City
Houston (Center Point Energy) Dallas (Oncor) Corpus (AEP Texas Central) Abilene (AEP Texas North)
Brownsville
Average Lowest Highest Average Lowest Highest Average Lowest Highest Average Lowest Highest
500 kWh $43 $52 $66 $76 $60 $70 $61 $77 $66 $58 $73 $71 $60 $79 $65 $55 $74 NA NA NA NA
1,000 kWh 97 115 115 130 111 131 117 148 124 112 144 135 121 154 124 109 143 NA NA NA NA
1,500 kWh 151 178 164 183 165 195 173 220 184 164 214 201 179 230 184 162 213 NA NA NA NA
2,000 kWh 205 242 213 237 218 258 228 292 244 216 285 267 237 306 245 213 284 NA NA NA NA
Lowest priced offering within a usage category
Highest priced offering within a usage category
Source: See Table Notes on 47 and 48.
Reasonable efforts were made to insure the accuracy of the data included in the analysis, however, due to the volume of data and imperfect knowledge of the offerings, replication of these results may be problematic.
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Residential Electricity Bill Analysis for 2007 and 2008
Data presented on the PUCT’s website for residential electric service offers in 2007 and 2008 confirms that AE’s prices have historically been comparable to or in certain instances lower than the other utilities included in this analysis. The data used for 2007 and 2008 is limited and therefore fewer cities and metropolitan areas were evaluated for this part of the analysis. Table 6 displays monthly total electricity bill comparative pricing data for 2008, while Table 7 shows the same information for 2007.
The following is a summary of the results of this comparative study on pricing of residential electric service for the years of 2007 and 2008.
At the 500 kWh level of usage:
The total electricity bill for AE residential customers would have averaged $42 per month (or $504 per year) for 2008. This amount is similar to San Marcos ($44) and CPS Energy ($46) but substantially less than the lowest offerings by a REP in each of the four
territories (Abilene $61, Dallas $66, Houston $70, Corpus $71) included in this analysis.
AE residential customers enrolled in the GreenChoice®
The total electricity bill for AE residential customers would have averaged $40 per month (or $475 per year) for 2007, an amount equal to pricing from San Marcos and CPS
Energy, and generally $17 to $20 less than the best electricity price offer by an REP included in this analysis.
renewable energy program would have paid $42 per month in 2008 based on the weighted average batch cost in that year, while new enrollees would have paid an average of $51 per month based on the Batch 5 price. The lowest prices available from REPs would have been ranged from the
mid-$60’s to mid-$70’s for fixed priced renewable products.
AE GreenChoice®
At the 1,000 kWh level of usage:
renewable energy was favorably priced at $40 per month in 2007 based on the weighted average batch cost in that year. New enrollees would have paid an average of $41 per month based on the Batch 4 price. Both of these prices were at least 50% less than the fixed priced renewable products offered by REPs included in this analysis.
The total electricity bill for AE residential customers would have averaged $95 per month for 2008 and $90 per month in 2007. This amount was slightly above prices from CPS Energy and San Marcos in both years and above NBU’s monthly bill pricing in 2007.
However, it is at least 25% less than prices offered by the REPs included in this analysis.
The weighted average price of AE GreenChoice® renewable energy electricity bills would have been $96 for 2008 and $90 per month for 2007, which was favorable compared to the Houston ($133), Dallas ($128), Corpus Christi ($132) and Abilene ($137) electricity market prices in 2007. New enrollees would have paid an average of $113 per month in 2008 and $93 per month in 2007 based on Batch 5 and Batch 4 pricing, respectively.
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AE residential customer electricity bills would have averaged $148 per month for 2008 and $140 per month for 2007. This amount was above prices charged by CPS Energy, San Marcos, NBU, and BPUB, but at least 18% less than prices offered by REPs included in this analysis.
The weighted average cost of AE GreenChoice® renewable energy electricity bills would have been $149 per month for 2008 and $140 per month for 2007. New enrollees would have paid an average of $175 per month in 2008 and $145 per month in 2007 based on Batch 5 and Batch 4 pricing, respectively. AE’s GreenChoice®
At the 2,000 kWh level of usage:
monthly bill price was favorable compared to the Houston, Dallas, Corpus Christi and Abilene market prices where the lowest price offered for renewable energy averaged $191 for 2007 and $187 per month for 2008.
On average, monthly electricity bills for AE residential customers would have been $201 in 2008 and $191 in 2007, prices which were approximately $30 higher than CPS Energy, San Marcos, NBU, and PEC in 2007, but were at least 15% lower than competitive market offers in both years.
The weighted average AE GreenChoice® renewable energy electricity bills would have been $202 per month in 2008 and $191 per month in 2007, a price considerably below offers available in the four competitive market areas. Customers signing up for
GreenChoice® in 2008 would have paid a monthly average of $238, while new customers in 2007 would have paid an average of $198, based on Batch 5 and Batch 4 pricing, respectively.
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