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AEP Texas Central Delivery Charges and Where It Serves Guide

The company that delivers power in its area, how many homes it serves, and how delivery differs from the supply you choose.

Reviewed Data: EIA Form EIA-861, released October 7, 2026

Independent profile. Kilowatt Atlas is not affiliated with AEP Texas Central, does not use its logo or branding and cannot take payments, start service or look up accounts. Figures come from public federal data for 2025.

Residential customers

794 thousand

793,896 homes

Delivery revenue

5.91 cents

Per kWh, 2025

Average use

1,154 kWh

Per month

Delivery per month

$68.16

Delivery charges only

AEP Texas Central delivery charges

AEP Texas Central reported 793,896 residential customers in 2025. It delivers electricity over its lines and does not sell it, so there is no single bundled price. EIA records the delivery revenue it collects: 5.91 cents per kWh, or $68.16 a month at 1,154 kWh. The retail provider you choose adds the energy charge and its own fees.

Delivery company versus retail provider

In the competitive parts of Texas, the delivery company (also called a transmission and distribution utility) owns the poles and wires, reads the meter and restores power after an outage. You cannot switch away from it. You can switch the retail provider that sells you the energy. See how Texas electricity choice works.

Service area

EIA lists the counties where AEP Texas Central has distribution equipment. That covers 44 counties in Texas. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

Texas (44 counties)

Show all 44 counties

Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brooks, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Colorado, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Jackson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Matagorda, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Real, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Webb, Wharton, Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala

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Reliability

For 2025, AEP Texas Central reported an average of 155 minutes without power per customer and 1.55 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 100 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

AEP Texas Central had about 28 more minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Texas figure across its utilities was 158 minutes. One interruption lasting 100 minutes and 1.55 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 155 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under IEEE 1366. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

Rate options and rooftop solar

  • Time-of-use pricing. AEP Texas Central does not report a residential time-of-use program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility, because programs change. How time-of-use rates work.
  • Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA does not show residential net-metered solar for AEP Texas Central in 2025. How net metering works.

Who owns and regulates it

A private company owned by shareholders. A state commission reviews its costs and sets or approves its rates in formal rate cases. In Texas, that review is done by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

AEP Texas Central is an investor-owned utility based in Texas.

AEP Texas Central operates in the ERCOT power market. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.

AEP Texas Central compared with Texas

By residential customers, AEP Texas Central ranks 4th of the 82 utilities that report homes in Texas, with about 6.2% of the state's homes. AEP Texas Central lists distribution equipment in 44 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Texas with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

Other Texas utilities

Utilities in Texas close in size to AEP Texas Central
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
AEP Texas CentralInvestor-owned793,896Delivery only
CenterPoint Energy Houston ElectricInvestor-owned2,529,039Delivery only
CPS EnergyMunicipal888,94612.40
Austin EnergyMunicipal522,44613.14
Southwestern Electric Power (SWEPCO)Investor-owned473,88013.10
Entergy TexasInvestor-owned469,09413.89

See every one on the electric companies in Texas page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not AEP Texas Central and does not take payments, start service or manage accounts. To pay a bill, report an outage or start service, use the website, app or phone number printed on your bill. Be careful with search ads and lookalike sites that offer to pay your bill for a fee.

AEP Texas Central questions

Can I buy electricity from AEP Texas Central?

AEP Texas Central delivers electricity in its service area but does not sell it to homes. In the competitive part of Texas you choose a retail electric provider for the energy, and AEP Texas Central delivers it and handles outages and meter reading.

How many customers does AEP Texas Central have?

EIA reports about 793,896 residential customers for AEP Texas Central in 2025.

Who regulates AEP Texas Central?

A private company owned by shareholders. A state commission reviews its costs and sets or approves its rates in formal rate cases. See the regulator for Texas on the Texas state page.

How reliable is AEP Texas Central?

For 2025, AEP Texas Central reported an average of 155 minutes of outage per customer and 1.55 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (IEEE 1366). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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