Presidio, Texas electricity: AEP Texas North wires and 2,041 competitive homes

Presidio, pop. 2,909, buys power over AEP Texas North's lines; 2,041 homes here are on the competitive market.

Reviewed by Brent Ward, founder, on 2026-10-19. Updated October 19, 2026.

Presidio at a glance: 2,041 Presidio-addressed homes, all wired by AEP Texas North (ERCOT, Oct. 5, 2026). Presidio's 2,041 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.

Presidio wires and choice

AEP Texas North outages: aeptexas.com/outages. AEP Texas North

Presidio's 2,041 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.

Non-choice utilities listed by EIA (2024) for Presidio: 1.

Moving to Presidio

Local numbers for setting up a home in Presidio, each checked on the official source. More contacts, and a printable list, are on Presidio helpful move-in information.

City hall (ask about water service): City of Presidio: City Hall (main line), 432-229-3517.
Public schools: Presidio ISD.
Driver license: Texas DPS Driver License Office: Presidio, 512-424-2600.

Moving to Presidio? Line up electricity before move-in day, not after the first electric bill arrives. Your other utilities each need their own start-service steps too.

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Presidio electricity, in numbers and sources

Land: 2.6 sq mi; 1,130 residents and 414 households per sq mi; 2.73 people per Presidio household. [Gazetteer; PEP; ACS]
Heating fuel, Presidio homes (ACS 2020-2024): electricity 88.4% (±8), utility gas 3.9%, propane 5.4%; Presidio County overall: 64.2% electric. All-electric homes feel winter rates more. [ACS]
Of Presidio homes paying a power bill, 27.5% report $250 or more a month and 17.4% under $100 (Presidio County: 19.4% at $250+). [ACS]
Housing stock: 66.2% detached houses, 23.8% mobile homes; median year built 1992, 11.7% built 2010 or later. [ACS]
Presidio-addressed home meters on Oct. 5, 2026: 2,041 active, 637 inactive, 741 de-energized, so 40.3% were not in use (ERCOT). [ERCOT]
ACS 2020-2024: 21.3% of Presidio housing units vacant (±7). Vacant homes keep meters that are not counted as households. [ACS]
2,041 home meters use the Presidio postal name, against 1,066 households inside city limits (1.91 per household): the mailing area runs well past the boundary. [ERCOT; ACS]
79845 carries every one of Presidio's placed homes; ratio across the whole ZIP 1.86, from 2,100 home meters in all and 1,129 households. [ERCOT; ACS]

Presidio homes: heating fuel, bills, housing

Presidio	Estimate
Heat with electricity	88.4%
Heat with utility gas	3.9%
Bill $250 or more	27.5%
Built 2010 or later	11.7%
Renter households	23.9%
Median year built	1992

ACS 2020-2024, the city (Census boundary). Bill rows are shares of homes that pay an electric bill.

Presidio meters and households

Count	Presidio
Residents, July 2025	2,909
Residents, 2020 base	3,264
Households (ACS)	1,066
Active home meters	2,041
Inactive home meters	637
De-energized home meters	741
Active small-business meters	484
Active large-business meters	0
Home meters per household	1.91
ZIP codes listed	1
Split ZIP codes	0
County	Presidio

ERCOT report 203, Oct. 5, 2026 (Presidio postal city) and Census. CSV · Method

Presidio plan prices, October 19, 2026

Median fixed-rate Power to Choose listings. AEP Texas North (160 listings): 13.7¢ / 13¢ / 12.8¢ per kWh at 500 / 1,000 / 2,000 kWh, delivery 5.5751¢ + $3.24/mo included. Not a quote.

Presidio ZIP codes, row by row

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

ZIP code	Presidio homes	All ZIP homes	Presidio share	ZIP households	Share of Presidio land	Meters per household	Flags
79845	2,041	2,100	97%	1,129	100%	1.86	none

Presidio split ZIP codes: none.

Presidio businesses

484 Presidio-addressed business meters; 0 large-class meters across its main ZIP codes (ERCOT). Request a business rate review.

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Presidio questions

Is electricity deregulated in Presidio?

Mostly. ERCOT counts 2,041 competitive Presidio home meters, all on AEP Texas North's system, against 1,066 households. An address lookup settles it.

Why are some Presidio electric bills so high in winter?

88.4% of Presidio homes heat with electricity (ACS 2020-2024, margin ±8) and 3.9% with utility gas; 27.5% of bill-paying homes report $250 or more a month. Electric-heat homes should compare plans at winter usage.

What ZIP code do most Presidio electricity customers have?

79845 (2,041 Presidio homes on the competitive market). Across the full ZIP: 1.86 meters per household, 2,100 home meters in all.

Who handles Presidio power outages?

Outages go to AEP Texas North (aeptexas.com/outages), the wires utility for 2,041 Presidio competitive homes.

How do I set up power at a new Presidio home?

Check the address is on AEP Texas North's wires, choose a plan and a start date. Presidio had 1,378 idle home meters (inactive or de-energized) on Oct. 5, 2026, so many move-ins reconnect an existing meter.

Near Presidio

Wires and county: AEP Texas North · Presidio. Nearby pages: Alpine (70 mi) · Crane (174 mi) · Fort Stockton (128 mi) · Kermit (176 mi) · Monahans (164 mi) · Pecos (136 mi)

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Sources

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