Rate comparison

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 145 utilities reporting residential rates in Texas, Southwestern Public Service Co comes 69th 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 3 other investor owned utilities reporting in Texas, whose customer-weighted average is 13.32¢, Southwestern Public Service Co is close to its own ownership class within the state (+0.2%).

State price distribution

Territory and usage

Scale and consumption

Southwestern Public Service Co reported 222.1K residential customers, ranking 16th of 145 utilities in Texas by customers served and covering 1.8% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 11,488 kWh per customer per year - -14.4% against the Texas median of 13,418 kWh , implying a typical annual bill near $1,534.

State peers

Every utility reporting in Texas

All 145 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Texas, largest first, with Southwestern Public Service Co 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.

Ownership class peers

Investor Owned utilities with similar residential prices

Beyond Texas, these indexable investor owned utilities report the closest residential averages to Southwestern Public Service Co in the same Form 861 release. Peer sets differ by ownership class and price, not a shared national list.

FAQ

Common questions about Southwestern Public Service Co rates

How much does Southwestern Public Service Co charge per kWh?

Southwestern Public Service Co reported an average residential price of 13.35¢ 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 Southwestern Public Service Co 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 -11.3%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 145 utilities reporting residential service in Texas.

What is the average electricity bill for Southwestern Public Service Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 11,488 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,534 a year, or about $128 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Southwestern Public Service Co?

EIA classifies Southwestern Public Service Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, the customer-weighted average across Investor Owned utilities was 18.37¢ 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 comparing utility costs across states .

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