Electricity rates — El Paso Electric Co
El Paso Electric Co's customers paid 13.5¢ per kWh in 2024, riders included (EIA-861): about $96 a month for 710 kWh. Residential Service - TOU (Alternative), the lowest of 2 open plans at 1,000 kWh a month, comes to $1,608 a year, at the typical hour-by-hour use of homes in Texas. Schedule retrieved October 8, 2026.
Every priced El Paso Electric Co plan, 1,000 kWh/mo
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Service - TOU (Alternative)✓ cheapesttime-of-use · in effect since January 2025 | $1,608.46 | — | 13.4¢ |
| Residential Servicepriced by season · tiered · in effect since January 2025 | $1,615.44 | +$6.98 | 13.5¢ |
| Priced but not ranked — restricted, older, or not verifiable as a bill | |||
| Residential Service - TOUtime-of-use · demand charge · in effect since January 2025 · billed on peak kW, which monthly use cannot price; not ranked | $1,355.18 | −$253.28 | 11.3¢ |
| Residential Service Low Incomepriced by season · tiered · in effect since January 2025 · low-income rate | $1,606.38 | −$2.08 | 13.4¢ |
Price El Paso Electric Co’s plans at your own usage — and see what moving from your current plan would save.
The cheapest El Paso Electric Co plan at each level of use
- 500 kWh/mo — cheapest $856.98 (Residential Service), dearest $859.77, a $2.79 spread
- 1,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $1,608.46 (Residential Service - TOU (Alternative)), dearest $1,615.44, a $6.98 spread
- 2,000 kWh/mo — cheapest $3,105.90 (Residential Service - TOU (Alternative)), dearest $3,138.42, a $32.52 spread
What a typical El Paso Electric Co bill costs
At 1,000 kWh a month the 2 generally available plans here run from $1,608.46 on Residential Service - TOU (Alternative) to $1,615.44 on Residential Service, with a median of $1,611.95.
Effective rates span 13.4¢ to 13.5¢ per kWh at that usage.
What El Paso Electric Co's customers were billed in 2024
Priced at 710 kWh a month, what El Paso Electric Co's customers used on average, its open plans come within 2% of what EIA reports they were billed in 2024: the plans here describe its bills well.
| Ownership, as EIA classes it | Investor-owned |
|---|---|
| Full-service homes in Texas | 312,576 |
| Share of Texas's households | 2% |
| Average use per home | 710 kWh a month |
| Average bill per home | $95.53 a month |
| Billed per kWh, riders included | 13.5¢ |
| Median open plan here, at that use | 13.8¢ |
El Paso Electric Co in U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861, 2024 (Sales_Ult_Cust_2024.xlsx), retrieved September 23, 2026.
How the Residential Service bill at 1,000 kWh has moved since 2013
El Paso Electric Co's Residential Service cost $113.28 a month under its October 2013 version, filed then as RS, and costs $134.62 under its January 2025 one, 19% more. Its biggest single step, in June 2024, added $23.00 (21%). In Texas, EIA's average price rose 36% between 2013 and 2025.
Every version of Residential Service
| Took effect | At 1,000 kWh | Change | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | $134.62 | −$0.17 (−0.1%) | URDB |
| June 2024 | $134.79 | +$23.00 (+20.6%) | URDB |
| June 2023 | $111.79 | −$19.31 (−14.7%) | URDB |
| February 2023 | $131.10 | +$12.85 (+10.9%) | URDB |
| January 2019 | $118.25 | −$15.17 (−11.4%) | URDB |
| January 2017 | $133.42 | +$14.00 (+11.7%) | URDB |
| April 2016 | $119.42 | +$6.14 (+5.4%) | URDB |
| October 2013as RS | $113.28 | First on record | URDB |
In the guides: Why electricity rates change
How it compares
Among the 100 utilities indexed, El Paso Electric Co's cheapest open plan is the 28th-lowest, 13% less than their median of $1,849.47. It sits between Salt River Project ($1,607.17) and Nevada Power Co ($1,612.64).
In Texas it is the dearest of the 5 utilities indexed; Austin Energy starts lowest, at $1,486.32.
Its fixed charge, $9.25 a month on Residential Service - TOU (Alternative), is lower than on the cheapest plan of 84 of the other 99 utilities.
Residential Service is tiered: past 600 kWh a month, each kWh costs 0.5¢ more. Of the 47 utilities whose plans step, that is the 6th-smallest step.
Residential Service - TOU (Alternative) changes price with the season: a kWh costs 2.2¢ more in October to May than in June to September, and the same 1,000 kWh is billed $146.56 in its dearest month against $128.40 in its cheapest.
In the guides: What a bill costs before a single kilowatt-hour · The price that changes once the meter passes a line · The price that changes with the month
Which plan from El Paso Electric Co is cheapest as use rises
The cheapest plan from El Paso Electric Co changes with consumption. At 500 kWh a month Residential Service wins at $856.98 a year; at 2,000 kWh Residential Service - TOU (Alternative) wins at $3,105.90.
The penalty for a poor choice grows with usage: $2.79 a year at 500 kWh against $32.52 at 2,000 kWh.
Cheapest 4 plans at 1,000 kWh a month
Residential Service - TOU (Alternative) — $1,608.46 a year, 13.4¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use. It carries a $9.25 monthly standing charge. In effect since January 2025.
Residential Service — $1,615.44 a year, 13.5¢ per kWh effective, tiered and priced by season. It carries a $9.25 monthly standing charge. In effect since January 2025.
Residential Service - TOU — $1,355.18 a year, 11.3¢ per kWh effective, time-of-use and demand-charged. It carries a $9.25 monthly standing charge. In effect since January 2025. Not ranked: it bills on peak demand, which monthly use cannot price.
Residential Service Low Income — $1,606.38 a year, 13.4¢ per kWh effective, tiered and priced by season. It carries no standing charge. In effect since January 2025. Restricted: low-income rate.
How El Paso Electric Co's plans are structured
Of 4 priceable plans: 2 tiered, 2 time-of-use, 2 priced by season, 1 with demand charges.
Every plan carries a $9.25 fixed monthly charge.
El Paso Electric Co's published schedules
El Paso Electric Co was found serving El Paso, Texas. 4 of its 4 published residential schedules can be priced.
The largest saving among El Paso Electric Co's plans
Moving from Residential Service to Residential Service - TOU (Alternative) saves $6.98 a year at 1,000 kWh a month, with no change in consumption.
When El Paso Electric Co's time-of-use plans charge most
Residential Service - TOU (Alternative) charges 26.8¢ a kWh weekdays noon to 6 pm, June to September, against 9.7¢ in its cheapest hours; those dearest hours are 6% of the year. Homes in Texas typically put 8% of their electricity in them (NREL ResStock), which is what its price above assumes: moving use out of them lowers the bill, adding to them raises it.
In the guides: Time-of-use plans, hour by hour
What the El Paso Electric Co 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.