What are the cheapest electricity plans in Texas this week?

The cheapest plan for you is the one with the lowest monthly cost at your own usage. This tool ranks this week’s plans of 12 months or more by that cost, delivery included. Pick your area and usage.

Next: see every plan on this week’s lists →

For the week of October 14, 2026, these are the cheapest plans in each Texas area open to shopping. We picked them from 932 offers on the state’s Power to Choose list. Plain plans of 12 months or more come first.

Prices are each plan’s fact-label averages in cents per kWh, as posted on Power to Choose for the week shown. Delivery is in; taxes are out. A plan sold only on a company’s own website won’t show up here.

New to the state’s list? Here’s how Power to Choose works. Moving soon? Start with how to set up electricity at a new home. Prices for your city: Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Plano, Corpus Christi and Lubbock.

Prices change all the time, and companies can post new plans any day. Before you sign, check the offers for your own ZIP code.

On October 14, 2026, Power to Choose’s lowest 1,000 kWh price in all six areas came from a bill-credit plan. Fact labels must list prices at 500, 1,000 and 2,000 kWh. A credit that starts at 1,000 kWh pulls that middle number way down.

Plan B’s 1,000 kWh price is about half of Plan A’s. Yet Plan B only comes out ahead from 1,000 kWh to about 1,950 kWh. Your use rises and falls with the weather. A mild month can drop you below the credit, and a hot one can push you past it.

A usage fee works the same way. Take Direct Energy’s Live Brighter 1K+ 24 plan in CenterPoint’s area. Its fact label, dated September 30, 2026, lists a $9.95 charge in any month under 1,001 kWh.

Use less than 1,000 kWh most months? See electricity for apartments. Already on a “cheap” plan and your bill jumped? Read why your bill is so high.

Next: what delivery adds in your part of Texas →

At 1,000 kWh, October 2026 delivery charges run from $59 a month (AEP Texas North) to $85 (TNMP). Every company in your area pays the same delivery charge and passes it on to you.

That’s why the same company can post a different price in each area. Some companies show delivery as its own line on your bill. Others fold everything into one price per kWh. Either way, it’s inside the fact-label prices in our tables.

Can’t tell which area you’re in? Our guide to who your electric utility is sorts it out by address.

Three cheap-looking choices can cost more later: 3-month plans, variable rates and letting a contract run out. On October 14, 2026, 111 of the state’s 932 listed offers were 3-month plans.

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   3-month plans

   Three months is the shortest fixed-price plan Texas allows. On a plan of 4 months or less, the last renewal notice can arrive just 15 days before it ends. We flag every plan shorter than 6 months.

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   Variable rates

   A variable price can change every month. For homes, it can only come on a month-to-month plan. And since February 1, 2022, companies can’t offer homes a plan tied to a price index, like wholesale prices. See fixed or variable rate?

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   Doing nothing at the end

   Let a fixed plan run out, and you move to a month-to-month plan. You can leave it any time without a fee, but its price can change each month.

A low price for 3 months is only a deal if prices are still low when it ends. A 12-month plan keeps your price set through summer and winter. Only a few changes the rules allow, like delivery, can move it.

Prepaid plans get their own table

Prepaid plans work differently. You pay ahead, so Texas rules don’t let the company ask for a deposit. But it can cut your power when your balance runs low, after a warning 1 to 7 days ahead. On October 14, 2026, just 24 of the state’s 932 listed offers were prepaid. They came from two companies, and none were in Lubbock.

Our guide to no-deposit and prepaid plans covers the rest (also en español). Need power fast? Here’s how to get power turned on the same day. Behind on a bill? See help paying your electric bill.

Next: the rules we use to rank every plan →

We pick the cheapest plans with the same six rules every week. For the week of October 14, 2026, we ran them on all 932 offers on the state’s list.

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   Plans of 12 months or more come first

   Their price is fixed for a year or more. Plain ones come first, then flagged ones. Shorter plans come last, 6 to 11 months before the rest. In each group, the lowest 1,000 kWh price leads.

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   Cost at your usage, delivery in

   We start from each plan’s fact-label prices. By Texas rule, those include every recurring charge, delivery too, but not sales taxes. The tool turns them into a monthly cost at your usage.

3. 3
   A flag for credits and fees

   A plain plan’s cost climbs at a steady pace as you use more. If the pace changes between 500, 1,000 and 2,000 kWh, the plan gets a “Credit or fee” flag. A bill credit, a fee for low use or a tiered price does that.

4. 4
   Flags for short terms

   Fixed plans under 6 months get an “Under 6 months” flag. Month-to-month variable plans get a “Variable” flag.

5. 5
   Prepaid on its own

   Prepaid plans get their own table: the two cheapest per area at 1,000 kWh. Time-of-use plans, like free nights, stay out of every table.

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   Same rules every week

   Each area table lists up to 15 plans. From plans of 12 months or more, we take the four cheapest at each of 500, 1,000 and 2,000 kWh. A plan on two of those lists shows once. Then we add the three cheapest shorter plans at 1,000 kWh. The state lists most offers twice, in English and in Spanish. We use the English listings.

Check any plan in 2 minutes

1. Open its fact label from our table, and look at the date. An Oncor-area label from before October 4, 2026, shows the old delivery charge.
2. Read all three prices. If one is far off from the other two, look for a credit or fee in the pricing section.
3. Check the term and the cancel fee. A short term or a big fee makes a cheap plan riskier.
4. Price it at your own usage in our plan cost calculator.

For a line-by-line walk-through, see how to read a facts label.

Price isn’t everything. Check the company too. Our company ranking scores each one on state complaints, fines, contract terms and more. Our complaints guide shows how often people complain to the state. We also review APG&E, Chariot Energy, 4Change Energy, Discount Power and Payless Power. Our lists of electric companies in Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and McAllen show the state’s complaint rating for each company that sells there on Power to Choose. See how we score companies.

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