# Rockport, Texas electricity: AEP Texas Central wires and 14,205 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 14,205 active residential meters with a Rockport address, all on AEP Texas Central's wires (October 5, 2026). Nearly every Rockport address in our data is on AEP Texas Central's wires and can pick a retail provider.

## Moving to Rockport

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

- **Water and utility billing:** utility billing (start, transfer or stop water service), 361-729-2213.
- **Public schools:** Rockport-Fulton ISD, Aransas Pass ISD.
- **Driver license:** Texas DPS Driver License Office: Aransas Pass, 512-424-2600.

## Who delivers electricity in Rockport?
ERCOT counts 14,205 active residential meters with a Rockport address, all on AEP Texas Central's wires (October 5, 2026).

## Can every address in Rockport choose?
No split flag on any ZIP code that holds Rockport's 14,191 competitive homes; most streets here can shop.

## What is different about Rockport?
- Population: 10,068 (2020 base) to 11,348 (July 2025), +12.7%, per Census Vintage 2025 estimates. The largest one-year change was +310 people, from July 2020 to July 2021. July 1 estimates in between: 10,451 (2021), 10,724 (2022), 10,933 (2023), 11,108 (2024). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Rockport covers 16.5 square miles of land and 4.5 square miles of water (Census 2025 Gazetteer). That works out to about 686 residents and 344 occupied households per square mile of land, with roughly 2.0 residents for every Rockport 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/)
- Mailing addresses stretch past city limits here. 14,205 competitive residential meters use Rockport as their postal city, while the city itself has 5,692 Census households, a ratio of 2.5. (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/)
- Of the 810,296 homes AEP Texas Central serves on the competitive market, 1.8% have a Rockport mailing address. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- ERCOT's daily extracts logged 16 newly created home meters in the ZIP codes most Rockport homes use between Oct. 7 and Oct. 18, 2026; the busiest was 78382 with 16. Another 29 went from vacant to active over the same days. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- On October 5, 2026, ERCOT showed 1,195 home meters switched off (de-energized) in the ZIP codes most Rockport homes use, against 15,871 switched on; that 7.0 percent is mostly vacant houses and apartments between occupants. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- One ZIP code, 78382, holds almost every Rockport-addressed competitive home (14,191); it also carries 1,664 Lamar addresses. Taken whole, 78382 has 1.52 competitive meters per Census household: 15,871 meters, 10,452 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/)
- Rockport is 2 of 4 on a Aransas County list of cities and towns ranked by postal-city competitive homes; the next one up is Corpus Christi, at 137,188. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- By the Census Bureau's 2025 estimates, Rockport is the number 2 city or town by population among the 4 that reach into Aransas County, one place ahead of Aransas Pass (8,842 residents). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Mailing cities on the 15,871 competitive home meters in 78382, Rockport's main ZIP code: Rockport 14,191, Lamar 1,664. 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)
- Electric bills over $250 a month: 39.8 percent of households in 78382, Rockport's main ZIP code, per the ACS 2020-2024; the same survey puts median household income there at $75,135 and the renter share at 23.7 percent. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Choice is broad around Rockport: even Portland, the bottom of its six nearest towns on this measure, has 1.13 competitive homes per household; Corpus Christi (22 mi) is the biggest at 137,188. (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): 11,348
- Population (2020 estimates base): 10,068
- Occupied households (ACS 2020-2024): 5,692
- Active residential meters with a Rockport address: 14,205
- Active business meters with a Rockport address: 2,689
- Residential meters per Census household: 2.5
- Delivery utilities (homes): AEP Texas Central 14,205
- Counties: Aransas
- ZIP codes touching Rockport: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78382 | Rockport 89%, Lamar 10% | 21% | 15,871 | 10,452 | 1.52 | Near-full coverage. 16 new residential meters Oct 7-18, 2026. |

## Business electricity in Rockport
2,689 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 Rockport deregulated for electricity?** Most Rockport homes can. ERCOT's October 5, 2026 extract has 14,205 Rockport-addressed homes on AEP Texas Central's competitive system, compared with 5,692 households in the Census survey. No Rockport ZIP code carries a split flag, but only an address lookup is certain.
**What is the biggest Rockport ZIP code for electricity customers?** 78382. It holds 14,191 Rockport-addressed competitive homes; counting every address in the ZIP, ERCOT has 15,871 meters for roughly 10,452 households, a 1.52 ratio.
**What is the average electricity rate in Rockport?** 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.
**How do I start electric service at a new Rockport address?** Start with the address check: AEP Texas Central-delivered Rockport homes choose among the plans offered there and set a start date. Turnover is real in 78382, where 10.6% moved in the past year (ACS); ERCOT logged 29 vacant-to-active meters in 78382 Oct. 7-18, 2026.
**Why are there more electric meters than households in Rockport?** 14,205 Rockport-addressed meters against 5,692 city households is 2.5 per household: the Rockport 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.
**Where do I report a Rockport power outage?** AEP Texas Central, at aeptexas.com/outages: it carries power to all 14,205 Rockport-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
- 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/
- 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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