Plan Structure · Verified
Texas Electricity Plan Structure by Utility
How listed plans are built: share of fixed-rate plans with minimum-usage terms, medians with and without those terms, variable-rate listings and 100% renewable plan counts, by delivery utility.
7–9%
of fixed plans carry minimum-usage terms
Key findings
- Between 7% and 9% of fixed-rate listings carry minimum-usage fees or credits.
- In CenterPoint's area the median at 1,000 kWh was 9.9¢ for plans with minimum-usage terms and 13.0¢ for plans without them.
- Plans with minimum-usage terms tend to look lower at exactly 1,000 kWh; the gap reflects plan design, not necessarily a lower bill.
Data
| Utility | Fixed plans | % with min-usage terms | Median without (¢) | Median with (¢) | Variable listings | Variable median (¢) | 100% renewable fixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oncor | 147 | 7 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 13 | 10.4 | 35 |
| CenterPoint | 146 | 8 | 13.0 | 9.9 | 13 | 10.3 | 33 |
| AEP Texas Central | 141 | 7 | 11.8 | 8.6 | 12 | 9.4 | 32 |
| AEP Texas North | 141 | 7 | 12.7 | 9.6 | 12 | 9.9 | 34 |
| TNMP | 142 | 7 | 14.8 | 11.3 | 12 | 11.7 | 33 |
| Lubbock Power & Light | 89 | 9 | 13.5 | 11.9 | 3 | 14.8 | 18 |
Chart
Plan Structure · Nov 10, 2026 snapshot
Plans with minimum-usage terms list lower 1,000 kWh medians in all six areas
Median fixed-rate price at 1,000 kWh. 7% to 9% of fixed plans carry minimum-usage fees or credits, which lower the price shown at 1,000 kWh.
- Without minimum-usage terms
- With minimum-usage terms
Median price at 1,000 kWh (cents per kWh)
Source: PUCT Power to Choose plan export, Nov 10, 2026 (English-language fixed-rate, non-prepaid, non-time-of-use residential listings). Minimum-usage terms per the export's MinUsageFeesCredits flag. A price at one usage level does not predict a household's bill. Single-day snapshot.
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Cite this chart
Power Hopper Research Team. "Fixed-plan medians at 1,000 kWh with and without minimum-usage terms, Nov 10, 2026." Chart. Texas Electricity Plan Structure by Utility dataset. Power Hopper Media Data Room, published November 10, 2026. https://powerhopper.energy/media/charts#chart-texas-fixed-plan-medians-with-and-without-minimum-usage-terms-2026-11-10. Accessed [date accessed].
Data table
| Delivery utility | Without minimum-usage terms | With minimum-usage terms |
|---|---|---|
| Oncor | 13.1¢ | 11.8¢ |
| CenterPoint | 13.0¢ | 9.9¢ |
| AEP Central | 11.8¢ | 8.6¢ |
| AEP North | 12.7¢ | 9.6¢ |
| TNMP | 14.8¢ | 11.3¢ |
| LP&L | 13.5¢ | 11.9¢ |
Methodology
- Input: the complete Power to Choose plan export (CSV) downloaded from the PUCT site, retained unchanged with its SHA-256 hash.
- Rows used: English-language listings. Fixed-rate medians use plans with Fixed = 1 that are not prepaid and not time-of-use.
- Prices are the average price per kWh at 500, 1,000 and 2,000 kWh that each provider reports for the plan (Electricity Facts Label figures as listed). They include the utility's delivery charges and any bill credits or minimum-usage fees built into the plan.
- Median: the middle value of the listed prices for each delivery utility, rounded half-up to 0.1 cent. Medians are unweighted: each listing counts once regardless of how many customers choose it.
- Two independent implementations (the site's JavaScript summarizer and a separate Python script) produce identical results from the same file.
- Minimum-usage terms: the export's MinUsageFeesCredits flag. Variable: listings with Fixed not equal to 1 (prepaid and time-of-use excluded). 100% renewable: Renewable = 100.
Limitations
- Descriptive and unweighted. It does not show which plans customers choose.
- A single snapshot; no trend is implied.
Data dictionary
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
snapshot_date | Date of the export |
delivery_utility | Delivery utility |
fixed_plans | Fixed-rate, non-prepaid, non-time-of-use listings |
pct_fixed_with_minimum_usage_terms | Percent of those listings flagged with minimum-usage fees or credits |
median_cents_per_kwh_1000_fixed_all | Median at 1,000 kWh, all fixed listings, ¢/kWh |
median_cents_per_kwh_1000_fixed_without_minimum_usage_terms | Median at 1,000 kWh, fixed listings without minimum-usage terms, ¢/kWh |
median_cents_per_kwh_1000_fixed_with_minimum_usage_terms | Median at 1,000 kWh, fixed listings with minimum-usage terms, ¢/kWh |
variable_listings | Variable-rate listings (not prepaid, not time-of-use) |
median_cents_per_kwh_1000_variable | Median at 1,000 kWh, variable listings, ¢/kWh |
fixed_plans_100pct_renewable | Fixed listings reporting 100% renewable content |
source_url | Export URL |
source_file_sha256 | SHA-256 of the retained export |