Electricity and gas prices in Texas

Households in Texas paid an average of 15.94¢ per kilowatt-hour for electricity in June 2026, and $31.89 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in June 2026. That is the 28th highest electricity price of the fifty states and DC.

What heat costs here

Dollars per million BTU delivered into the house — the only figure that compares a heat pump with a furnace, and the only one that needs no assumption about your house.

• Gas furnace, 95% AFUE$32.37
• Heat pump at COP 3.0$15.57
• Heat pump at COP 2.0$23.36
• Electric resistance$46.72

Which certified heat pumps hold their capacity at 5 °F in Texas

Five years of prices

• July 202111.73¢
• October 202112.54¢
• January 202212.45¢
• April 202213.29¢
• July 202213.71¢
• October 202214.94¢
• January 202314.36¢
• April 202314.36¢
• July 202313.95¢
• October 202314.89¢
• January 202414.35¢
• April 202415.13¢
• July 202414.70¢
• October 202415.67¢
• January 202514.67¢
• April 202515.52¢
• July 202515.36¢
• October 202516.10¢
• January 202615.69¢
• April 202616.99¢

Who sells electricity in Texas

Utilities reporting at least 1,000 residential customers. The price column is derived — total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 annual survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate.

Texas is different. Most Texans buy electricity from a retail provider rather than the wires company, so the number above is an average of hundreds of plans. See what is actually on offer today.

Prices: EIA Electric Power Monthly and Natural Gas Monthly, residential sector. Utility figures: EIA-861 annual survey, data year 2024. Both public domain.