Electricity rates — Austin Energy
Austin Energy's customers paid 12.6¢ per kWh in 2024, riders included (EIA-861): about $105 a month for 834 kWh. Residential - Outside Austin, the lowest of 2 open plans at 1,000 kWh a month, comes to $1,486 a year. Schedule retrieved October 8, 2026.
Every priced Austin Energy plan, 1,000 kWh/mo
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential - Outside Austin✓ cheapesttiered · in effect since May 2025 | $1,486.32 | — | 12.4¢ |
| Residentialtiered · in effect since May 2025 | $1,562.64 | +$76.32 | 13.0¢ |
| Priced but not ranked — restricted, older, or not verifiable as a bill | |||
| Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Program - Outside Austintime-of-use · in effect since November 2021 · pilot programme | $976.17 | −$510.15 | 8.1¢ |
| Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Programtime-of-use · in effect since May 2025 · pilot programme | $1,576.91 | +$90.59 | 13.1¢ |
Price Austin Energy’s plans at your own usage — and see what moving from your current plan would save.
Notes on these records
- Residential Low Income: not available — source record inconsistent. Three of the record's four per-kWh adjustments are exactly 0.9 times their tier's base rate and the fourth is 9 times it, which prices this discount schedule above the standard one. It reads as a discount entered as a charge, with a slipped decimal, and is not priced here until the source is corrected.Source: URDB record 66903e227fdc74c11503a3f1 (Austin Energy, Residential Low Income), retrieved September 23, 2026.
The cheapest Austin Energy plan at each level of use
- 500 kWh/mo — cheapest $814.68 (Residential - Outside Austin), dearest $838.44, a $23.76 spread
- 1,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $1,486.32 (Residential - Outside Austin), dearest $1,562.64, a $76.32 spread
- 2,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $2,964.12 (Residential - Outside Austin), dearest $3,240.24, a $276.12 spread
What a typical Austin Energy bill costs
At 1,000 kWh a month the 2 generally available plans here run from $1,486.32 on Residential - Outside Austin to $1,562.64 on Residential, with a median of $1,524.48.
Effective rates span 12.4¢ to 13.0¢ per kWh at that usage.
What Austin Energy's customers were billed in 2024
Priced at 834 kWh a month, what Austin Energy's customers used on average, its open plans come within 1% of what EIA reports they were billed in 2024: the plans here describe its bills well.
| Ownership, as EIA classes it | Municipal |
|---|---|
| Full-service homes in Texas | 507,291 |
| Share of Texas's households | 4% |
| Average use per home | 834 kWh a month |
| Average bill per home | $104.85 a month |
| Billed per kWh, riders included | 12.6¢ |
| Median open plan here, at that use | 12.8¢ |
Austin Energy in U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2024 (Sales_Ult_Cust_2024.xlsx), retrieved September 23, 2026.
How the Residential bill at 1,000 kWh has moved since 2013
Austin Energy's Residential cost $105.18 a month under its September 2013 version and costs $130.22 under its May 2025 one, 24% more. Its biggest single step, in November 2023, added $32.89 (33%). In Texas, EIA's average price rose 36% between 2013 and 2025.
Every version of Residential
| Took effect | At 1,000 kWh | Change | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | $130.22 | −$1.83 (−1.4%) | URDB |
| November 2023 | $132.05 | +$32.89 (+33.2%) | URDB |
| November 2021 | $99.16 | −$2.51 (−2.5%) | URDB |
| November 2018 | $101.67 | −$0.32 (−0.3%) | URDB |
| November 2017 | $101.99 | +$2.17 (+2.2%) | URDB |
| January 2017 | $99.82 | −$1.19 (−1.2%) | URDB |
| April 2016 | $101.01 | −$6.89 (−6.4%) | URDB |
| November 2014 | $107.90 | +$2.72 (+2.6%) | URDB |
| September 2013 | $105.18 | First on record | URDB |
In the guides: Why electricity rates change
How it compares
Among the 100 utilities indexed, Austin Energy's cheapest open plan is the 15th-lowest, 20% less than their median of $1,849.47. It sits between KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations ($1,463.74) and Omaha Public Power District ($1,492.60).
No other utility indexed in Texas has a cheaper open plan; the other 4 all start higher.
Residential is tiered: past 2,000 kWh a month, each kWh costs 3.4¢ more. Of the 47 utilities whose plans step, that is the 14th-largest step.
In the guides: The price that changes once the meter passes a line
Which plan from Austin Energy is cheapest as use rises
Residential - Outside Austin is cheapest at every level tested — $814.68 a year at 500 kWh a month, $2,964.12 at 2,000 kWh.
The penalty for a poor choice grows with usage: $23.76 a year at 500 kWh against $276.12 at 2,000 kWh.
Cheapest 4 plans at 1,000 kWh a month
Residential - Outside Austin — $1,486.32 a year, 12.4¢ per kWh effective, tiered. It carries a $15.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since May 2025.
Residential — $1,562.64 a year, 13.0¢ per kWh effective, tiered. It carries a $15.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since May 2025.
Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Program - Outside Austin — $976.17 a year, 8.1¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $10.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since November 2021. Too old to quote as a current price.
Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Program — $1,576.91 a year, 13.1¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $15.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since May 2025. Restricted: pilot programme.
How Austin Energy's plans are structured
Of 4 priceable plans: 2 tiered, 2 time-of-use.
Fixed monthly charges run from $10.00 to $15.00.
Austin Energy's published schedules
Austin Energy was found serving Austin, Texas. 4 of its 5 published residential schedules can be priced. One more is withheld because the source record is inconsistent; the reason is shown below the plan table.
The largest saving among Austin Energy's plans
Moving from Residential to Residential - Outside Austin saves $76.32 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, with no change in consumption.
What the Austin Energy figures do not cover
2 of these plans price by the hour; their figures assume the typical hourly pattern of homes in Texas, not this household's own hours.