Southwestern Electric Power: electric rates and average bill
Southwestern Electric Power is an investor-owned utility that serves 157,119 homes in Texas. In 2025, its average home used 1,159 kWh a month and paid $146.09 (12.6¢ per kWh), less than the Texas average of $170.95.
- Investor-owned utility
- 157,119 homes
- EIA data, 2025
Southwestern Electric Power at a glance
| Type of utility | Investor-owned utility |
|---|---|
| Homes served in Texas | 157,119 |
| Average home bill | $146.09 a month (Texas average $170.95) |
| Average price | 12.6¢ per kWh (Texas average 15.4¢) |
| Average home use | 1,159 kWh a month (Texas average 1,110) |
| Business customers | 10.3¢ per kWh, average bill $597.04 a month (31,026 businesses; Texas business rates) |
| Power outages | 2.6 outages and 312 minutes without power for the average customer in a normal year; 3.0 outages and 467 minutes with major storms (more minutes than the middle Texas utility, 142 minutes) |
| Smart meters | 100% of home meters |
| Time-based rates for homes | Time-of-use pricing; 157,119 homes enrolled |
| Grid | SPP region; SPP market; owns power plants |
| Counties served | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Franklin, Gray, Gregg, Hall, Harrison, Hopkins, Marion, Morris, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wheeler, Wood |
Price rank: Southwestern Electric Power has the 30th lowest average price of the 79 Texas utilities with 1,000 or more homes.
Other utilities in the same counties
These utilities also serve homes in one or more of the counties of Southwestern Electric Power. Your address has one utility: it is on your bill.
| Utility | Homes | Average bill | Price per kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| OncorBill calculator on this site | 3,545,814 | — | — |
| Texas-New Mexico Power | 237,930 | — | — |
| Xcel Energy (Texas)Bill calculator on this site | 223,685 | $130.54 | 13.9¢ |
| AEP Texas North | 158,488 | — | — |
| Farmers Electric Cooperative | 88,221 | $147.68 | 11.9¢ |
| Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative | 82,224 | $157.97 | 12.2¢ |
| South Plains Electric Cooperative | 58,726 | $114.62 | 11.0¢ |
| Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative | 44,971 | $153.58 | 12.7¢ |
| Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative | 40,593 | $145.49 | 14.1¢ |
| Wood County Electric Cooperative | 36,173 | $142.72 | 12.8¢ |
| Bowie-Cass Electric Cooperative | 34,727 | $154.04 | 13.3¢ |
| Cherokee County Electric Cooperative Association | 22,613 | $171.11 | 14.8¢ |
Southwestern Electric Power rates and your bill
This site does not have a bill calculator for Southwestern Electric Power yet: we add a calculator only after we check every charge in the official rate schedule. The current rates are on the Southwestern Electric Power rates page. The averages on this page come from the yearly report that each utility files with the U.S. Energy Information Administration (Form EIA-861, 2025 data), so they show the past year, not today's rates.
- Southwestern Electric Power website
- State regulator: Public Utility Commission of Texas
- The average electric bill in Texas, the average bill in each state and the ZIP code finder
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What is the average Southwestern Electric Power electric bill (TX)?
In 2025, its average home used 1,159 kWh a month and paid $146.09 (12.6¢ per kWh), less than the Texas average of $170.95.
How often does the power go out with Southwestern Electric Power (TX)?
In 2025, the average Southwestern Electric Power customer had 2.6 outages and 312 minutes without power, not counting major storms (3.0 outages and 467 minutes with them).
Does Southwestern Electric Power (TX) have time-of-use rates?
Southwestern Electric Power reported these time-based rates for homes to EIA in 2025: Time-of-use pricing; 157,119 homes enrolled. The rate schedules have the hours and prices.
utilityratecalc.com is not part of Southwestern Electric Power. Source: EIA-861 data, 2025. The averages include all charges that the utility reports as revenue from homes that buy their power from it.