# Eagle Pass, Texas electricity: AEP Texas Central wires and 14,629 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 14,629 active residential meters with an Eagle Pass address, all on AEP Texas Central's wires (October 5, 2026). Nearly every Eagle Pass address in our data is on AEP Texas Central's wires and can pick a retail provider.

## Moving to Eagle Pass

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

- **City hall (ask about water service):** City of Eagle Pass: City Hall (main line), 830-773-1111.
- **Trash pickup:** Trash and recycling service (number on the city trash page), 830-773-0679.
- **Public schools:** Eagle Pass ISD.
- **Driver license:** Texas DPS Driver License Office: Eagle Pass, 512-424-2600.

## Who delivers electricity in Eagle Pass?
ERCOT counts 14,629 active residential meters with an Eagle Pass address, all on AEP Texas Central's wires (October 5, 2026).

## Can every address in Eagle Pass choose?
None of the ZIP codes holding Eagle Pass's 14,629 competitive homes is flagged split, so most Eagle Pass streets can shop.

## What is different about Eagle Pass?
- Population: 28,218 (2020 base) to 28,926 (July 2025), +2.5%, per Census Vintage 2025 estimates. The largest one-year change was +263 people, from July 2023 to July 2024. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Mailing addresses stretch past city limits here. 14,629 competitive residential meters use Eagle Pass as their postal city, while the city itself has 9,140 Census households, a ratio of 1.6. (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/)
- AEP Texas Central share: 1.8% of its 810,296 competitive residential meters carry an Eagle Pass address. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- New construction shows up in the meter data: 11 residential meters were added in Eagle Pass's main ZIP codes from Oct. 7 to Oct. 18, 2026, including 11 in 78852, and 54 more switched from vacant to active. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Eagle Pass's main ZIP codes: 17,356 active and 2,219 de-energized residential meters (11.3% de-energized, usually empty or between tenants). (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Nearly all Eagle Pass-addressed competitive homes (14,595) are in one ZIP code, 78852, which it shares with Seco Mines (2,253 homes) and Normandy (310 homes). ZIP-wide, ERCOT counts 17,356 competitive meters for 17,793 Census households, a 0.98 ratio. (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/)
- In 78852, the ZIP holding most Eagle Pass homes, the ACS 2020-2024 survey finds a median household income of $49,954, 29.5% renters and 32.0% of households with $250+ monthly electric bills. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)

## By the numbers
- Population (July 1, 2025 estimate): 28,926
- Population (2020 estimates base): 28,218
- Occupied households (ACS 2020-2024): 9,140
- Active residential meters with an Eagle Pass address: 14,629
- Active business meters with an Eagle Pass address: 2,440
- Residential meters per Census household: 1.6
- Delivery utilities (homes): AEP Texas Central 14,629
- Counties: Maverick
- ZIP codes touching Eagle Pass: 2
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78852 | Eagle Pass 84%, Seco Mines 13%, Normandy 2% | 2% | 17,356 | 17,793 | 0.98 | Near-full coverage. 11 new residential meters Oct 7-18, 2026. Mostly outside Eagle Pass city limits. |
| 78860 | El Indio 99%, Eagle Pass 1% | 0% | 2,469 | n/a | n/a | Too few homes to rate. Mostly outside Eagle Pass city limits. |

## Business electricity in Eagle Pass
2,440 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
**Is Eagle Pass deregulated for electricity?** Most Eagle Pass homes can. ERCOT's October 5, 2026 extract has 14,629 Eagle Pass-addressed homes on AEP Texas Central's competitive system, compared with 9,140 households in the Census survey. None of Eagle Pass's ZIP codes is flagged split, though an address check is still the only sure answer.
**Where do most Eagle Pass electricity customers live?** ZIP 78852: 14,595 of its 17,356 competitive residential meters use an Eagle Pass address, and the ZIP has about 17,793 Census households (ratio 0.98).
**How many businesses in Eagle Pass are on the competitive electricity market?** Yes, where AEP Texas Central delivers: 2,440 Eagle Pass-addressed business meters are on the competitive market in ERCOT's data, and large accounts can also buy from commercial suppliers directly.
**I'm moving to Eagle Pass. How do I set up electricity?** 9.9% of 78852 residents moved within a year (ACS), and 54 78852 meters turned from vacant to active Oct. 7-18, 2026. Check that your Eagle Pass address is on AEP Texas Central's wires, then choose a plan and start date.
**Why are there more electric meters than households in Eagle Pass?** 14,629 Eagle Pass-addressed meters against 9,140 city households is 1.6 per household: the Eagle Pass 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 Eagle Pass after an outage?** AEP Texas Central, at aeptexas.com/outages: it carries power to all 14,629 Eagle Pass-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
- 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/

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