# Pearsall, Texas electricity: AEP Texas Central wires and 3,036 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 3,036 active residential meters with a Pearsall address, all on AEP Texas Central's wires (October 5, 2026). Nearly every Pearsall address in our data is on AEP Texas Central's wires and can pick a retail provider.

## Moving to Pearsall

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

- **Water and utility billing:** utility billing (start, transfer or stop water service), 830-334-3676.
- **Public schools:** Pearsall ISD.
- **Driver license:** Texas DPS Driver License Office: Pearsall, 512-424-2600.

## Who delivers electricity in Pearsall?
ERCOT counts 3,036 active residential meters with a Pearsall address, all on AEP Texas Central's wires (October 5, 2026).

## Can every address in Pearsall choose?
No split flag on any ZIP code that holds Pearsall's 3,036 competitive homes; most streets here can shop.

## What is different about Pearsall?
- Population: 8,775 (2020 base) to 9,170 (July 2025), +4.5%, per Census Vintage 2025 estimates. The largest one-year change was +191 people, from July 2022 to July 2023. July 1 estimates in between: 8,778 (2021), 8,868 (2022), 9,059 (2023), 9,168 (2024). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Pearsall covers 6.5 square miles of land (Census 2025 Gazetteer). That works out to about 1,400 residents and 416 occupied households per square mile of land, with roughly 3.4 residents for every Pearsall 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/)
- Of the 810,296 homes AEP Texas Central serves on the competitive market, 0.4% have a Pearsall 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 Pearsall homes use, Oct. 7-18, 2026. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Vacancy signal: 14.7 percent of residential meters in Pearsall's core ZIP codes were de-energized on October 5, 2026 (525 off, 3,057 on), per ERCOT. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- One ZIP code, 78061, holds almost every Pearsall-addressed competitive home (3,036). Taken whole, 78061 has 0.96 competitive meters per Census household: 3,057 meters, 3,195 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 78061, where the ACS 2020-2024 counts 44.0 percent of households as renters; in that part of Pearsall, 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: 29.7 percent of households in 78061, Pearsall's main ZIP code, per the ACS 2020-2024; the same survey puts median household income there at $60,247. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)

## By the numbers
- Population (July 1, 2025 estimate): 9,170
- Population (2020 estimates base): 8,775
- Occupied households (ACS 2020-2024): 2,721
- Active residential meters with a Pearsall address: 3,036
- Active business meters with a Pearsall address: 757
- Residential meters per Census household: 1.12
- Delivery utilities (homes): AEP Texas Central 3,036
- Counties: Frio
- ZIP codes touching Pearsall: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78061 | Pearsall 99% | 1% | 3,057 | 3,195 | 0.96 | Near-full coverage. Mostly outside Pearsall city limits. |

## Business electricity in Pearsall
757 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 Pearsall deregulated for electricity?** Yes, where AEP Texas Central's wires reach the house, which in Pearsall is most of the city: 3,036 homes with a Pearsall mailing address were on the competitive market on October 5, 2026, 1.12 for each Census household. No Pearsall ZIP code carries a split flag, but only an address lookup is certain.
**Which Pearsall ZIP code has the most homes on the competitive market?** That is 78061, home to 3,036 of the competitive meters with a Pearsall address. ZIP-wide: 3,057 ERCOT meters, about 3,195 Census households, 0.96 per household.
**What is the average electricity rate in Pearsall?** 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 Pearsall. How do I set up electricity?** Start with the address check: AEP Texas Central-delivered Pearsall homes choose among the plans offered there and set a start date. Turnover is real in 78061, where 11.1% moved in the past year (ACS); ERCOT logged 13 vacant-to-active meters in 78061 Oct. 7-18, 2026.
**How many households in Pearsall can shop for electricity?** ERCOT's October 5, 2026 extract lists 3,036 competitive residential meters with a Pearsall mailing address and 757 business meters; ACS 2020-2024: 2,721 occupied Pearsall households.
**Where do I report a Pearsall power outage?** AEP Texas Central, at aeptexas.com/outages: it carries power to all 3,036 Pearsall-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
- 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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