# Beeville, Texas electricity: AEP Texas Central wires and 6,556 competitive homes

_Updated October 19, 2026. Data: ERCOT Oct 5, 2026; Power to Choose Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT._

**In short:** ERCOT counts 6,556 active residential meters with a Beeville address, all on AEP Texas Central's wires (October 5, 2026). Nearly every Beeville address in our data is on AEP Texas Central's wires and can pick a retail provider.

## Moving to Beeville

Local numbers for setting up a home in Beeville, each checked on the official source. More contacts: https://powerhopper.energy/texas-electricity/beeville/move-in-information

- **Water and utility billing:** utility billing (start, transfer or stop water service), 361-358-4641.
- **Natural gas:** CenterPoint Energy: gas leak emergency (24/7), 888-876-5786.
- **Public schools:** Beeville ISD.
- **Driver license:** Texas DPS Driver License Office: Beeville, 512-424-2600.

## Who delivers electricity in Beeville?
ERCOT counts 6,556 active residential meters with a Beeville address, all on AEP Texas Central's wires (October 5, 2026).

## Can every address in Beeville choose?
No split flag on any ZIP code that holds Beeville's 6,555 competitive homes; most streets here can shop.

## What is different about Beeville?
- Beeville counted about 13,086 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, against 13,683 in the 2020 base, a change of -4.4%. The largest one-year change was -311 people, from July 2021 to July 2022. July 1 estimates in between: 13,645 (2021), 13,334 (2022), 13,266 (2023), 13,193 (2024). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Beeville covers 6.4 square miles of land (Census 2025 Gazetteer). That works out to about 2,051 residents and 744 occupied households per square mile of land, with roughly 2.8 residents for every Beeville household. (Source: https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Mailing addresses stretch past city limits here. 6,556 competitive residential meters use Beeville as their postal city, while the city itself has 4,748 Census households, a ratio of 1.38. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Of the 810,296 homes AEP Texas Central serves on the competitive market, 0.8% have a Beeville mailing address. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Move-ins show up as vacant-to-active switches in ERCOT's daily files: 13 of them in the ZIP codes most Beeville homes use, Oct. 7-18, 2026. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- On October 5, 2026, ERCOT showed 983 home meters switched off (de-energized) in the ZIP codes most Beeville homes use, against 6,555 switched on; that 13.0 percent is mostly vacant houses and apartments between occupants. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- One ZIP code, 78102, holds almost every Beeville-addressed competitive home (6,555). Taken whole, 78102 has 0.88 competitive meters per Census household: 6,555 meters, 7,455 households. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Renting is most common in 78102, where the ACS 2020-2024 counts 30.3 percent of households as renters; in that part of Beeville, electricity accounts change hands with each lease. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Electric bills over $250 a month: 43.4 percent of households in 78102, Beeville's main ZIP code, per the ACS 2020-2024; the same survey puts median household income there at $58,939. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)

## By the numbers
- Population (July 1, 2025 estimate): 13,086
- Population (2020 estimates base): 13,683
- Occupied households (ACS 2020-2024): 4,748
- Active residential meters with a Beeville address: 6,556
- Active business meters with a Beeville address: 1,529
- Residential meters per Census household: 1.38
- Delivery utilities (homes): AEP Texas Central 6,556
- Counties: Bee
- ZIP codes touching Beeville: 1
- Split ZIP codes (flagged below): 0

## Plan prices (median ¢/kWh at 500 / 1,000 / 2,000 kWh)
- AEP Texas Central: 12.7 / 12.1 / 12; delivery 5.6898¢/kWh + $3.24/mo

## ZIP codes
**Not every address in these ZIP codes has retail choice; check your exact address.**

| ZIP | Postal cities | Land in city | Competitive homes | Households | Ratio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78102 | Beeville 100% | 1% | 6,555 | 7,455 | 0.88 | Near-full coverage. Mostly outside Beeville city limits. |

## Business electricity in Beeville
1,529 active business meters. Power Hopper compares offers from retail electric providers and direct suppliers; for high-consumption businesses we can run a competitive bid. No savings or bidder count is promised. Businesses in Texas retail-choice areas can request a rate review online.

## Questions
**Does Beeville have electricity choice?** Yes, where AEP Texas Central's wires reach the house, which in Beeville is most of the city: 6,556 homes with a Beeville mailing address were on the competitive market on October 5, 2026, 1.38 for each Census household. No Beeville ZIP code carries a split flag, but only an address lookup is certain.
**Where do most Beeville electricity customers live?** That is 78102, home to 6,555 of the competitive meters with a Beeville address. ZIP-wide: 6,555 ERCOT meters, about 7,455 Census households, 0.88 per household.
**What do Beeville electricity plans cost per kWh?** On October 19, 2026, the median fixed-rate Power to Choose listing on AEP Texas Central's wires was 12.1¢ per kWh at 1,000 kWh a month (164 listings); AEP Texas Central's delivery charge of 5.6898¢ per kWh plus $3.24 a month is included. A median is not a quote.
**I'm moving to Beeville. How do I set up electricity?** Confirm the address is on AEP Texas Central's wires, then pick a plan and a start date. In 78102, 19.1% of residents moved in the past year (ACS); 13 meters in 78102 went vacant-to-active Oct. 7-18, 2026.
**Why are there more electric meters than households in Beeville?** 6,556 Beeville-addressed meters against 4,748 city households is 1.38 per household: the Beeville postal area extends past city limits, and new homes get meters before the Census counts them. It doesn't mean every nearby address can choose.
**Who restores power in Beeville after an outage?** AEP Texas Central, at aeptexas.com/outages: it carries power to all 6,556 Beeville-addressed competitive homes, whatever retail provider bills them.

## Sources
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203): full extract as of Oct 5, 2026; daily files Oct 7-18, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B25003 households, B01003 population): https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- Census Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county relationship files: https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/
- EIA-861 (2024) utility service territories by county: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/
- PUCT Power to Choose residential offer export, Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT: https://www.powertochoose.org/en-us/Plan/ExportToCsv
- PUCT: Choosing an Electric Plan: https://www.puc.texas.gov/consumer-help/electricity/electric-plan/
- PUCT broker directory (BR260201): https://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/electric/directories/brk/alpha_brk/
- AEP Texas (Central Division): https://www.aeptexas.com/
- AEP Texas Central delivery tariff (effective September 29, 2026): https://www.aeptexas.com/lib/docs/ratesandtariffs/Texas/AEP_TEXAS_TARIFF_Eff_Sept_29_2026v1.pdf
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census Bureau 2025 Gazetteer Files, Texas places (land and water area): https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT daily TDSP ESIID Extract files, Oct 7-18, 2026, via Power Hopper's Oct 18 ZIP study: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/

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