Texas · Electric cooperative · EIA data, final 2025
United Cooperative Services commercial electricity rates in Texas
What United Cooperative Services billed its commercial customers, year by year since 2015, with the average bill, the other customer classes, meters, reliability and territory. Official figures, and context for a bill rather than a quote.
United Cooperative Services billed its 17,437 commercial customers in Texas an average of 13.16¢ per kWh in 2025, 54% above the state’s commercial average of 8.56¢. The average customer used about 2,602 kWh a month and was billed about $342. It is an average over every size of customer, not a rate.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data) · 2026-10-29
- Average commercial price, 202513.16¢per kWh, all commercial customers
- vs Texas average+54%state commercial average 8.56¢
- Commercial customers17,43712th largest of 74 in Texas
- Average use2,602 kWha month per commercial customer
- Average bill$342a month per commercial customer
- Since 2015+67%from 7.90¢ per kWh
- Outages72 mina year per customer · US average 124
United Cooperative Services is an electric cooperative serving 14 counties in Texas. Among the 74 Texas utilities in EIA’s 2025 sales data with 500 or more commercial customers, it is the 12th largest, with about 1.1% of the state’s commercial customers. EIA lists it as United Electric Coop Service Inc.
United Cooperative Services commercial electricity prices, 2015 to 2025
In 2015 United Cooperative Services billed its commercial customers an average of 7.90¢ per kWh. In 2025 the figure was 13.16¢, so it rose 67% over 10 years. The average for all commercial customers in Texas rose 5.0% over the same period. The highest year was 2022, at 13.23¢. Between 2024 and 2025 it rose 6.0%.
| Year | Commercial customers | Average price per kWh | Texas average per kWh | Average use a month | Average bill a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17,437 | 13.16¢ | 8.56¢ | 2,602 kWh | $342 |
| 2024 | 17,201 | 12.41¢ | 8.55¢ | 2,623 kWh | $326 |
| 2023 | 16,040 | 12.73¢ | 8.82¢ | 2,842 kWh | $362 |
| 2022 | 15,577 | 13.23¢ | 9.05¢ | 2,910 kWh | $385 |
| 2021 | 14,849 | 9.07¢ | 8.72¢ | 2,737 kWh | $248 |
| 2020 | 14,115 | 8.26¢ | 7.60¢ | 2,789 kWh | $230 |
| 2019 | 13,673 | 8.26¢ | 8.06¢ | 2,972 kWh | $246 |
| 2018 | 13,388 | 8.17¢ | 8.16¢ | 3,226 kWh | $264 |
| 2017 | 12,769 | 8.39¢ | 8.26¢ | 3,031 kWh | $254 |
| 2016 | 12,319 | 8.08¢ | 8.26¢ | 3,157 kWh | $255 |
| 2015 | 12,159 | 7.90¢ | 8.15¢ | 3,358 kWh | $265 |
Average use and average bill are the utility’s commercial sales and revenue divided by its commercial customers and by twelve. The bill is an all-in figure: energy, delivery, demand and fixed charges together. A few very large customers pull both averages up, so most businesses use and pay less than the average.
Residential, commercial and industrial prices at United Cooperative Services
In 2025 the average commercial price at United Cooperative Services was 5.4% below the residential figure and 38% above the industrial one. Larger customers take power at a higher voltage and use it more steadily, so at most utilities the average falls from residential to commercial to industrial. Which class an account falls in is the utility’s decision, and the line between commercial and industrial is drawn differently from one utility to the next.
| Customer class | Customers | Sales (MWh) | Average price per kWh | Average use a month | Average bill a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 91,268 | 1,420,811 | 13.91¢ | 1,297 kWh | $180 |
| Commercial | 17,437 | 544,443 | 13.16¢ | 2,602 kWh | $342 |
| Industrial | 113 | 883,443 | 9.53¢ | 651,507 kWh | $62,119 |
How United Cooperative Services’ commercial rates are set
United Cooperative Services is a cooperative, owned by the members it serves. Its board sets its rates, and in some states the state commission reviews them as well. A commercial account is billed on a rate schedule, chosen by the size of the account and the voltage it takes power at, and a schedule usually combines a fixed monthly charge, a charge per kWh and, above a certain size, a demand charge on the highest rate of draw in the month. The schedule code is printed on the bill. What a business in Texas can and cannot choose is on the Texas page.
Meters, time-varying rates and net metering at United Cooperative Services
EIA counts 17,437 commercial meters at United Cooperative Services in 2025, and 17,437 of them (100%) are advanced meters (AMI), which record use at least hourly and report it to the utility at least daily. An advanced meter is what makes interval data possible, and interval data is what shows when a building’s peak demand happens.
At United Cooperative Services, 16 commercial customers were on a time-varying rate in 2025, about 0.1% of its commercial customers. A time-varying rate charges more in some hours than in others, so when a business uses power matters as well as how much. The kinds United Cooperative Services reports offering commercial customers are time-of-use pricing and critical peak pricing.
EIA records 59 commercial net-metered generating systems at United Cooperative Services in 2025, with 1.04 MW of capacity between them: about 3.4 for every 1,000 commercial customers. Net metering credits a customer for power its own system sends to the grid; the terms are in the utility’s tariff.
How reliable is United Cooperative Services’ electric service?
United Cooperative Services customers went without power for an average of 72 minutes in 2025, excluding major storms, with about 0.86 interruptions per customer. The average across U.S. utilities reporting the same way is 124 minutes. With major storms counted the figure was 122 minutes. These are averages over every customer of every class, so they describe the system and not any one street.
Where United Cooperative Services serves
EIA records United Cooperative Services serving customers in 14 Texas counties: Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Hamilton, Hood, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Somervell, Stephens, Tarrant, Young. A county can be shared between utilities, so this does not tell you who serves a given address. The utility that serves an address is the one named on its bill.
EIA lists ERCOT as its balancing authority. ERCOT is one of the organised wholesale markets, which run the grid and the wholesale power market across their area.
Other utilities in Texas
The average each billed its commercial customers in 2025. The Texas page has the state’s own figures and every utility with 500 or more commercial customers.
- Oncor Electric Delivery (3.90¢ delivery only)
- CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (3.84¢ delivery only)
- AEP Texas Central (3.62¢ delivery only)
- CPS Energy (10.09¢)
- Xcel Energy Texas (9.67¢)
- Entergy Texas (9.86¢)
- Austin Energy (10.96¢)
- Pedernales Electric Cooperative (10.41¢)
- Texas-New Mexico Power (2.18¢ delivery only)
- El Paso Electric (9.17¢)
- AEP Texas North (1.20¢ delivery only)
- SWEPCO (10.32¢)
- CoServ Electric (13.57¢)
- Tri-County Electric Cooperative (13.47¢)
- Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative (9.43¢)
- Magic Valley Electric Cooperative (11.29¢)
- Farmers Electric Cooperative (9.95¢)
- Lubbock Power & Light (5.01¢ delivery only)
- South Plains Electric Cooperative (10.39¢)
- Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (10.73¢)
- Comanche County Electric Cooperative (7.50¢)
- Bryan Texas Utilities (7.96¢)
What these figures can and cannot tell you
- They are averages over every commercial customer. A utility whose commercial customers are mostly large averages fewer cents per kWh than one serving mostly small shops, so a lower figure can mean larger customers and not a lower rate.
- They are not a rate schedule. None of these figures is a charge printed in United Cooperative Services’ tariff, and nothing here works out a bill from one. The tariff index lists the utilities whose filed schedules are quoted on this site.
- They are annual and final. EIA publishes utility figures once a year. The Texas page carries the state’s trailing 12 months, which is more recent and still preliminary.
For one building, the cost estimator gives a range by building type, size and state, and price by utility sets every utility side by side. Commercial vs residential vs industrial compares the classes in every state.
Data: every year of these figures, for this utility and every other with a page, is in one CSV, free to use with credit to the U.S. Energy Information Administration and this site. To cite this page: United Cooperative Services commercial electricity rates, CommercialElectricityRates.com, from EIA Form EIA-861 final 2025 data.
Common questions about United Cooperative Services
- What is the average commercial electricity rate at United Cooperative Services?
- United Cooperative Services billed its commercial customers in Texas an average of 13.16¢ per kWh in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That is 54% above the Texas commercial average of 8.56¢. It is the utility’s commercial revenue divided by its commercial sales, so it describes the whole class and is not the rate on any one schedule.
- How much is the average commercial electric bill at United Cooperative Services?
- About $342 a month in 2025, on average use of about 2,602 kWh a month. That is United Cooperative Services’ commercial revenue divided by its 17,437 commercial customers. A few very large accounts pull the average up, so most businesses pay less than this.
- Have United Cooperative Services’ commercial electricity rates gone up?
- The average United Cooperative Services billed commercial customers rose 67% between 2015 and 2025, from 7.90¢ to 13.16¢ per kWh. The Texas commercial average rose 5.0% over the same period.
- How reliable is United Cooperative Services’ electric service?
- United Cooperative Services customers averaged 72 minutes without power in 2025, excluding major storms, against a 124-minute average for U.S. utilities reporting the same way (EIA).
- Does United Cooperative Services use smart meters for businesses?
- EIA counts 17,437 advanced (AMI) meters among United Cooperative Services’ 17,437 commercial meters in 2025, which is 100%. An advanced meter records use at least hourly, which is what makes interval data and time-varying rates possible.
- Is this the rate my business will pay United Cooperative Services?
- No. It is an average over every commercial customer, from a corner shop to a campus. What one business pays depends on its rate schedule, how much it uses and how hard it draws at its peak. The schedule code is printed on the bill, and the schedule itself is in United Cooperative Services’ tariff.
A utility average cannot tell you whether your bill is right. The bill itself can, and it takes three numbers. Nobody calls unless you ask.