Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative Rates and Average Bill

Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative reported 40,593 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,035 kWh a month on average at 14.05 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 64 Texas utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative ranks 44 from the lowest price.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

EIA lists the counties where Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative has distribution equipment. That covers 8 counties in Texas. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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• Time-of-use pricing. Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative 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 shows 112 residential net-metered systems on the Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative grid in 2025, with 1.1 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

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Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative based in Texas.

Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative operates in the ERCOT and SPP power markets. Power markets set wholesale costs, but your retail rate is set by the rules described above.

Of the 82 utilities listed for Texas, Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative is the 32nd largest by homes, at roughly 0.32% of the state total. Its price of 14.05 cents per kWh is 0.74 cents above the median of 56 other cooperatives in Texas (13.31 cents). At $145.49 a month, an average Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative home pays about $306 a year less than the Texas average of $170.95, and uses 75 kWh a month less. Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative lists distribution equipment in 8 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 112 of its residential customers use net metering, or 2.8 per 1,000 homes, against 10.9 for Texas as a whole.

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.

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