What ceiling fans costs to run in Texas
Texas homes use 367 kWh a year on ceiling fans. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $24.99 to $66.12 a year across 17 published Texas plans — a $41.13 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC SPACE HEATING SERVICEtime-of-use · needs electric heating | $23.88 | −$1.11 | 7.2¢ |
| RS - TOD✓ cheapesttime-of-use | $24.99 | — | 7.4¢ |
| Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Program - Outside Austintime-of-use · pilot programme | $25.80 | +$0.81 | 7.9¢ |
| Residential servicetime-of-use | $26.16 | +$1.17 | 7.8¢ |
| RA - Residential All-Electrictime-of-use · tiered · needs an all-electric home | $29.24 | +$4.25 | 9.3¢ |
| RE - Residential Servicetime-of-use · tiered | $35.40 | +$10.41 | 10.1¢ |
| Residential Service - TOUtime-of-use · demand charge | $37.07 | +$12.08 | 10.9¢ |
| Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Programtime-of-use · pilot programme | $41.92 | +$16.93 | 12.8¢ |
| Residential Service - TOU (Alternative)time-of-use | $44.89 | +$19.90 | 13.0¢ |
| Residential - Outside Austintiered | $45.12 | +$20.13 | 12.4¢ |
| Residential Net Metering Servicetime-of-use · tiered · needs on-site generation | $45.32 | +$20.33 | 11.5¢ |
| Residential Servicetime-of-use · tiered | $46.62 | +$21.63 | 13.4¢ |
| Residential LSP POLR(McAllen Service Area)flat rate | $49.08 | +$24.09 | 14.1¢ |
| Residential Service Low Incometime-of-use · tiered · low-income rate | $49.68 | +$24.69 | 13.4¢ |
| Residentialtiered | $51.24 | +$26.25 | 13.1¢ |
| Residential Low Incometiered · low-income rate | $52.32 | +$27.33 | 19.0¢ |
| Residential LSP POLRflat rate | $66.12 | +$41.13 | 18.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $4.43 (RS - TOD), dearest $11.76, a $7.33 spread
- Average — cheapest $24.99 (RS - TOD), dearest $66.12, a $41.13 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $40.33 (RS - TOD), dearest $106.92, a $66.59 spread
What ceiling fans costs here
Across 17 plans priced in Texas, ceiling fans adds $24.99 to $66.12 a year — $2.08 to $5.51 a month. The median plan puts ceiling fans at $45.00 a year.
Cheapest for ceiling fans: RS - TOD, El Paso Electric Co (New Mexico). Dearest: Residential LSP POLR, Sharyland Utilities LP.
Those 367 kWh are billed at 6.8¢–18.0¢, against a 12.7¢ whole-bill average on the median plan: they land in the last tier the household reaches, so the average rate understates them by up to 5.3¢ per kWh.
What Texas homes use
EIA's 2020 residential survey found 367 kWh a year across 908 sampled homes that run one, 1.62× the national 227 kWh. The middle half spans 65 kWh to 594 kWh, so ceiling fans varies by 529 kWh between one household and another.
Every ceiling fan in the home across a year. That average covers homes with ceiling fans — 88% of homes here, against 72% nationally.
That makes ceiling fans about 3% of the electricity a Texas home uses. The remaining 13,073 kWh is what ceiling fans is billed on top of, and on a tiered or time-of-use plan that is what sets the rate it meets.
By provider
On each Texas provider's cheapest plan: El Paso Electric Co (New Mexico), $24.99; City of Lubbock, Texas (Utility Company), $26.16; City of San Antonio, Texas (Utility Company), $35.40; El Paso Electric Co, $37.07; Austin Energy, $45.12; Sharyland Utilities LP, $49.08.
Sharyland Utilities LP charges $24.09 a year more than El Paso Electric Co (New Mexico) on RS - TOD for the same 367 kWh.
Light and heavy use of ceiling fans
A household in the lighter quarter runs ceiling fans for 65 kWh a year and pays $4.43 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 594 kWh and pays $40.33 — $35.90 more for ceiling fans on the same tariff.
Limits
A 2020 survey average for Texas, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 17 Texas tariffs WattClear has ingested — not every plan sold there.
New to these terms? The methodology page explains tiered bands, time-of-use periods and fixed charges, and sets out exactly what the rate engine assumes.
Estimate — your actual bill may differ.
Tariff structures from NREL/OpenEI Utility Rate Database (CC0 1.0), retrieved September 2, 2026.
Location resolved through the US Census Bureau Geocoder (Public domain) at 26.2034, -98.2300.