The United States is broken up into nine regions to estimate energy consumption based on population and climate. Texas lies in the West South Central region. The West South Central Region is by far the hottest region in the country. This region requires nearly twice as much time running the air conditioning then the average of the other regions of the United States. It, however, also requires the fewest number of days for home heating.
Municipal Utilities in Texas
While most cities, towns, and villages throughout the state of Texas offer municipal essential services like providing clean water, sewage treatment and dealing with waste and storm water, some also offer other services like electricity, natural gas, sanitation or recycling. In Texas, 81 cities offer municipal electric services to around 10,973,763 of the states 31,661,763 residents.
Utility Costs in Texas
The average monthly total utility bills in Texas is $306.14, which is 10.28% higher than the national average.
Average Electric Bill
$151
Higher than national average
Average Natural Gas Bill
$111
Higher than national average
Average Water Bill
$45
Higher than national average
Texas Deregulaton of Electric and Natural Gas
Texas is one of thirteen states that has deregulated electricity service. This gives you the opportunity to choose between electric providers for your home. Choose your city below to see a list of utility providers available in your area.
Utility Providers by City in Texas
| City Name | Population | Municipal Electricity |
|---|---|---|
| Abilene | 125,474 | No |
| Addison | 16,405 | No |
| Alamo | 19,644 | No |
| Alamo Heights | 7,360 | No |
| Aldine | 15,887 | No |
| Alice | 18,001 | No |
| Allen | 102,778 | No |
| Alpine | 5,884 | No |
| Alton | 17,993 | No |
| Alvin | 26,982 | No |
| Amarillo | 204,357 | No |
| Andrews | 13,234 | No |
| Angleton | 19,408 | No |
| Anna | 16,792 | No |
| Aransas Pass | 9,101 | No |
| Arlington | 392,304 | No |
| Atascocita | 84,222 | No |
| Athens | 12,719 | No |
| Atlanta | 5,417 | No |
| Aubrey | 5,229 | No |
| Austin | 1,659,251 | Yes |
| Azle | 13,157 | No |
| Bacliff | 10,567 | No |
| Balch Springs | 27,369 | No |
| Bastrop | 9,531 | Yes |
| Bay City | 17,918 | No |
| Baytown | 82,543 | No |
| Beaumont | 137,549 | No |
| Bedford | 49,576 | No |
| Bee Cave | 8,538 | No |
| Beeville | 13,780 | No |
| Bellaire | 17,262 | No |
| Bellmead | 10,487 | No |
| Belterra | 7,736 | No |
| Belton | 22,866 | No |
| Benbrook | 24,248 | No |
| Big Spring | 26,199 | No |
| Boerne | 17,290 | Yes |
| Bonham | 10,295 | No |
| Borger | 12,612 | No |
| Bowie | 5,359 | Yes |
| Brady | 5,129 | Yes |
| Breckenridge | 5,258 | No |
| Brenham | 17,385 | Yes |
| Briar | 5,635 | No |
| Bridge City | 9,405 | No |
| Bridgeport | 5,781 | Yes |
| Brookshire | 5,188 | No |
| Brownfield | 9,065 | Yes |
| Brownsville | 235,735 | Yes |
| Brownwood | 18,865 | No |
| Brushy Creek | 22,972 | No |
| Bryan | 85,204 | Yes |
| Buda | 14,348 | No |
| Bulverde | 5,558 | No |
| Burkburnett | 10,851 | No |
| Burleson | 47,230 | No |
| Burnet | 6,403 | Yes |
| Cameron | 5,350 | No |
| Cameron Park | 5,464 | No |
| Camp Swift | 6,901 | No |
| Canutillo | 6,393 | No |
| Canyon | 14,669 | No |
| Canyon Lake | 30,641 | No |
| Carrizo Springs | 5,014 | No |
| Carrollton | 131,388 | No |
| Carthage | 6,510 | No |
| Cedar Hill | 48,968 | No |
| Cedar Park | 74,741 | No |
| Celina | 16,542 | No |
| Center | 5,197 | No |
| Channelview | 42,394 | No |
| Childress | 5,751 | No |
| Cibolo | 31,489 | No |
| Cinco Ranch | 18,399 | No |
| Cleburne | 30,984 | No |
| Cleveland | 7,515 | No |
| Cloverleaf | 25,576 | No |
| Clute | 10,722 | No |
| College Station | 207,514 | Yes |
| Colleyville | 25,827 | No |
| Commerce | 8,667 | No |
| Conroe | 87,930 | No |
| Converse | 27,361 | No |
| Coppell | 42,420 | No |
| Copperas Cove | 35,452 | No |
| Corinth | 22,216 | No |
| Corpus Christi | 333,764 | No |
| Corsicana | 24,589 | No |
| Crockett | 6,441 | No |
| Crowley | 17,977 | No |
| Crystal City | 6,504 | No |
| Cuero | 8,200 | Yes |
| Dalhart | 8,354 | No |
| Dallas | 5,668,165 | No |
| Dayton | 8,569 | No |
| Decatur | 6,557 | No |
| Deer Park | 34,240 | No |
| Del Rio | 34,831 | No |
| Denison | 24,324 | No |
| Denton | 445,814 | Yes |
| DeSoto | 55,761 | No |
| Dickinson | 21,336 | No |
| Doffing | 5,396 | No |
| Donna | 16,743 | No |
| Doolittle | 6,253 | No |
| Dumas | 14,565 | No |
| Duncanville | 40,575 | No |
| Eagle Pass | 28,367 | No |
| Edinburg | 98,759 | No |
| Edna | 5,890 | No |
| Eidson Road | 9,743 | No |
| El Campo | 12,280 | No |
| El Paso | 794,344 | No |
| Elgin | 9,488 | No |
| Elsa | 5,783 | No |
| Ennis | 19,942 | No |
| Euless | 60,134 | No |
| Everman | 6,148 | No |
| Fabens | 5,460 | No |
| Fair Oaks Ranch | 9,951 | No |
| Fairview | 10,062 | No |
| Farmers Branch | 36,091 | No |
| Fate | 17,403 | No |
| Floresville | 7,138 | Yes |
| Flower Mound | 75,050 | No |
| Forest Hill | 13,797 | No |
| Forney | 22,770 | No |
| Fort Bliss | 14,226 | No |
| Fort Hood | 24,781 | No |
| Fort Stockton | 8,433 | No |
| Fort Worth | 908,469 | No |
| Four Corners | 11,133 | No |
| Fredericksburg | 10,864 | Yes |
| Freeport | 10,864 | No |
| Fresno | 23,921 | No |
| Friendswood | 40,780 | No |
| Frisco | 193,140 | No |
| Fulshear | 17,259 | No |
| Gainesville | 17,146 | No |
| Galena Park | 10,770 | No |
| Galveston | 53,092 | No |
| Garland | 245,075 | Yes |
| Gatesville | 15,997 | No |
| Georgetown | 66,514 | Yes |
| Gladewater | 6,189 | No |
| Glenn Heights | 15,741 | No |
| Gonzales | 7,138 | Yes |
| Graham | 8,718 | No |
| Granbury | 10,453 | Yes |
| Grand Prairie | 195,992 | No |
| Granite Shoals | 5,086 | No |
| Grapevine | 50,548 | No |
| Greenville | 28,128 | Yes |
| Groves | 17,078 | No |
| Gun Barrel City | 6,152 | No |
| Haltom City | 45,777 | No |
| Harker Heights | 32,320 | No |
| Harlingen | 148,545 | No |
| Heartland | 7,114 | No |
| Heath | 9,362 | No |
| Helotes | 8,937 | No |
| Hempstead | 5,709 | Yes |
| Henderson | 13,498 | No |
| Hereford | 15,043 | No |
| Hewitt | 15,707 | No |
| Hidalgo | 13,939 | No |
| Highland Park | 8,895 | No |
| Highland Village | 15,769 | No |
| Highlands | 7,714 | No |
| Hillsboro | 8,193 | No |
| Hitchcock | 7,341 | No |
| Homestead Meadows North | 6,521 | No |
| Homestead Meadows South | 7,981 | No |
| Hondo | 8,332 | Yes |
| Horizon City | 22,075 | No |
| Hornsby Bend | 9,866 | No |
| Houston | 5,650,910 | No |
| Humble | 16,603 | No |
| Huntsville | 45,446 | No |
| Hurst | 40,114 | No |
| Hutchins | 5,613 | No |
| Hutto | 26,971 | No |
| Ingleside | 9,573 | No |
| Iowa Colony | 8,187 | No |
| Iowa Park | 6,470 | No |
| Irving | 254,184 | No |
| Jacinto City | 9,734 | No |
| Jacksonville | 14,029 | No |
| Jasper | 7,070 | Yes |
| Jersey Village | 7,904 | No |
| Joshua | 7,722 | No |
| Katy | 21,926 | No |
| Kaufman | 6,796 | No |
| Keene | 6,254 | No |
| Keller | 45,190 | No |
| Kennedale | 8,342 | No |
| Kermit | 6,078 | No |
| Kerrville | 24,071 | Yes |
| Kilgore | 13,364 | No |
| Killeen | 238,288 | No |
| Kingsland | 6,917 | No |
| Kingsville | 25,415 | No |
| Kirby | 8,134 | No |
| Krum | 5,423 | No |
| Kyle | 45,147 | No |
| La Feria | 6,894 | No |
| La Homa | 11,924 | No |
| La Marque | 18,065 | No |
| La Porte | 35,566 | No |
| Lackland AFB | 7,417 | No |
| Lacy-Lakeview | 6,968 | No |
| Lago Vista | 8,769 | No |
| Lake Dallas | 7,594 | No |
| Lake Jackson | 73,478 | No |
| Lakehills | 5,499 | No |
| Lakeway | 18,471 | No |
| Lamesa | 8,685 | No |
| Lampasas | 7,221 | Yes |
| Lancaster | 41,057 | No |
| Lantana | 11,559 | No |
| Laredo | 256,748 | No |
| League City | 111,847 | No |
| Leander | 57,696 | No |
| Leon Valley | 11,503 | No |
| Levelland | 12,854 | No |
| Lewisville | 110,077 | No |
| Liberty | 8,227 | Yes |
| Lindale | 6,000 | No |
| Little Elm | 45,124 | No |
| Littlefield | 5,991 | No |
| Live Oak | 15,554 | No |
| Livingston | 5,597 | Yes |
| Lockhart | 14,480 | Yes |
| Longview | 98,075 | No |
| Los Fresnos | 8,023 | No |
| Lubbock | 259,946 | Yes |
| Lucas | 7,437 | No |
| Lufkin | 34,264 | No |
| Luling | 5,411 | Yes |
| Lumberton | 13,447 | No |
| Manor | 13,928 | No |
| Mansfield | 71,375 | No |
| Manvel | 10,139 | No |
| Marble Falls | 6,892 | No |
| Marlin | 5,512 | No |
| Marshall | 22,862 | No |
| McAllen | 809,002 | No |
| McGregor | 5,345 | No |
| McKinney | 248,840 | No |
| Medina | 5,004 | No |
| Melissa | 13,671 | No |
| Mercedes | 16,274 | No |
| Mesquite | 149,848 | No |
| Mexia | 6,946 | No |
| Midland | 130,765 | No |
| Midlothian | 33,914 | No |
| Mila Doce | 7,047 | No |
| Mineral Wells | 14,925 | No |
| Mission | 85,311 | No |
| Mission Bend | 38,772 | No |
| Missouri City | 73,682 | No |
| Monahans | 7,614 | No |
| Mont Belvieu | 7,339 | No |
| Mount Pleasant | 16,067 | No |
| Muleshoe | 5,781 | No |
| Murillo | 8,989 | No |
| Murphy | 20,655 | No |
| Nacogdoches | 32,347 | No |
| Nassau Bay | 5,191 | No |
| Navasota | 7,614 | No |
| Nederland | 18,502 | No |
| New Braunfels | 87,549 | Yes |
| Nolanville | 5,817 | No |
| North Richland Hills | 69,817 | No |
| Northlake | 5,294 | No |
| Odessa | 134,793 | No |
| Olivarez | 7,213 | No |
| Orange | 19,329 | No |
| Palestine | 18,532 | No |
| Palmview | 14,654 | No |
| Paloma Creek South | 7,896 | No |
| Pampa | 16,817 | No |
| Paris | 24,447 | No |
| Parker | 5,352 | No |
| Pasadena | 151,964 | No |
| Pearland | 122,609 | No |
| Pearsall | 7,888 | No |
| Pecan Grove | 19,944 | No |
| Pecan Plantation | 6,607 | No |
| Pecos | 12,467 | No |
| Penitas | 6,206 | No |
| Perryton | 8,815 | No |
| Pflugerville | 64,007 | No |
| Pharr | 78,997 | No |
| Plainview | 20,180 | No |
| Plano | 282,181 | No |
| Pleasanton | 10,508 | No |
| Port Arthur | 156,988 | No |
| Port Isabel | 5,208 | No |
| Port Lavaca | 11,654 | No |
| Port Neches | 13,534 | No |
| Portland | 19,914 | No |
| Prairie View | 6,464 | No |
| Primera | 5,167 | No |
| Princeton | 16,683 | No |
| Prosper | 28,825 | No |
| Providence Village | 7,359 | No |
| Raymondville | 10,574 | No |
| Red Oak | 13,956 | No |
| Rendon | 14,597 | No |
| Richardson | 115,904 | No |
| Richland Hills | 8,505 | No |
| Richmond | 11,768 | No |
| Rio Grande City | 15,494 | No |
| River Oaks | 7,623 | No |
| Roanoke | 9,270 | No |
| Robinson | 12,336 | No |
| Robstown | 10,372 | Yes |
| Rockdale | 5,378 | No |
| Rockport | 10,264 | No |
| Rockwall | 46,150 | No |
| Roma | 11,451 | No |
| Rosenberg | 37,871 | No |
| Round Rock | 117,735 | No |
| Rowlett | 62,606 | No |
| Royse City | 13,512 | No |
| Rusk | 5,501 | No |
| Sachse | 26,797 | No |
| Saginaw | 23,676 | No |
| Salida del Sol Estates | 5,430 | No |
| San Angelo | 100,330 | No |
| San Antonio | 1,910,785 | Yes |
| San Benito | 24,812 | No |
| San Elizario | 10,026 | No |
| San Juan | 35,384 | No |
| San Leon | 5,144 | No |
| San Marcos | 70,864 | Yes |
| Sanger | 8,730 | Yes |
| Sansom Park | 5,363 | No |
| Santa Fe | 12,782 | No |
| Savannah | 6,565 | No |
| Scenic Oaks | 9,136 | No |
| Schertz | 41,607 | No |
| Seabrook | 13,487 | No |
| Seagoville | 18,263 | No |
| Sealy | 6,766 | No |
| Seguin | 29,293 | Yes |
| Selma | 10,601 | No |
| Seminole | 6,913 | No |
| Sherman | 67,210 | No |
| Silsbee | 6,822 | No |
| Sinton | 5,557 | No |
| Slaton | 5,886 | No |
| Snyder | 11,366 | No |
| Socorro | 34,687 | No |
| Sonterra | 6,765 | No |
| South Houston | 16,354 | No |
| Southlake | 30,754 | No |
| Sparks | 5,169 | No |
| Spring | 62,569 | No |
| Stafford | 17,170 | No |
| Steiner Ranch | 18,189 | No |
| Stephenville | 20,504 | No |
| Sugar Land | 110,272 | No |
| Sulphur Springs | 15,825 | No |
| Sunnyvale | 7,647 | No |
| Sweetwater | 10,605 | No |
| Taylor | 16,154 | No |
| Temple | 115,809 | No |
| Terrell | 17,083 | No |
| Terrell Hills | 5,047 | No |
| Texarkana | 79,304 | No |
| Texas City | 122,017 | No |
| The Colony | 43,489 | No |
| The Woodlands | 292,380 | No |
| Timberwood Park | 33,506 | No |
| Tomball | 12,333 | No |
| Travis Ranch | 8,201 | No |
| Trophy Club | 12,659 | No |
| Tyler | 143,895 | No |
| Universal City | 19,679 | No |
| University Park | 25,029 | No |
| Uvalde | 15,374 | No |
| Vernon | 10,206 | No |
| Victoria | 65,643 | No |
| Vidor | 9,944 | No |
| Waco | 187,172 | Yes |
| Wake Village | 5,907 | No |
| Watauga | 23,649 | No |
| Waxahachie | 39,815 | No |
| Weatherford | 30,385 | Yes |
| Webster | 12,280 | No |
| Wells Branch | 13,837 | No |
| Weslaco | 40,393 | No |
| West Livingston | 7,295 | No |
| West Odessa | 31,927 | No |
| West University Place | 14,975 | No |
| Wharton | 8,595 | No |
| White Oak | 6,214 | No |
| White Settlement | 18,040 | No |
| Whitehouse | 8,316 | No |
| Wichita Falls | 102,563 | No |
| Willis | 6,410 | No |
| Wilmer | 5,064 | No |
| Windcrest | 5,830 | No |
| Wolfforth | 5,432 | No |
| Woodway | 9,310 | No |
| Wylie | 55,426 | No |
| Yoakum | 5,815 | Yes |