Pricing every plan…
Pricing every plan…
AEP Texas Central is the southern half of AEP Texas, the wires company that used to be Central Power & Light. Older labels and bills still say CP&L or TCC. It's part of American Electric Power, and like every delivery utility in the choice market it charges every home the same regulated rate, whichever provider sells the power.
Where its lines run: Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend, Laredo, Victoria, and the Rio Grande Valley: McAllen, Harlingen, Edinburg, Mission and the towns between.
Price every plan in AEP Texas Central's area on your own 12 months
The tables below use three typical homes. Drop in a bill from an address on AEP Texas Central’s lines, or type your 12 monthly kWh, and we’ll rank every plan sold there by what you’d actually pay, delivery included.
Every home on AEP Texas Central’s lines pays the same delivery charge, whichever retail provider sells the electricity: $3.24 a month plus 5.6898¢ per kWh, effective September 29, 2026. It pays for the poles, wires, meters and the crews that restore power. No provider can discount it, and every price on this site includes it.
| In a month you use | Delivery charge | Per kWh, all told |
|---|---|---|
| 500 kWh | $31.69 | 6.3¢ |
| 1,000 kWh | $60.14 | 6.0¢ |
| 2,000 kWh | $117.04 | 5.9¢ |
The monthly charge is why small homes pay more per kWh: spread over 500 kWh it adds 0.6¢ to every one, over 2,000 kWh only 0.2¢.
On your bill the charge appears as a line of its own, or folded into the energy price on plans that quote one all-in number. On every Electricity Facts Label, the three average prices at 500, 1,000 and 2,000 kWh already include it, which is why a plan’s advertised price is higher than its energy charge. The charges change: at least twice a year, usually around March 1 and September 1, when the Public Utility Commission approves its updated rates, with interim changes in other months. A change passes through to every plan at once, fixed-rate ones included; only the energy charge is fixed.
Small businesses pay a different charge. AEP Texas Central bills its smallest business class, accounts of 10 kW or less with no demand charge, $5.66 a month plus 4.4218¢ per kWh. We price 21 plans from 4 providers there, on the small-business rates page.
Every plan sold on AEP Texas Central’s lines, priced month by month on a year with a real summer peak, for a small, a typical and a large home, with the delivery charge above included.
About 500 kWh a month: a one- or two-bedroom apartment, or a small house with gas heat. 6,001 kWh over the year, with a Corpus Christi, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley summer peak.
| Plan | Term | Advertised at 500 kWh | Real price | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 No Bull 12 Energy Texas | 12 mo | 10.9¢ | 10.9¢ | $653 lowest |
 Digital Choice 12 Rhythm | 12 mo | 10.9¢ | 10.9¢ | $653 +$0 |
 Octo Simple 12 Octopus Energy | 12 mo | 11.1¢ | 11.0¢ | $662 +$10 |
The cheapest-looking plan loses here. SimpleSaver 12 advertises 6.0¢ at 1,000 kWh, the lowest of any plan, but this home would pay 18.8¢ per kWh on it: $477 more over the year than No Bull 12. It ranks #160 of 205.
Contracts under a year are ranked apart. Plans of 12 months or longer are ranked above, because they hold their price for the whole year. The cheapest shorter contract, Octo Simple 3 (3 months), would cost about $568 if its price held for 12 months, which it doesn’t promise to: $85 less than No Bull 12, and then a new price at the 3-month mark.
About 1,000 kWh a month, the level every plan advertises its price at. 12,000 kWh over the year, with a Corpus Christi, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley summer peak.
| Plan | Term | Advertised at 1,000 kWh | Real price | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No Bull 12 Energy Texas | 12 mo | 11.0¢ | 11.0¢ | $1,326 lowest |
Digital Choice 12 Rhythm | 12 mo | 11.0¢ | 11.0¢ | $1,326 +$0 |
 True Value 12 True Power | 12 mo | 11.1¢ | 11.1¢ | $1,336 +$10 |
The cheapest-looking plan loses here. SimpleSaver 12 advertises 6.0¢ at 1,000 kWh, the lowest of any plan, but this home would pay 14.3¢ per kWh on it: $394 more over the year than No Bull 12. It ranks #90 of 205.
Contracts under a year are ranked apart. Plans of 12 months or longer are ranked above, because they hold their price for the whole year. The cheapest shorter contract, SmartGreen 3 (3 months), would cost about $1,145 if its price held for 12 months, which it doesn’t promise to: $181 less than No Bull 12, and then a new price at the 3-month mark.
About 2,000 kWh a month: a big house, a pool pump, or electric heat. 23,999 kWh over the year, with a Corpus Christi, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley summer peak.
| Plan | Term | Advertised at 2,000 kWh | Real price | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
True Value 12 True Power | 12 mo | 11.0¢ | 11.0¢ | $2,633 lowest |
 No Gimmicks 12 Budget Power | 12 mo | 11.0¢ | 11.0¢ | $2,636 +$2 |
No Gimmicks 18 Budget Power | 18 mo | 11.0¢ | 11.0¢ | $2,636 +$2 |
The cheapest-looking plan loses here. SimpleSaver 12 advertises 6.0¢ at 1,000 kWh, the lowest of any plan, but this home would pay 13.1¢ per kWh on it: $518 more over the year than True Value 12. It ranks #62 of 205.
Contracts under a year are ranked apart. Plans of 12 months or longer are ranked above, because they hold their price for the whole year. The cheapest shorter contract, SmartGreen 3 (3 months), would cost about $2,191 if its price held for 12 months, which it doesn’t promise to: $442 less than True Value 12, and then a new price at the 3-month mark.
Estimates, as of November 2026. We simulate 12 monthly bills for each of the 263 plans we track from 40 providers, using each plan’s Electricity Facts Label and AEP Texas Central’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: 26 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 13 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.
The same plans and the same delivery charge apply at every address in Corpus Christi, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. Each city page prices them for that city.
40 providers, 263 fixed-rate plans we can price. The ones with the most plans here:
Every home on AEP Texas Central's lines pays the same delivery charge, whichever retail provider sells the electricity: $3.24 a month plus 5.6898¢ per kWh, as of September 29, 2026. That's about $31.69 in a 500 kWh month, $60.14 at 1,000 kWh and $117.04 at 2,000 kWh. The charge covers the poles, wires, meters and outage crews. Every price on WattaWatt includes it.
For a typical home using about 1,000 kWh a month, the cheapest plan that holds its price all year, as of November 2026, is No Bull 12 from Energy Texas: about $1,326 for the year, 11.0¢ per kWh with AEP Texas Central's delivery charges included, the lowest of 205 plans of 12 months or more. The order changes with how much you use and when, so price the plans on your own 12 months before choosing.
No. The delivery utility comes with the address: AEP Texas Central owns the lines where you live, and no retail provider can route around them. What you choose is the retail provider, the company that buys the electricity and sets the price for it. In AEP Texas Central's area that's 40 providers selling 263 fixed-rate plans we can price.
AEP Texas Central, not your retail provider. The provider sells you the electricity but has no trucks; AEP Texas Central owns the wires and sends the crews. Its outage number is printed on every bill and on its website, aeptexas.com. Report the outage there even if you have never dealt with AEP Texas Central directly.
Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend, Laredo, Victoria, and the Rio Grande Valley: McAllen, Harlingen, Edinburg, Mission and the towns between. We price the plans sold in Corpus Christi, Laredo, McAllen, Harlingen and Victoria; the same plans and delivery charge apply at every address on AEP Texas Central's lines. Utility borders don't follow city limits, so a neighboring town, or a few streets, can be on another utility's lines or on a co-op with no retail choice. Your bill names the delivery utility.
At least twice a year, usually around March 1 and September 1, when the Public Utility Commission approves its updated rates, with interim changes in other months. The current charge, $3.24 a month plus 5.6898¢ per kWh, took effect on September 29, 2026. A change applies to every plan at once, including fixed-rate plans already under contract: the energy charge is what's fixed, and the delivery charge passes through. We update every price on this site when it changes.
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