Electricity rates — Denton County Elec Coop, Inc

What a typical bill costs

At 1,000 kWh a month the 5 generally available plans here run from $1,499.26 on Residential Summer Savings to $1,681.08 on Public Buildings Rate (Over 35 kW), with a median of $1,607.16.

Effective rates, bill divided by kilowatt-hours, span 12.5¢ to 14.0¢ per kWh at that usage.

What Denton County Elec Coop, Inc's customers were billed in 2024

Priced at 1,208 kWh a month, what Denton County Elec Coop, Inc's customers used on average, its open plans come within 5% of what EIA reports they were billed in 2024: the plans here describe its bills well.

How it compares

Among the 109 utilities indexed, Denton County Elec Coop, Inc's cheapest open plan is the 41st-lowest, 9% less than their median of $1,649.16. It sits between Kentucky Power Co ($1,496.60) and Southwestern Electric Power Co (Texas) ($1,499.52).

In Texas it is the 2nd-dearest of the 6 utilities indexed; City of San Antonio, Texas (Utility Company) starts lowest, at $1,218.68.

Public Buildings Rate (Over 35 kW) is tiered: past 150 kWh a month, each kWh costs 3.4¢ less. Of the 51 utilities whose plans step, that is the 13th-largest step.

Residential Summer Savings changes price with the season: a kWh costs 3.6¢ more in November to April than in May to October, and the same 1,000 kWh is billed $133.68 in its dearest month against $115.30 in its cheapest.

In the guides: The price that changes once the meter passes a line · The price that changes with the month

How the answer changes with usage

The cheapest plan from Denton County Elec Coop, Inc changes with consumption. At 500 kWh a month Residential Summer Savings wins at $839.63 a year; at 2,000 kWh Public Building-TOU wins at $2,640.94.

The penalty for a poor choice grows with usage: $241.45 a year at 500 kWh against $393.38 at 2,000 kWh.

Cheapest 6 plans at 1,000 kWh a month

Residential-TOU - Closed — $1,390.20 a year, 11.6¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $12.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since March 2025. Restricted: closed to new customers.

Residential Summer Savings — $1,499.26 a year, 12.5¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $15.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since November 2025.

Public Building-TOU — $1,560.44 a year, 13.0¢ per kWh effective, demand-charged. It carries a $40.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since November 2025.

Residential — $1,607.16 a year, 13.4¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $15.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since November 2025.

Residential Solar Savings — $1,630.32 a year, 13.6¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $15.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since November 2025. Restricted: needs on-site generation.

Public Buildings Rate (Under 35 kW) — $1,640.76 a year, 13.7¢ per kWh effective, flat rate. It carries a $25.00 monthly standing charge. In effect since November 2025.

How these plans are structured

Of 8 priceable plans: 2 tiered, 2 time-of-use, 1 priced by season, 1 with demand charges, 3 flat-rate.

Fixed monthly charges run from $10.00 to $40.00.

Who provides these plans

EIA-861 lists Denton County Elec Coop, Inc serving homes in Texas and in no other state, which is how its plans are placed there. 8 of its 8 published residential schedules can be priced.

The largest saving available here

Moving from Public Buildings Rate (Over 35 kW) to Residential Summer Savings saves $181.82 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, with no change in consumption.

What this does not cover

2 of these plans price by the hour, so their figures are marked lower confidence.