How many electric cooperatives are in Texas?

67 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail electricity sales to customers in Texas in 2024, according to EIA. The largest is Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc, with 457,598 customers.

How many municipal and public power utilities are in Texas?

72 — 71 municipal utilities, 1 state-owned utility — reported bundled retail sales in Texas in 2024. The largest is City of San Antonio, with 962,272 customers.

How do public power utilities and co-ops in Texas buy?

Municipal utilities and public utility districts are local government entities, so they generally follow Texas's public procurement laws, with purchases approved by a city council or utility board. Electric co-ops are private, member-owned nonprofits that set their own purchasing policies, though projects financed through USDA's Rural Utilities Service follow its rules. See how utilities buy.

Where does this data come from?

From the U.S. Energy Information Administration's table "2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total" (Table 10), based on forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S. It counts customers who buy both electricity and delivery from the utility.

Texas Public Power & Electric Co-ops: Full List

Key takeaways

139 community-owned utilities: 71 municipal utilities, 1 state-owned utility and 67 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail sales in Texas in 2024.
Together they served 5,118,264 of the state's 14,480,392 bundled retail customers (35%); retail energy providers served most of the rest.
The largest public power utility is City of San Antonio, with 962,272 customers.
The largest electric co-op is Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc, with 457,598 customers.

Every public power utility and co-op in Texas

Ranked by bundled retail customers in 2024, with retail sales in megawatt-hours and average price in cents per kilowatt-hour. Names are as EIA abbreviates them. Filter by type or search.

Showing all 139 utilities

#	Utility	Type	Customers	Sales, MWh	Avg. price
1	City of San Antonio	Municipal	962,272	25,254,756	11.08¢
2	Austin Energy	Municipal	562,004	14,200,574	10.39¢
3	Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	457,598	7,928,484	12.07¢
4	Denton County Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	323,783	6,526,655	13.26¢
5	Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	145,755	2,859,667	9.88¢
6	Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX)	Cooperative	139,316	3,271,958	12.12¢
7	Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	133,219	4,093,075	8.63¢
8	United Electric Coop Service Inc	Cooperative	105,631	2,759,009	11.76¢
9	Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	103,781	2,910,197	9.38¢
10	Farmers Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	100,359	1,698,287	10.82¢
11	Grayson-Collin Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	95,519	1,530,631	16.08¢
12	Sam Houston Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	93,486	1,850,194	11.62¢
13	Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	88,305	1,535,799	10.86¢
14	City of Garland	Municipal	76,337	2,038,283	11.97¢
15	South Plains Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	75,401	1,751,518	9.43¢
16	City of Bryan	Municipal	68,685	1,615,655	10.29¢
17	City of Denton	Municipal	66,609	2,562,612	7.76¢
18	City of New Braunfels	Municipal	60,463	1,745,413	11.56¢
19	Brownsville Public Utilities Board	Municipal	54,712	1,330,504	12.72¢
20	Nueces Electric Cooperative	Cooperative	52,603	860,329	10.55¢
21	Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp	Cooperative	50,836	924,584	11.67¢
22	Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	47,593	865,565	9.62¢
23	City of College Station	Municipal	47,049	936,424	13.82¢
24	Deep East Texas Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	45,353	824,183	11.80¢
25	Bandera Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	42,023	706,377	11.79¢
26	Wood County Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	41,529	755,648	11.32¢
27	Mid-South Electric Coop Assn	Cooperative	41,331	1,022,062	12.58¢
28	Bowie-Cass Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	39,832	627,802	12.21¢
29	Medina Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	37,645	1,585,750	9.21¢
30	HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc.	Cooperative	35,322	655,216	14.74¢
31	City of Georgetown	Municipal	33,066	790,938	12.35¢
32	San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	32,863	798,505	12.31¢
33	Wise Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	26,734	754,642	13.21¢
34	City of San Marcos	Municipal	26,024	645,258	11.05¢
35	Victoria Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	24,936	624,894	10.37¢
36	Heart of Texas Electric Coop	Cooperative	24,740	635,975	10.50¢
37	Kerrville Public Utility Board	Municipal	24,387	508,316	8.51¢
38	Jasper-Newton Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	23,920	455,546	11.85¢
39	Lyntegar Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	23,882	906,100	8.00¢
40	Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn	Cooperative	23,768	469,613	12.37¢
41	Rusk County Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	23,620	501,159	11.78¢
42	Karnes Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	23,149	1,501,905	8.05¢
43	Houston County Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	22,901	409,432	13.21¢
44	Navasota Valley Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	21,615	409,506	14.01¢
45	Taylor Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	21,478	575,297	10.69¢
46	Hamilton County Elec Coop Assn	Cooperative	20,392	262,194	13.59¢
47	Navarro County Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	20,262	564,012	11.32¢
48	Comanche County Elec Coop Assn	Cooperative	18,152	577,667	8.27¢
49	Cooke County Elec Coop Assn	Cooperative	17,997	397,958	12.55¢
50	City of Floresville	Municipal	17,915	388,251	12.56¢
51	City of Greenville	Municipal	17,439	541,281	11.80¢
52	Jackson Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	17,402	981,899	7.61¢
53	Weatherford Mun Utility System	Municipal	16,967	425,888	11.88¢
54	Fayette Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	16,230	363,264	10.68¢
55	Concho Valley Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	16,114	596,603	7.52¢
56	Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	15,312	808,876	6.82¢
57	Bartlett Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	15,253	247,419	16.21¢
58	Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	14,250	578,292	12.61¢
59	Lamar County Elec Coop Assn	Cooperative	14,013	294,813	12.67¢
60	Big Country Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	13,596	354,958	10.74¢
61	San Patricio Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	12,522	251,407	12.44¢
62	Fannin County Electric Coop	Cooperative	12,172	222,565	14.57¢
63	Lamb County Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	11,634	366,902	7.93¢
64	Panola-Harrison Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	11,319	235,885	9.07¢
65	City of Seguin	Municipal	9,970	353,465	9.53¢
66	Southwest Texas Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	9,904	311,739	9.01¢
67	Lighthouse Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	9,500	619,006	6.19¢
68	Bailey County Elec Coop Assn	Cooperative	9,131	342,318	7.70¢
69	Coleman County Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	9,112	251,776	6.36¢
70	Swisher Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	7,898	162,454	10.15¢
71	City of Brenham	Municipal	7,442	273,210	8.95¢
72	North Plains Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	7,203	416,788	7.49¢
73	Wharton County Elec Coop, Inc	Cooperative	6,673	246,749	10.67¢
74	City of Boerne	Municipal	6,542	156,312	14.11¢
75	Fort Belknap Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	6,232	124,672	13.69¢
76	City of Lockhart	Municipal	6,177	118,031	11.11¢
77	J-A-C Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	5,992	102,233	16.01¢
78	City of Fredericksburg	Municipal	5,954	136,594	9.69¢
79	Greenbelt Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	5,663	209,203	10.13¢
80	City of Lubbock	Municipal	5,614	590,007	11.79¢
81	Lea County Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	5,309	634,372	7.61¢
82	City of Jasper	Municipal	5,273	93,764	8.14¢
83	City of Lampasas	Municipal	4,699	105,608	11.47¢
84	City of Robstown	Municipal	4,530	90,520	11.02¢
85	City of Brownfield	Municipal	4,149	63,144	14.75¢
86	City of Cuero	Municipal	3,795	95,935	11.86¢
87	City of Granbury	Municipal	3,652	92,550	14.01¢
88	City of Liberty	Municipal	3,629	112,604	9.24¢
89	Southwest Rural Elec Assn Inc	Cooperative	3,377	79,383	11.93¢
90	City of Burnet	Municipal	3,361	87,799	12.23¢
91	City of Livingston	Municipal	3,350	80,225	11.81¢
92	City of La Grange	Municipal	3,197	64,179	9.68¢
93	City of Bowie	Municipal	3,165	71,230	11.75¢
94	City of Yoakum	Municipal	3,078	88,238	10.88¢
95	City of Hondo	Municipal	3,068	78,762	13.77¢
96	City of Brady	Municipal	3,028	54,667	14.02¢
97	City of Gonzales	Municipal	2,996	88,345	10.55¢
98	City of Bastrop	Municipal	2,943	78,341	11.53¢
99	City of Luling	Municipal	2,883	57,189	13.27¢
100	City of Giddings	Municipal	2,856	53,217	12.05¢
101	City of Hempstead	Municipal	2,698	66,719	9.96¢
102	City of Sanger	Municipal	2,621	79,019	10.97¢
103	City of Bellville	Municipal	2,617	58,641	10.53¢
104	City of Hearne	Municipal	2,493	51,439	10.96¢
105	City of Coleman	Municipal	2,431	36,692	13.07¢
106	City of Seymour	Municipal	2,369	20,256	16.80¢
107	City of Bridgeport	Municipal	2,344	54,360	13.62¢
108	City of Smithville	Municipal	2,330	39,808	13.53¢
109	City of Whitesboro	Municipal	2,298	38,989	14.00¢
110	City of Caldwell	Municipal	2,227	57,574	12.11¢
111	City of Llano	Municipal	2,075	44,084	11.38¢
112	City of San Saba	Municipal	1,900	38,592	4.82¢
113	City of Schulenburg	Municipal	1,895	65,807	12.69¢
114	Rita Blanca Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	1,787	1,013,422	5.84¢
115	City of Castroville	Municipal	1,712	29,701	11.95¢
116	City of Tulia	Municipal	1,703	31,959	10.92¢
117	City of Hallettsville	Municipal	1,649	37,689	12.13¢
118	City of Farmersville	Municipal	1,593	30,755	14.40¢
119	City of Mason	Municipal	1,477	26,793	13.60¢
120	City of Goldthwaite	Municipal	1,334	21,623	13.33¢
121	City of Shiner	Municipal	1,237	40,931	10.63¢
122	City of Floydada	Municipal	1,223	15,657	13.96¢
123	City of Weimar	Municipal	1,207	31,792	13.32¢
124	City of Electra	Municipal	1,201	19,506	15.39¢
125	Southwest Arkansas E C C	Cooperative	1,166	21,674	12.51¢
126	City of Flatonia	Municipal	1,163	26,392	15.25¢
127	City of San Augustine	Municipal	1,074	20,318	16.41¢
128	Kirbyville Light & Power Co	Municipal	1,060	21,300	13.61¢
129	City of Newton	Municipal	1,045	19,560	13.32¢
130	City of Hemphill	Municipal	784	16,086	14.81¢
131	City of Bartlett	Municipal	686	9,832	14.66¢
132	City of Timpson	Municipal	672	14,034	11.89¢
133	City of Lexington	Municipal	659	12,625	11.08¢
134	City of Moulton	Municipal	625	10,867	13.00¢
135	Harmon Electric Assn Inc	Cooperative	491	5,827	18.30¢
136	Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (OK)	Cooperative	415	76,868	6.30¢
137	City of Goldsmith	Municipal	222	4,787	12.53¢
138	Texas A&M, Utilities & Energy Services	State-owned	43	55,537	8.67¢
139	Southwestern Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	18	321	17.13¢

Public power vs. co-ops in Texas

Public power utilities — municipal utilities, public utility districts and state-owned utilities — are owned by the communities they serve and governed by a city council or elected board. They buy much like local governments: through public bids, board approvals and published budgets.
Electric cooperatives are private, not-for-profit utilities owned by their members, who elect the board. Most buy power from a generation and transmission (G&T) co-op and make purchasing decisions through their own policies, often faster than public agencies.

Both publish their plans: watch board and council agendas, budgets, capital improvement plans and rate filings. Our utility funding tracker and rate case & IRP tracker show where the money is coming from.

Selling to Texas utilities

Start with the right person. Line, engineering, metering, IT and member-services managers usually define the need; the general manager or CEO and the board approve large purchases.
Use the networks. State public power and cooperative associations, joint action agencies and G&T co-ops shape purchasing and share vendor experiences.
Expect small teams. Many of the utilities on this list have only a handful of staff, so phone outreach and a clear reason to talk matter.

Read our guide to how public power, co-ops and water utilities buy, or see the largest public power utilities and largest electric co-ops nationally.

About this data

Source. EIA's "2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total" (Table 10), from forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S. Average price is EIA's revenue divided by sales.
Bundled customers only. The table counts customers who buy both energy and delivery from the utility, so it excludes distribution-only utilities and customers who buy energy from another supplier in retail-choice areas.
Community-owned utilities only. This page lists municipal, public utility district, state-owned and cooperative utilities. Investor-owned and federal utilities are left out.

Sources

U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total (Table 10): eia.gov

Public power utilities and electric co-ops in Texas.