What a pool pump costs to run in Texas
Texas homes use 2,956 kWh a year on a pool pump. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $200.87 to $531.96 a year across 17 published Texas plans — a $331.09 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
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Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC SPACE HEATING SERVICEtime-of-use · needs electric heating | $192.20 | −$8.67 | 7.2¢ |
| RS - TOD✓ cheapesttime-of-use | $200.87 | — | 7.4¢ |
| Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Program - Outside Austintime-of-use · pilot programme | $207.41 | +$6.54 | 7.9¢ |
| Residential servicetime-of-use | $210.36 | +$9.49 | 7.8¢ |
| RA - Residential All-Electrictime-of-use · tiered · needs an all-electric home | $235.68 | +$34.81 | 9.3¢ |
| RE - Residential Servicetime-of-use · tiered | $284.80 | +$83.93 | 10.1¢ |
| Residential Service - TOUtime-of-use · demand charge | $298.48 | +$97.61 | 10.9¢ |
| Residential Net Metering Servicetime-of-use · tiered · needs on-site generation | $303.68 | +$102.81 | 11.5¢ |
| Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Programtime-of-use · pilot programme | $337.52 | +$136.65 | 12.8¢ |
| Residential - Outside Austintiered | $359.52 | +$158.65 | 12.4¢ |
| Residential Service - TOU (Alternative)time-of-use | $361.02 | +$160.15 | 13.0¢ |
| Residential Servicetime-of-use · tiered | $375.18 | +$174.31 | 13.4¢ |
| Residential LSP POLR(McAllen Service Area)flat rate | $395.64 | +$194.77 | 14.1¢ |
| Residential Service Low Incometime-of-use · tiered · low-income rate | $400.44 | +$199.57 | 13.4¢ |
| Residentialtiered | $405.60 | +$204.73 | 13.1¢ |
| Residential Low Incometiered · low-income rate | $406.56 | +$205.69 | 19.0¢ |
| Residential LSP POLRflat rate | $531.96 | +$331.09 | 18.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $82.64 (RS - TOD), dearest $218.88, a $136.24 spread
- Average — cheapest $200.87 (RS - TOD), dearest $531.96, a $331.09 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $239.62 (RS - TOD), dearest $634.56, a $394.94 spread
What a pool pump costs here
Across 17 plans priced in Texas, a pool pump adds $200.87 to $531.96 a year — $16.74 to $44.33 a month. The median plan puts a pool pump at $360.27 a year.
Cheapest for a pool pump: RS - TOD, El Paso Electric Co (New Mexico). Dearest: Residential LSP POLR, Sharyland Utilities LP.
Those 2,956 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 2,956 kWh a year across 81 sampled homes that run one, 1.24× the national 2,384 kWh. The middle half spans 1,217 kWh to 3,526 kWh, so a pool pump varies by 2,310 kWh between one household and another.
The circulation pump and its filtration cycle. Pool heating is not included. That average covers homes with a pool pump — 7% of homes here.
That makes a pool pump about 22% of the electricity a Texas home uses. The remaining 10,484 kWh is what a pool pump 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), $200.87; City of Lubbock, Texas (Utility Company), $210.36; City of San Antonio, Texas (Utility Company), $284.80; El Paso Electric Co, $298.48; Austin Energy, $359.52; Sharyland Utilities LP, $395.64.
Sharyland Utilities LP charges $194.77 a year more than El Paso Electric Co (New Mexico) on RS - TOD for the same 2,956 kWh.
Light and heavy use of a pool pump
A household in the lighter quarter runs a pool pump for 1,217 kWh a year and pays $82.64 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 3,526 kWh and pays $239.62 — $156.98 more for a pool pump 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.