Residential Electricity... Plain and simple.
NEC Co-op Energy · month to month · variable rate · CenterPoint Energy delivery area
At 1,000 kilowatt hours a month spread across a Texas year, this plan costs $1,972.05 over twelve months — an average of $164.34 a month, or 16.4¢ per kilowatt hour all in. That makes it the 160th cheapest of the 171 plans sold in CenterPoint Energy territory.
These figures are estimated. We could not read NEC Co-op Energy’s fact label cleanly enough to trust a line-by-line reconstruction, so the rate structure here is solved from the three prices Power to Choose publishes. It reproduces those three points exactly but may miss a condition that only bites at other usage levels. Read the label yourself.
Cost at your usage
1,000 kWh a month on average
A year on this plan
$1,972.05
$164.34 a month · 16.4¢ per kWh
advertised16.5¢better for you16.4¢
- Charges $12.67 every month before you use any electricity.
- The rate is variable, so this price is only what they charge this month.
- We could not read this plan’s fact label cleanly, so these numbers are reconstructed from its three published prices.
your most expensive month
| Energy charge · 1,600 kWh × 15.1667¢ | $242.67 |
|---|---|
| Base charge · every month regardless of usage | $12.67 |
| CenterPoint delivery · included in the energy charge | $0 |
| What you would actually pay | $255.34 |
Every month at 1,000 kWh
| Month | Estimated bill | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | $130.97 | |
| Feb | $118.84 | |
| Mar | $115.80 | |
| Apr | $118.84 | |
| May | $146.14 | |
| Jun | $203.77 | |
| Jul | $255.34 | |
| Aug | $255.34 | |
| Sep | $209.84 | |
| Oct | $152.20 | |
| Nov | $124.90 | |
| Dec | $140.07 |
The published comparison points
Checking our arithmetic against theirs
Power to Choose makes every retailer publish an average price at exactly 500, 1,000 and 2,000 kilowatt hours a month. Those are the three numbers we recompute from the fact label; when ours land on theirs we know we have read the label correctly. They assume flat usage every month, which is why they differ from the seasonal figures above.
| Usage | They advertise | We compute | Monthly bill | A year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 kWh a month | 17.7¢ | 17.7¢ | $88.50 | $1,062 |
| 1,000 kWh a month | 16.5¢ | 16.4¢ | $164.34 | $1,972.08 |
| 2,000 kWh a month | 15.8¢ | 15.8¢ | $316 | $3,792 |
What is actually in this plan
The fine print, in plain English
- Base charge
- $12.67 every month before you use any electricity at all. Over a year that is $152.04.
- Energy charge
- 15.167¢ per kilowatt hour, the same at any usage.
- Bill credits
- None. Nothing to qualify for and nothing to lose.
- Minimum usage fee
- None.
- CenterPoint delivery charges
- Included in the energy charge above. CenterPoint still charges roughly $4.67 a month plus 5.1567¢ per kWh; the retailer has folded it in rather than billing it separately.
- Early termination fee
- None — this is a month-to-month plan.
- Notes from the label
- host returned 403 reconstructed as a flat-rate plan
The alternatives
Five plans that cost less than this one
Same territory, same 1,000 kWh a month, same method.
- #1Bright Nights 6 — CHARIOT ENERGY$101.34/mosaves $756 a year
- #2September Savin' 6 — Energy Texas$101.37/mosaves $755.63 a year
- #3Simply September 6 — RHYTHM$101.37/mosaves $755.63 a year
- #4True Value 10 — TRUE POWER$102.34/mosaves $744 a year
- #5Bright Nights 10 — CHARIOT ENERGY$102.34/mosaves $744 a year
One month, itemised
August on this plan
The hottest month, at 1,000 kWh a month average. Every line here comes from the fact label or the CenterPoint tariff.
| Energy charge · 1,600 kWh × 15.1667¢ | $242.67 |
|---|---|
| Base charge · every month regardless of usage | $12.67 |
| CenterPoint delivery · included in the energy charge | $0 |
| What you would actually pay | $255.34 |
Figures computed August 7, 2026 from the plan’s own Electricity Facts Label and published CenterPoint Energy delivery charges. We are not the retailer and cannot sell you electricity; confirm the rate on the label before you sign anything. How we count.