive faster than most owners expect.
Reading the EFL for These Plans
On a free-nights EFL, find three numbers: the free window's exact hours, the day rate charged outside the window, and the average prices at 1,000 and 2,000 kWh (which assume a standard usage split — your EV shifts that split in your favor if you charge overnight). On flat-rate alternatives, the 2,000 kWh average price is the number that matters once charging is added. Either way, check the base charge and early termination fee as usual.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Estimated costs are informational. Provider rates and plan terms may change. Confirm current details directly with the provider.