Electricity in Rio Vista, Texas at 500 kWh a month
Rio Vista is served by Texas-New Mexico Power, which means 166 competitive plans are available to your address and every one of them carries the same Texas-New Mexico Power delivery charges. At 500 kilowatt hours a month, the cheapest of them costs $61.64 a month and the most expensive costs $140 — a difference of $940.32 over a year for identical electricity delivered down identical wires.
- plans available
- 166
- cheapest year
- $739.68
- middle of the market
- $888.03
- with conditions attached
- 76 of 166
The ten cheapest plans in Rio Vista right now
Ranked by what twelve months actually cost at 500 kWh a month, not by advertised rate. The gap between those two orderings is the whole reason this list exists.
| # | Plan | Advertised | Really | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September Savin' 6Energy Texas · 6 months · 100% renewableThe $5 credit depends on staying on autopay and paperless billing; miss it once and the bill jumps. | 12.0¢ | 12.3¢ | $61.64 | $739.68 |
| 2 | Simply September 6RHYTHM · 6 months · 100% renewableThe $5 credit depends on staying on autopay and paperless billing; miss it once and the bill jumps. | 12.0¢ | 12.3¢ | $61.64 | $739.68 |
| 3 | Digital Choice 12RHYTHM · 12 months · 100% renewableThe $5 credit depends on staying on autopay and paperless billing; miss it once and the bill jumps. | 12.2¢ | 12.5¢ | $62.64 | $751.68 |
| 4 | No Bull 12Energy Texas · 12 months · 100% renewableThe $5 credit depends on staying on autopay and paperless billing; miss it once and the bill jumps. | 12.2¢ | 12.5¢ | $62.64 | $751.68 |
| 5 | No Gimmicks 11Budget Power · 11 months | 12.0¢ | 12.8¢ | $64.08 | $768.90 |
| 6 | True Value 11TRUE POWER · 11 months | 12.2¢ | 13.0¢ | $65.05 | $780.61 |
| 7 | True Value 12TRUE POWER · 12 months | 12.2¢ | 13.0¢ | $65.05 | $780.61 |
| 8 | TrueClassic 11AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC · 11 months | 12.3¢ | 13.1¢ | $65.40 | $784.74 |
| 9 | True Value 10TRUE POWER · 10 months | 12.3¢ | 13.1¢ | $65.55 | $786.61 |
| 10 | No Gimmicks 12Budget Power · 12 months | 12.3¢ | 13.1¢ | $65.58 | $786.90 |
The cheapest plan in Rio Vista, itemised
Where the money actually goes
| Energy charge · 800 kWh × 5.298¢ | $42.38 |
|---|---|
| TNMP delivery · 800 kWh × 6.43¢ | $51.44 |
| TNMP delivery · monthly fee | $8 |
| Bill credit · conditional | −$5 |
| What you would actually pay | $96.82 |
advertised12.0¢really12.3¢
Energy Texas advertises 12.0¢ per kilowatt hour for September Savin' 6. In August, when a Rio Vista house is running its air conditioning hardest, that becomes a $96.82 bill. Across the year it averages 12.3¢, because Texas-New Mexico Power charges $51.44 to deliver it and the retailer’s own monthly charge does not care how much you use.
- The $5 credit depends on staying on autopay and paperless billing; miss it once and the bill jumps.
Questions people in Rio Vista ask
- What is the cheapest electricity plan in Rio Vista?
- At 500 kilowatt hours a month, the cheapest plan whose fact label we have read in full in Rio Vista is September Savin' 6 from Energy Texas, at $739.68 over twelve months — an average of $61.64 a month, or 12.3¢ per kilowatt hour once Texas-New Mexico Power delivery charges and everything in the fact label are counted.
- Is the plan with the lowest advertised rate the cheapest?
- The plan with the lowest advertised rate among the labels we have read in full in Rio Vista is SimpleSaver 12 from AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC at 8.2¢, but priced properly it ranks 159 of 166 and costs $549.06 a year more than September Savin' 6.
- How much does the choice actually matter in Rio Vista?
- $940.32 a year between the cheapest and most expensive plan on the same usage. That is the same electricity, delivered by Texas-New Mexico Power down the same wires, metered by the same meter. The only thing that differs is the contract.
- Why is my bill higher than the advertised rate suggests?
- Three reasons, in order of size. Texas-New Mexico Power charges a fixed amount every month plus a rate per kilowatt hour to deliver electricity to your house, and that lands on your bill whichever retailer you pick. Many plans add their own monthly base charge on top. And plans that advertise a low rate often do it with a bill credit that only pays out above a usage threshold, so a mild month misses it entirely and the effective rate that month is far higher than advertised.
- Can I switch if I rent in Rio Vista?
- Yes, as long as the electricity account is in your name, which it usually is for a house or a small building. Your landlord does not choose your retailer. Nothing physical changes when you switch — no engineer visit, no interruption — because Texas-New Mexico Power keeps delivering the electricity either way. Only the company billing you changes.
- Should I take a twelve-month contract or stay month to month?
- In Rio Vista today the cheapest twelve-month plan works out to $62.64 a month and the cheapest month-to-month plan to $69.22. Locking in saves $78.90 a year at this usage, and month-to-month rates are variable, meaning they can rise without your agreement.
- Which plan is cheapest with no conditions attached?
- No Gimmicks 11 from Budget Power, at $64.08 a month. It has no bill-credit threshold to clear, no minimum-usage fee and no free-hours arithmetic — the rate is the rate. That costs $29.22 a year more than the cheapest fully-read plan, which is a fair price for not having to think about it.
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24 of the 166 plans sold in Rio Vista use a bill credit to make their advertised price look smaller, which is why we price every month separately. How we count.