Pricing every plan…
Ranchero Power sells 21 fixed-rate plans we can price, in 5 parts of the Texas choice market, with contracts of 1 to 48 months. 1 of them are bill-credit plans and 20 are flat-rate. Bill-credit plans advertise the lowest prices, measured at exactly 1,000 kWh where the credit applies; over a real year they often cost more than a plain plan, which is why every table below prices month by month. It also sells 3 variable-rate plans here, listed in each area below with a “Not ranked” badge: variable-rate plans come with a price that can change every month, so a year ahead can't be priced from today's rate. We’d rather list them than rank them wrong.
Ranchero Power doesn’t pay WattaWatt anything. We price its plans the same way as every other provider’s, from the Electricity Facts Label.
Price Ranchero Power's plans on your own 12 months
The tables below use three typical homes. Drop in a bill or type your 12 monthly kWh, and we’ll rank every Ranchero Power plan against every other plan sold where you live, by what you’d actually pay.
For each part of Texas Ranchero Power sells in, its cheapest plan for a small, a typical and a large home, priced month by month on a year with a real summer peak, and where that plan lands among every 12-month-or-longer plan we track there. Contracts shorter than a year are priced too, but ranked apart: they end mid-year, often at the summer peak, and nothing says what the next months cost.
Oncor delivery area · 5 Ranchero Power plans among the 483 we rank here, plus 1 listed but not ranked · delivery $4.06 a month plus 6.8673¢ per kWh, included.
| Home | Cheapest Ranchero Power plan | Real price | Per year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apartment or small home 500 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed -12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 13.5¢ | 13.5¢ | $810 | #27 of 388 +$92 vs Energy Texas |
Typical home 1,000 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed -12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 12.6¢ | 12.6¢ | $1,511 | #16 of 388 +$66 vs True Power |
Large home 2,000 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed -12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 12.1¢ | 12.1¢ | $2,914 | #11 of 388 +$72 vs True Power |
Short contracts, ranked apart. Ranchero Power’s cheapest contract under a year here is Ranchero No Worries - 8 (8 months), about $1,423 for a typical home if its price held for 12 months, which it doesn’t promise to.
Every plan in Dallas–Fort Worth, ranked · What counts as a good rate
CenterPoint Energy delivery area · 4 Ranchero Power plans among the 276 we rank here, plus 1 listed but not ranked · delivery $4.90 a month plus 6.5333¢ per kWh, included.
| Home | Cheapest Ranchero Power plan | Real price | Per year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apartment or small home 500 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 13.4¢ | 13.4¢ | $803 | #23 of 218 +$92 vs Octopus Energy |
Typical home 1,000 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 12.4¢ | 12.4¢ | $1,487 | #12 of 218 +$66 vs Octopus Energy |
Large home 2,000 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 11.9¢ | 11.9¢ | $2,855 | #6 of 218 +$71 vs True Power |
Short contracts, ranked apart. Ranchero Power’s cheapest contract under a year here is Ranchero No Worries - 8 (8 months), about $1,392 for a typical home if its price held for 12 months, which it doesn’t promise to.
AEP Texas Central delivery area · 4 Ranchero Power plans among the 263 we rank here · delivery $3.24 a month plus 5.6898¢ per kWh, included.
| Home | Cheapest Ranchero Power plan | Real price | Per year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apartment or small home 500 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 12.3¢ | 12.3¢ | $737 | #25 of 205 +$84 vs Energy Texas |
Typical home 1,000 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 11.5¢ | 11.5¢ | $1,375 | #17 of 205 +$49 vs Energy Texas |
Large home 2,000 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 11.0¢ | 11.0¢ | $2,652 | #7 of 205 +$18 vs True Power |
Short contracts, ranked apart. Ranchero Power’s cheapest contract under a year here is Ranchero No Worries - 8 (8 months), about $1,281 for a typical home if its price held for 12 months, which it doesn’t promise to.
Every plan in Corpus Christi, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley, ranked · What counts as a good rate
AEP Texas North delivery area · 4 Ranchero Power plans among the 268 we rank here · delivery $3.24 a month plus 5.5751¢ per kWh, included.
| Home | Cheapest Ranchero Power plan | Real price | Per year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apartment or small home 500 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 12.3¢ | 12.3¢ | $738 | #14 of 211 +$73 vs Energy Texas |
Typical home 1,000 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 11.5¢ | 11.5¢ | $1,377 | #8 of 211 +$33 vs AP Gas & Electric |
Large home 2,000 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 11.1¢ | 11.1¢ | $2,655 | #3 of 211 +$6 vs AP Gas & Electric |
Short contracts, ranked apart. Ranchero Power’s cheapest contract under a year here is Ranchero No Worries - 8 (8 months), about $1,280 for a typical home if its price held for 12 months, which it doesn’t promise to.
Every plan in Abilene and San Angelo, ranked · What counts as a good rate
TNMP delivery area · 4 Ranchero Power plans among the 265 we rank here, plus 1 listed but not ranked · delivery $7.56 a month plus 7.771¢ per kWh, included.
| Home | Cheapest Ranchero Power plan | Real price | Per year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apartment or small home 500 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 15.3¢ | 15.3¢ | $917 | #21 of 208 +$177 vs Express Energy |
Typical home 1,000 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 14.0¢ | 14.0¢ | $1,683 | #13 of 208 +$294 vs Express Energy |
Large home 2,000 kWh a month | Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12 12 mo · Flat rate · advertised 13.4¢ | 13.4¢ | $3,216 | #6 of 208 +$528 vs Express Energy |
Short contracts, ranked apart. Ranchero Power’s cheapest contract under a year here is Ranchero No Worries - 8 (8 months), about $1,586 for a typical home if its price held for 12 months, which it doesn’t promise to.
Every plan in League City, Texas City and other TNMP towns, ranked · What counts as a good rate
Estimates, as of November 2026. We simulate 12 monthly bills for each of the 483 plans we track from 47 providers, using each plan’s Electricity Facts Label and Oncor’s published delivery charges, on the three usage profiles above. Taxes and fees that aren’t on the EFL are left out, so real bills run a little higher for every plan alike. Listed but not ranked: 35 time-of-use plans ("free nights" and the like), priced by the time of day or week, which a monthly bill doesn't show; and 30 variable-rate plans, with a price that can change every month, so a year ahead can't be priced from today's rate. They’re on Plans we track with their labels. Prices change; check the EFL before enrolling.
Energy charge, base charge, credits and cancellation fee, as printed on each plan’s Electricity Facts Label, which is linked from every plan.
1 months · Variable rate
8 months · Flat rate
12 months · Flat rate
12 months · Bill credit
36 months · Flat rate
48 months · Flat rate
1 months · Variable rate
8 months · Flat rate
12 months · Flat rate
36 months · Flat rate
48 months · Flat rate
8 months · Flat rate
12 months · Flat rate
36 months · Flat rate
48 months · Flat rate
8 months · Flat rate
12 months · Flat rate
36 months · Flat rate
48 months · Flat rate
1 months · Variable rate
8 months · Flat rate
12 months · Flat rate
36 months · Flat rate
48 months · Flat rate
It depends on the plan and on how much you use. For a typical home using about 1,000 kWh a month, as of November 2026: In Dallas–Fort Worth, its cheapest plan for that home is Ranchero Smart & Fixed -12, about $1,511 for the year (12.6¢ per kWh all-in), which ranks #16 of the 388 plans we track: $66 a year more than the cheapest plan there, True Value 12 from True Power. In Houston, its cheapest plan for that home is Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12, about $1,487 for the year (12.4¢ per kWh all-in), which ranks #12 of the 218 plans we track: $66 a year more than the cheapest plan there, Octo Simple 12 from Octopus Energy. In Corpus Christi, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley, its cheapest plan for that home is Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 12, about $1,375 for the year (11.5¢ per kWh all-in), which ranks #17 of the 205 plans we track: $49 a year more than the cheapest plan there, No Bull 12 from Energy Texas. The other 2 areas are on this page. Price Ranchero Power's plans on your own 12 months before choosing, because the order changes with the shape of your usage.
Yes. 1 of the 21 Ranchero Power plans we track are bill-credit plans: a high energy rate with a fixed credit, often $100 or more, in any month your usage lands in a range such as 1,000 kWh or more. They advertise the lowest prices because the advertised price is measured at exactly 1,000 kWh, where the credit applies. Over a real year with low spring and autumn months, many of them cost more than a plain flat-rate plan. We price every month, so the credit only counts in the months that earn it.
Ranchero Power's fixed-rate plans charge between $0.00 and $179.99 to leave before the contract ends, depending on the plan. The exact fee is on each plan's Electricity Facts Label, linked from every plan on this page. Under Texas rules you owe no fee if you switch in the last 14 days of a fixed-term contract, or if you move and give the provider proof of the move.
Ranchero Power sells plans in 5 parts of the Texas choice market: Dallas–Fort Worth (Oncor's delivery area, including Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington); Houston (CenterPoint Energy's delivery area, including Houston, Katy, Sugar Land); Corpus Christi, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley (AEP Texas Central's delivery area, including Corpus Christi, Laredo, McAllen); Abilene and San Angelo (AEP Texas North's delivery area, including Abilene, San Angelo); League City, Texas City and other TNMP towns (TNMP's delivery area, including Lewisville, League City, Friendswood). The delivery utility, not the provider, owns the wires where you live, and every provider's plans in an area pay it the same delivery charge.
No. Ranchero Power doesn't pay us, and neither does any other provider. We track and price every plan the same way.
Yes. Listed but not ranked: 3 variable-rate plans, with a price that can change every month, so a year ahead can't be priced from today's rate. They're on this page with their labels, marked "Not ranked", so you can see Ranchero Power's whole lineup; the rankings cover its 21 fixed-rate plans we can price from monthly usage.
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