Sustainable Home Bundle - 5
TARA ENERGY · 5-month contract · fixed rate · Texas-New Mexico Power delivery area
At 1,000 kilowatt hours a month spread across a Texas year, this plan costs $1,464 over twelve months — an average of $122 a month, or 12.2¢ per kilowatt hour all in. That makes it the 11th cheapest of the 166 plans sold in Texas-New Mexico Power territory.
These figures are estimated. We could not read TARA 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
$1,464
$122 a month · 12.2¢ per kWh
advertised12.2¢and that is what it works out to
- Charges $12 every month before you use any electricity.
- 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 × 11¢ | $176 |
|---|---|
| Base charge · every month regardless of usage | $12 |
| TNMP delivery · included in the energy charge | $0 |
| What you would actually pay | $188 |
Every month at 1,000 kWh
| Month | Estimated bill | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | $97.80 | |
| Feb | $89 | |
| Mar | $86.80 | |
| Apr | $89 | |
| May | $108.80 | |
| Jun | $150.60 | |
| Jul | $188 | |
| Aug | $188 | |
| Sep | $155 | |
| Oct | $113.20 | |
| Nov | $93.40 | |
| Dec | $104.40 |
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 | 13.4¢ | 13.4¢ | $67 | $804 |
| 1,000 kWh a month | 12.2¢ | 12.2¢ | $122 | $1,464 |
| 2,000 kWh a month | 11.6¢ | 11.6¢ | $232 | $2,784 |
What is actually in this plan
The fine print, in plain English
- Base charge
- $12 every month before you use any electricity at all. Over a year that is $144.
- Energy charge
- 11.000¢ per kilowatt hour, the same at any usage.
- Bill credits
- None. Nothing to qualify for and nothing to lose.
- Minimum usage fee
- None.
- TNMP delivery charges
- Included in the energy charge above. TNMP still charges roughly $8 a month plus 6.4300¢ per kWh; the retailer has folded it in rather than billing it separately.
- Early termination fee
- $175 if you leave before the end of the 5-month term. Worth comparing against what you would save by switching.
- Notes from the label
- fact label was read but did not reproduce the published prices 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.
- #1No Gimmicks 11 — Budget Power$120.15/mosaves $22.18 a year
- #2September Savin' 6 — Energy Texas$120.28/mosaves $20.62 a year
- #3Simply September 6 — RHYTHM$120.28/mosaves $20.62 a year
- #4Bright Nights 6 — CHARIOT ENERGY$121/mosaves $12 a year
- #5Bright Nights 12 — CHARIOT ENERGY$122/mocosts $0 more
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 TNMP tariff.
| Energy charge · 1,600 kWh × 11¢ | $176 |
|---|---|
| Base charge · every month regardless of usage | $12 |
| TNMP delivery · included in the energy charge | $0 |
| What you would actually pay | $188 |
Figures computed August 7, 2026 from the plan’s own Electricity Facts Label and published Texas-New Mexico Power 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.