Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Austin Energy reported 507.3K residential customers, ranking 4th of 145 utilities in Texas by customers served and covering 4.1% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 10,003 kWh per customer per year - -25.4% against the Texas median of 13,418 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,258.

State peers

Utilities reporting alongside this city system in Texas

All 145 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Texas, largest first, with Austin Energy marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Texas.

Rate comparison

City rate against the state field

Ranked by price against the 145 utilities reporting residential rates in Texas, Austin Energy comes 50th of 145. The state's range runs from Southern Federal Power, LLC at 7.91¢ to Rhythm Ops LLC at 24.62¢, so where a household sits inside Texas depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 16 other municipal utilities reporting in Texas, whose customer-weighted average is 12.55¢, Austin Energy is close to its own ownership class within the state (+0.2%).

Price distribution in the state

Ownership class peers

Municipal utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Texas, these indexable municipal utilities report the closest residential averages to Austin Energy in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Austin Energy rates

How much does Austin Energy charge per kWh?

Austin Energy reported an average residential price of 12.58¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Austin Energy expensive compared with the rest of Texas?

Its average residential price is below the Texas customer-weighted average of 15.05¢ per kWh, a difference of -16.4%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 145 utilities reporting residential service in Texas.

What is the average electricity bill for Austin Energy customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 10,003 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,258 a year, or about $105 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Austin Energy?

EIA classifies Austin Energy as Municipal, a utility owned and operated by the local government it serves. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Municipal utilities was 14.41¢ per kWh in the 2024 Form 861 release.

Limitations

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology and why energy prices vary .

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.