TX Residential Customer Counts & Average Price

How to Read This Chart

This line chart shows Texas residential electricity customer counts over time, with data plotted from the mid-2010s through the most recent reporting period. Each point represents the total number of residential customers served in Texas at that point in time, and the connected line shows how the customer base has changed year over year. The horizontal axis shows the reporting year, while the vertical axis shows the number of residential customers. Upward movement indicates growth in the residential customer base, while short-term dips or plateaus reflect periods of slower growth or temporary disruption.

Why This Matters

Residential customer counts provide a direct measure of market growth, population change, and housing development in Texas. Steady long-term increases reflect sustained population growth and continued expansion of the state’s electric system, while short-term deviations can coincide with economic slowdowns, extreme weather events, or market disruptions. Understanding customer growth is critical for grid planning, retail market oversight, and infrastructure investment. For policymakers, utilities, and regulators, this data helps anticipate future demand, ensure adequate capacity, and evaluate how retail competition is serving a growing customer base. For consumers and researchers, it offers context for trends in pricing, reliability, and market scale across Texas.

Key Insights

The following highlights are derived directly from the most recent available data in this dataset using standardized calculations. Metrics reflect aggregate residential customer participation in the Texas electricity market and are computed from the underlying monthly time series. Unless otherwise noted, comparisons are based on the most recent complete reporting month and the prior month. These highlights provide a concise snapshot of recent changes in residential customer counts.

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