# Pleasanton, Texas electricity: AEP Texas Central wires, 1 split ZIP code to check

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

**In short:** ERCOT counts 4,394 active residential meters with a Pleasanton address, all on AEP Texas Central's wires (October 5, 2026). 1 of Pleasanton's ZIP codes is split, so most addresses can shop, but yours needs a check.

## Moving to Pleasanton

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

- **Water and utility billing:** utility billing (start, transfer or stop water service), 830-569-3867.
- **Natural gas:** CenterPoint Energy: gas leak emergency (24/7), 888-876-5786.
- **Public schools:** Pleasanton ISD.
- **Driver license:** Texas DPS Driver License Office: Jourdanton, 512-424-2600.

## Who delivers electricity in Pleasanton?
ERCOT counts 4,394 active residential meters with a Pleasanton address, all on AEP Texas Central's wires (October 5, 2026).

## Can every address in Pleasanton choose?
Split ZIP codes holding Pleasanton homes: 78064. They carry 4,360 of the 4,385 competitive homes with a Pleasanton address (99%); on those streets a neighbor's utility can differ from yours.

## What is different about Pleasanton?
- Pleasanton counted about 11,511 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, against 10,642 in the 2020 base, a change of +8.2%. The largest one-year change was +228 people, from July 2023 to July 2024. July 1 estimates in between: 10,796 (2021), 10,947 (2022), 11,166 (2023), 11,394 (2024). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Pleasanton covers 9.1 square miles of land (Census 2025 Gazetteer). That works out to about 1,260 residents and 401 occupied households per square mile of land, with roughly 3.1 residents for every Pleasanton 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/)
- AEP Texas Central share: 0.5% of its 810,296 competitive residential meters carry a Pleasanton 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: 12 of them in the ZIP codes most Pleasanton homes use, Oct. 7-18, 2026. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Vacancy signal: 9.6 percent of residential meters in Pleasanton's core ZIP codes were de-energized on October 5, 2026 (466 off, 4,407 on), per ERCOT. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- One ZIP code, 78064, holds almost every Pleasanton-addressed competitive home (4,360); it also carries 30 Leming addresses. Taken whole, 78064 has 0.82 competitive meters per Census household: 4,407 meters, 5,386 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/)
- Pleasanton is 1 of 6 on a Atascosa County list of cities and towns ranked by postal-city competitive homes; second place is Jourdanton, at 1,928. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- By the Census Bureau's 2025 estimates, Pleasanton is the number 1 city or town by population among the 6 that reach into Atascosa County, one place ahead of Jourdanton (4,751 residents). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Mailing cities on the 4,407 competitive home meters in 78064, Pleasanton's main ZIP code: Pleasanton 4,360, Leming 30. A mailing city is not a city limit, so the service address, not the postal name, settles which utility serves a home. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Renting is most common in 78064, where the ACS 2020-2024 counts 31.1 percent of households as renters; in that part of Pleasanton, 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: 32.7 percent of households in 78064, Pleasanton's main ZIP code, per the ACS 2020-2024; the same survey puts median household income there at $66,887. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Looking at Pleasanton's six closest towns, the largest competitive market belongs to Jourdanton (1,928 homes on its postal city, about 4 miles off); the thinnest per household is Lytle, at 0.57. (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/)

## By the numbers
- Population (July 1, 2025 estimate): 11,511
- Population (2020 estimates base): 10,642
- Occupied households (ACS 2020-2024): 3,659
- Active residential meters with a Pleasanton address: 4,394
- Active business meters with a Pleasanton address: 993
- Residential meters per Census household: 1.2
- Delivery utilities (homes): AEP Texas Central 4,394
- Counties: Atascosa
- ZIP codes touching Pleasanton: 2
- Split ZIP codes (flagged below): 1

## 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78064 | Pleasanton 99% | 3% | 4,407 | 5,386 | 0.82 | Split. Most homes, not all. Mostly outside Pleasanton city limits. |
| 78050 | Leming 95%, Pleasanton 5% | 0% | 532 | 161 | 3.3 | Near-full coverage. Mostly outside Pleasanton city limits. |

## Business electricity in Pleasanton
993 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 Pleasanton deregulated for electricity?** Most Pleasanton homes can. ERCOT's October 5, 2026 extract has 4,394 Pleasanton-addressed homes on AEP Texas Central's competitive system, compared with 3,659 households in the Census survey. Addresses in 78064 (split) need an exact-address check before you shop.
**What is the biggest Pleasanton ZIP code for electricity customers?** 78064. It holds 4,360 Pleasanton-addressed competitive homes; counting every address in the ZIP, ERCOT has 4,407 meters for roughly 5,386 households, a 0.82 ratio.
**How much is electricity in Pleasanton right now?** 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 Pleasanton. How do I set up electricity?** Start with the address check: AEP Texas Central-delivered Pleasanton homes choose among the plans offered there and set a start date. Turnover is real in 78064, where 8.2% moved in the past year (ACS); ERCOT logged 12 vacant-to-active meters in 78064 Oct. 7-18, 2026.
**How many Pleasanton homes are on the competitive electricity market?** ERCOT's October 5, 2026 extract lists 4,394 competitive residential meters with a Pleasanton mailing address and 993 business meters; ACS 2020-2024: 3,659 occupied Pleasanton households.
**Who do I call in Pleasanton when the power goes out?** AEP Texas Central, at aeptexas.com/outages: it carries power to all 4,394 Pleasanton-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/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- 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/
- 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/

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