Rio Bravo, Texas electricity: AEP Texas Central wires and 1,357 competitive homes
AEP Texas Central wires and 1,357 competitive homes: the Rio Bravo numbers.
Reviewed by Brent Ward, founder, on 2026-10-19. Updated .
Rio Bravo at a glance: 1,357 Rio Bravo-addressed homes, all wired by AEP Texas Central (ERCOT, Oct. 5, 2026). Rio Bravo's 1,345 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.
Rio Bravo wires and choice
AEP Texas Central outages: aeptexas.com/outages. AEP Texas Central
Rio Bravo's 1,345 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.
Non-choice utilities listed by EIA (2024) for Webb: 2.
Moving to Rio Bravo
Local numbers for setting up a home in Rio Bravo, each checked on the official source. More contacts, and a printable list, are on Rio Bravo helpful move-in information.
- City hall (ask about water service): City of Rio Bravo: City Hall (main line), 956-790-9500.
- Public schools: United ISD.
- Driver license: Texas DPS Driver License Office: Laredo, 512-424-2600.
You enter your address on the next screen, and we confirm there whether you can choose an electricity provider at that address.
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Weather and electricity in Rio Bravo
Typical weather near Rio Bravo, from the nearest NOAA station with a complete 1991-2020 record: Laredo Air Force Base, about 12 miles from the city center (station elevation 505 ft). These are normals for that station, not readings at your address. August is the warmest month on average, with a normal daily high of 101°F; January has the coolest average low, 47°F. Average daily highs reach 90°F or more in May to September. No month averages a daily low at or below freezing.
For electricity, the normals point to two seasons that can lift a household's usage: cooling-degree days (a measure of how far each day's mean temperature sits above 65°F) peak in August at 739 for the month, and heating-degree days (below 65°F) peak in January at 262. How much that matters to a bill depends on the home, its insulation, its heating fuel and the household, so use your own usage history, not a regional average, when you compare plans.
| Month | Avg high °F | Avg low °F | Precipitation (in) | Cooling degree-days | Heating degree-days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 68 | 47 | 0.9 | 28 | 262 |
| Feb | 74 | 51 | 0.8 | 72 | 142 |
| Mar | 81 | 58 | 1.6 | 191 | 61 |
| Apr | 88 | 64 | 1.5 | 337 | 5 |
| May | 93 | 71 | 2.8 | 529 | 0 |
| Jun | 99 | 75 | 2.5 | 660 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 76 | 2.1 | 716 | 0 |
| Aug | 101 | 77 | 1.7 | 739 | 0 |
| Sep | 94 | 72 | 3.6 | 539 | 0 |
| Oct | 87 | 65 | 1.8 | 362 | 14 |
| Nov | 77 | 56 | 1.0 | 132 | 93 |
| Dec | 69 | 48 | 1.1 | 36 | 235 |
Historical weather records for Webb County
The Texas Railroad Commission's county table lists a record low of 5°F (1899) and a record high of 116°F (1998), and a regional estimate of 12 consecutive hours as a typical longest freezing or frozen-precipitation period for Webb County. These are historical county extremes, not Rio Bravo's monthly averages and not a forecast; the normals above describe ordinary months.
Reference only: the U.S. Energy Information Administration's 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey puts the average Texas household at about 13,440 kWh a year (about 1,120 kWh a month if spread evenly). That is a statewide average for 2020, not Rio Bravo, and not an estimate for your home. EIA source.
Sources: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, station USW00012907; Texas Railroad Commission, Historical Weather Data by County (2022).
Rio Bravo electricity, in numbers and sources
- Land: 0.7 sq mi; 6,958 residents and 1,711 households per sq mi; 4.07 people per Rio Bravo household. [Gazetteer; PEP; ACS]
- Heating fuel, Rio Bravo homes (ACS 2020-2024): electricity 93.4% (±4), utility gas 0.4%, propane 6.2%; Webb County overall: 85.0% electric. All-electric homes feel winter rates more. [ACS]
- Of Rio Bravo homes paying a power bill, 39.7% report $250 or more a month and 11.4% under $100 (Webb County: 34.9% at $250+). [ACS]
- Housing stock: 72.6% detached houses, 17.5% mobile homes; median year built 1990, 8.4% built 2010 or later. [ACS]
- Rio Bravo-addressed home meters on Oct. 5, 2026: 1,357 active, 412 inactive, 368 de-energized, so 36.5% were not in use (ERCOT). [ERCOT]
- ACS 2020-2024: 11.5% of Rio Bravo housing units vacant (±6). Vacant homes keep meters that are not counted as households. [ACS]
- New home meters, Oct. 7-18, 2026, Rio Bravo ZIP codes: 12 (top: 78046, 12); vacant-to-active: 81. [ERCOT]
- 78046 carries every one of Rio Bravo's placed homes; ratio across the whole ZIP 1.19, from 22,495 home meters in all and 18,900 households. [ERCOT; ACS]
Rio Bravo homes: heating fuel, bills, housing
| Rio Bravo | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Heat with electricity | 93.4% |
| Heat with utility gas | 0.4% |
| Bill $250 or more | 39.7% |
| Built 2010 or later | 8.4% |
| Renter households | 25.8% |
| Median year built | 1990 |
ACS 2020-2024, the city (Census boundary). Bill rows are shares of homes that pay an electric bill.
Rio Bravo meters and households
| Count | Rio Bravo |
|---|---|
| Residents, July 2025 | 4,523 |
| Residents, 2020 base | 4,592 |
| Households (ACS) | 1,112 |
| Active home meters | 1,357 |
| Inactive home meters | 412 |
| De-energized home meters | 368 |
| Active small-business meters | 104 |
| Active large-business meters | 0 |
| Home meters per household | 1.22 |
| ZIP codes listed | 1 |
| Split ZIP codes | 0 |
| County | Webb |
ERCOT report 203, Oct. 5, 2026 (Rio Bravo postal city) and Census. CSV · Method
Rio Bravo plan prices, October 19, 2026
Median fixed-rate Power to Choose listings. AEP Texas Central (164 listings): 12.7¢ / 12.1¢ / 12¢ per kWh at 500 / 1,000 / 2,000 kWh, delivery 5.6898¢ + $3.24/mo included. Not a quote.
Rio Bravo ZIP codes, row by row
Not every address in these ZIP codes has retail choice; check your exact address.
| ZIP code | Rio Bravo homes | All ZIP homes | Rio Bravo share | ZIP households | Share of Rio Bravo land | Meters per household | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78046 | 1,345 | 22,495 | 6% | 18,900 | 100% | 1.19 | none |
Rio Bravo split ZIP codes: none.
Towns around Rio Bravo
| From Rio Bravo | Town (2,000+) | Homes vs Rio Bravo | Wires | Per household | Competitive homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 mi | El Cenizo | 0.6× | AEP Texas Central | 1.37 | 775 |
| 14 mi | Laredo | 65.0× | AEP Texas Central | 1.13 | 88,259 |
Rio Bravo businesses
104 Rio Bravo-addressed business meters; 3 large-class meters across its main ZIP codes (ERCOT). Request a business rate review.
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Rio Bravo questions
Do I get to pick my electric company in Rio Bravo?
Yes, on AEP Texas Central's wires: 1,357 Rio Bravo homes were on the competitive market Oct. 5, 2026 (1.22 per household). Confirm your address.
Why are some Rio Bravo electric bills so high in winter?
93.4% of Rio Bravo homes heat with electricity (ACS 2020-2024, margin ±4) and 0.4% with utility gas; 39.7% of bill-paying homes report $250 or more a month. Electric-heat homes should compare plans at winter usage.
Which ZIP code covers most of Rio Bravo?
78046: 1,345 Rio Bravo-addressed competitive homes; ratio 1.19 across the ZIP (22,495 home meters in all, 18,900 households).
Who do I call when the power is out in Rio Bravo?
Outages go to AEP Texas Central (aeptexas.com/outages), the wires utility for 1,357 Rio Bravo competitive homes.
Moving to Rio Bravo: how do I start electricity?
Check the address is on AEP Texas Central's wires, choose a plan and a start date. Rio Bravo had 780 idle home meters (inactive or de-energized) on Oct. 5, 2026, so many move-ins reconnect an existing meter.
My Rio Bravo home has a Laredo address. Does that matter?
Not for choice. Laredo is the postal name on 91% of the 22,495-meter 78046 ZIP; the utility depends on the service address, not the postal name.
Near Rio Bravo
Wires and county: AEP Texas Central · Webb. Nearby pages: Escobares (73 mi) · Freer (64 mi) · Hebbronville (49 mi) · Laredo (14 mi) · Roma (72 mi) · Zapata (35 mi)
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Sources
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203): full extract as of Oct 5, 2026; daily files Oct 7-18, 2026
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25040, B25132, B25024, B25034, B25035, B25018, B19013, B25003, B25002, B25004 (90% margins of error)
- Census Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county relationship files
- EIA-861 (2024) utility service territories by county
- PUCT Power to Choose residential offer export, Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT
- PUCT: Choosing an Electric Plan
- PUCT broker directory (BR260201)
- AEP Texas (Central Division)
- AEP Texas Central delivery tariff (effective September 29, 2026)
- Census Bureau 2025 Gazetteer Files, Texas places (land and water area)
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