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Smart Prepaid Electric

Smart Prepaid Electric served 85 residential customers in Texas in 2025 (under 0.1% of the state's residential customers), the 140th 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 Smart Prepaid Electric's average residential use through a five-dial register.

Day 30 of 30
Used so far
806 kWh
At 17.51¢/kWh
$141
An average 2025 month: 806 kWh at 17.51¢ comes to about $141, the average bill. Use is spread evenly over 30 days for the picture.

Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh

Where 17.51¢ sits.

Smart Prepaid Electric averaged 17.51¢ per kWh against a Texas residential average of 15.4¢: 13.7% above the state figure. Among the 62 retail power marketer utilities in Texas with bundled residential sales, it ranks 50th from the lowest price.

2020 and 2025EIA-861

Five years, same meter.

In 2020 the average Smart Prepaid Electric home used 815 kWh a month at 15.24¢ and paid $124. In 2025 it used 806 kWh at 17.51¢ and paid $141: the price per kWh is up 14.9%.

Smart Prepaid Electric, Texas, residential averages, 2020 and 2025
Measure20202025
Price, ¢/kWh15.2417.51
Use, kWh a month815806
Bill, US$ a month124.18141.08
Smart Prepaid Electric customers and sales by class in Texas, 2025, EIA-861 (bundled service (retail power marketer))
ClassCustomersMWh sold¢/kWh
Residential8582217.51

Who else is on the line

Homes are one class.

Homes took 100.0% of the electricity Smart Prepaid Electric sold in Texas in 2025.

EIA-8612025Utility 56734

The filing, line by line.

Smart Prepaid Electric, Texas, residential class, 2025. Price basis: revenue divided by kWh sold, all residential customers.
MeasureValueUnit
Average price17.51¢/kWh
Texas average price15.4¢/kWh
Difference from state average13.7%
Price change over 5 years14.9%
Typical monthly use806kWh
Typical monthly bill141.08US$
Residential customers85accounts
Share of TX residential customers0.0%
Size rank in TX140 of 143by customers
Price rank, retail power marketer peers50 of 621 = lowest

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  • Class-wide averages, not a quote or a bill for any one customer.
  • Plan data comes from a public, crowd-maintained database and can be out of date.
  • All prices on this site are in cents per kWh unless marked otherwise. Bills are US dollars per month.

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