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Denton County Elec Coop, Inc
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc served 310,805 residential customers in Texas in 2025 (2.4% of the state's residential customers), the 11th largest of 143 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: cooperative; balancing authority ERCO.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Denton County Elec Coop, Inc's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,192 kWh
- At 13.18¢/kWh
- $157
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 13.18¢ sits.
Denton County Elec Coop, Inc averaged 13.18¢ per kWh against a Texas residential average of 15.47¢: 14.8% below the state figure. Among the 62 cooperative utilities in Texas with bundled residential sales, it ranks 28th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Denton County Elec Coop, Inc home used 1,264 kWh a month at 9.8¢ and paid $124. In 2025 it used 1,192 kWh at 13.18¢ and paid $157: the price per kWh is up 34.5%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 9.8 | 13.18 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,264 | 1,192 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 123.83 | 157.07 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 310,805 | 4,445,321 | 13.18 |
| Commercial | 23,030 | 676,226 | 13.57 |
| Industrial | 3,180 | 1,591,178 | 10.87 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 66.2% of the electricity Denton County Elec Coop, Inc sold in Texas in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
9,170 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 9,170installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 92.1 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 29.5installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
6 counties.
CollinCookeDentonGraysonTarrantWise
Counties in Texas where Denton County Elec Coop, Inc reported serving customers in 2025 (6 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 5078
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 13.18 | ¢/kWh |
| Texas average price | 15.47 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | -14.8 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 34.5 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,192 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 157.07 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 310,805 | accounts |
| Share of TX residential customers | 2.4 | % |
| Size rank in TX | 11 of 143 | by customers |
| Price rank, cooperative peers | 28 of 62 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
8 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 2more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 1price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $15US dollars per month
- Median flat energy rate
- 11.97¢cents per kWh, one period and one tier
Active residential plans: not ended, started within the last 5 years, latest version of each plan name. Time-of-use means more than one energy period within a single month; plans whose price changes only by season are counted as seasonal.
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