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Reliant Energy Retail Services
Reliant Energy Retail Services served 1,545,510 residential customers in Texas in 2025 (12.1% of the state's residential customers), the 1st largest of 143 utilities reporting there. Bundled service (retail power marketer); ownership: retail power marketer; balancing authority ERCO.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Reliant Energy Retail Services's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 1,038 kWh
- At 18.38¢/kWh
- $191
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 18.38¢ sits.
Reliant Energy Retail Services averaged 18.38¢ per kWh against a Texas residential average of 15.47¢: 18.8% above the state figure. Among the 62 retail power marketer utilities in Texas with bundled residential sales, it ranks 54th from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Reliant Energy Retail Services home used 1,093 kWh a month at 13.94¢ and paid $152. In 2025 it used 1,038 kWh at 18.38¢ and paid $191: the price per kWh is up 31.9%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 13.94 | 18.38 |
| Use, kWh a month | 1,093 | 1,038 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 152.27 | 190.67 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 1,545,510 | 19,243,783 | 18.38 |
| Commercial | 99,315 | 4,356,949 | 14.04 |
| Industrial | 1,541 | 20,254,244 | 7.04 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 43.9% of the electricity Reliant Energy Retail Services sold in Texas in 2025.
EIA-8612025Utility 15847
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 18.38 | ¢/kWh |
| Texas average price | 15.47 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 18.8 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 31.9 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 1,038 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 190.67 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 1,545,510 | accounts |
| Share of TX residential customers | 12.1 | % |
| Size rank in TX | 1 of 143 | by customers |
| Price rank, retail power marketer peers | 54 of 62 | 1 = lowest |
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