Electric utilities serving Smith County, Texas
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
Smith County, Texas, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 5 utilities for 2024; Southwestern Electric Power Co, Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp and Wood County Electric Coop, Inc are the largest by residential customers statewide.
Their average residential prices ran from 12.03¢ to 14.92¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 12.62¢, against a Texas average of 14.94¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Texas customers, not for this county alone.
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC lists the county too but reported no residential sales in Texas under its own name: in the competitive part of Texas the distribution company delivers the power while retail electric providers bill the customer, and EIA does not publish those providers' customers by county.
The median SAIDI they reported was 1,362.3 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Texas utilities reporting was 200.2.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 252,549. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole Texas operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.
Utilities and their 2024 figures
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Electric Power Co | Investor-owned | 156,271 | 12.03¢ | $127.24 | 1,057.2 | 234.8 |
| Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp | Cooperative | 44,415 | 12.40¢ | $145.98 | 1,382.1 | 1,248.6 |
| Wood County Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 35,793 | 12.83¢ | $137.78 | 1,362.3 | 1,051.9 |
| Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn | Cooperative | 22,026 | 14.92¢ | $161.73 | 2,704.0 | 631.2 |
| Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | Investor-owned | — | — | — | 532.5 | 67.3 |
Ordered by residential customers in Texas. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.
Against the state and the country
| Measure, 2024 | Utilities listing Smith County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 12.62¢ median | 14.94¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $141.88 median | $163.72 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 1,362.3 median | 200.2 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 631.2 median | 165.5 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 5 | 140 | 1,413 |
Outage minutes reported
SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Smith County itself.
Population: 252,549 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 5,205 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other Texas counties
- San Saba County 5
- Schleicher County 3
- Scurry County 2
- Shackelford County 6
- Shelby County 4
- Sherman County 3
- Somervell County 3
- Starr County 3
- Stephens County 6
- Sterling County 3
- Stonewall County 4
- Sutton County 3
All 254 counties and every Texas utility
Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Smith County?
Southwestern Electric Power Co, Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp, Wood County Electric Coop, Inc, Cherokee County Elec Coop Assn and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.
What is the electricity price in Smith County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 12.03¢ to 14.92¢ per kilowatthour across their Texas customers in 2024; the state average was 14.94¢.
How reliable is power in Smith County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 1,362.3 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 631.2 minutes excluding them.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.