City of New Braunfels electricity: 60,463 accounts in Texas, SAIDI 43

In Texas, City of New Braunfels bills 60,463 accounts, 89.3% residential, as an municipal utility. Its home price moved +63.1% from 2015 to 2024, 33.9 points faster than Texas.

City of New Braunfels: 1,054 kWh a month costs roughly $139 in energy at 13.18 ¢/kWh, -11.8% on the Texas average of 14.94 ¢.

Its home price moved +63.1% from 2015 to 2024, 33.9 points faster than Texas.

City of New Braunfels: price path since 2015

Home price since 2015: +63.1%Texas +29.2%, a gap of +33.9 points

The record that sets City of New Braunfels apart is the path of its home price: 8.08 ¢ in 2015, 13.18 ¢ in 2024. That is +63.1%, while the Texas average went +29.2%, so this utility climbed faster by 33.9 points.

Among Texas utilities with 20,000+ homes it stood 1st cheapest of 54 in 2015 and is 31st of 71 in 2024, so it fell down the list.

How it compares

City of New Braunfels
City of New Braunfels, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
City of New Braunfels	13.18 ¢/kWh	12.21 ¢/kWh	$139at 1,054 kWh	43 minSAIDI
Texas average against this company, which is 31 of 71 on price	+1.76 ¢/kWhcompany 11.8% below	-3.66 ¢/kWhcompany 42.8% above	+$19a month at 1,054 kWh	+92 mincompany 92 below
Deep East Texas Elec Coop IncLowest in this table	13.10 ¢/kWhcompany 0.6% above	11.92 ¢/kWhcompany 2.4% above	$1381 less than company	1196 mincompany 1153 below

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City of New Braunfels: 2025

City of New Braunfels: -6.0% on 2024 for homes, Texas +3.5%.

City of New Braunfels home price, 2025: 12.39 ¢/kWh-6.0% on 2024, early release
City of New Braunfels SAIDI, 2025: 58 min+33% on 2024, early release
City of New Braunfels against Texas, 2025: -9.5 pointsCity of New Braunfels -6.0%, Texas +3.5%, price in Texas 15.47 ¢

City of New Braunfels: 12.39 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, -6.0% from 13.18 ¢; Texas as a whole went +3.5%, so City of New Braunfels trailed it by 9.5 points. Its SAIDI is 58 minutes against 43 in 2024.

Carbon context

City of New Braunfels serves 53,975 homes in Texas. At 1,054 kWh a month that is about 367 kg of CO₂, or 4,409 kg a year, at the Texas plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Texas generation mix.

City of New Braunfels charts

Residential price since 2015: 13.18 ¢ in 2024

8.08 ¢ in 2015, 13.18 ¢ in 2024 (+63.1%); Texas 11.56 to 14.94 ¢.

City of New Braunfels residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	City of New Braunfels	Gap to Texas residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	8.08	-3.48	-4.57
2016	8.28	-2.71	-4.27
2017	8.20	-2.81	-4.69
2018	8.92	-2.28	-3.95
2019	8.83	-2.93	-4.18
2020	9.75	-1.96	-3.40
2021	10.89	-1.22	-2.77
2022	13.55	-0.21	-1.49
2023	12.95	-1.51	-3.05
2024	13.18	-1.76	-3.30

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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City of New Braunfels SAIDI, 2015-2024

50 min in 2015, 43 in 2024.

City of New Braunfels SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	City of New Braunfels, no major events	City of New Braunfels, all events
2015	50	50
2016	67	67
2017	51	51
2018	26	26
2019	39	54
2020	26	26
2021	58	58
2022	51	51
2023	42	107
2024	43	76

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 43.5 min

43.5 min, 0.44x the median reporter, rank 139 of 673.

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Company, no major events43.5
Company, with major events76.4

City of New Braunfels, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

City of New Braunfels billed homes 8.08 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 13.18 ¢ in 2024, +63.1% in all, and outpaced the Texas average (+29.2%) by 33.9 points. City of New Braunfels's sharpest move came in 2022, +24.4%. The high is 13.55 ¢ (2022) and the low 8.08 ¢ (2015). 2024: +1.8% here, +3.3% for the Texas average. SAIDI at City of New Braunfels (major events excluded) went from 50 minutes in 2015 to 43 in 2024, -13%, between 26 (2020) and 67 (2016). City of New Braunfels filed SAIDI under the national median in 10 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 43 minutes, -56 from that year's median. 2023: 107 minutes with major events, 42 without, the widest gap of any year. City of New Braunfels has 30 cheaper and 40 higher-priced Texas peers among 71 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Deep East Texas Elec Coop Inc, bills 13.10 ¢ (-0.07). Next higher-priced, Southwestern Public Service Co, bills 13.35 ¢ (+0.18).

The data favor customers here: bills run 11.8% under the Texas norm, and 43 outage minutes sit 56% under the national median.

Home accounts at City of New Braunfels went from 29,616 in 2015 to 53,975 in 2024, +82.2%. Business customers paid 0.93 times the home price in 2024 (12.21 against 13.18 ¢); the ratio was 0.89 in 2015. SAIFI went from 1.00 in 2015 to 0.72 in 2024, between 0.52 and 1.03.

Outages and home price of City of New Braunfels (EIA utility 13418), 2013 to 2024

By 2024 the average City of New Braunfels customer sat through 43 minutes of outage, against 22 in 2013 (+98%). Its best year was 2013 (22 min), its worst 2016 (67 min), across 11 filed years. Against a Texas median of 132 minutes in 2024, City of New Braunfels was below the middle.

Corrected for inflation, a City of New Braunfels home paid 13.52 ¢/kWh in 2024 against 10.57 ¢ in 2013, +27.9%; the bill itself went 7.65 ¢ to 13.18 ¢ (+72.2%). A home using 1,000 kWh a month paid $1,269 for the year at the 2013 real price and $1,623 at the 2024 price. Place on home price: 4th cheapest of 142 in 2013, 60th of 134 in 2024 among Texas utilities with 1,000+ homes.

City of New Braunfels outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 43 in 2024

City of New Braunfels at 43 min in 2024 and the Texas median at 132.

City of New Braunfels home price since 2013: +27.9% after inflation

City of New Braunfels: 13.52 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 13.18 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

City of New Braunfels, EIA utility 13418, year by year among Texas utilities

City of New Braunfels 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, City of New Braunf	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, City of New Br	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, City of New Br	Texas median SAIDI
2013	7.65	10.57	4 of 142	22	0.49	1 of 20	90
2014	8.39	11.41	8 of 141	–	–	–	–
2015	8.08	10.97	8 of 138	50	1.00	4 of 33	146
2016	8.28	11.10	15 of 144	67	1.03	10 of 37	131
2017	8.20	10.77	16 of 149	51	1.02	7 of 38	112
2018	8.92	11.44	21 of 150	26	0.52	5 of 39	99
2019	8.83	11.12	17 of 180	39	0.90	7 of 40	107
2020	9.75	12.13	32 of 137	26	0.71	4 of 41	99
2021	10.89	12.93	53 of 139	58	0.55	8 of 39	148
2022	13.55	14.90	77 of 136	51	0.64	6 of 42	108
2023	12.95	13.68	58 of 132	42	0.64	7 of 43	136
2024	13.18	13.52	60 of 134	43	0.72	6 of 43	132

City of New Braunfels, EIA utility 13418: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Texas real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 60,4630.4% of Texas total
Residential accounts: 53,9750.4% of Texas homes
Commercial accounts: 6,47010.7% of the base
Residential rate: 13.18 ¢/kWhplace 31 of 71, -11.8% against the state
Commercial rate: 12.21 ¢/kWhplace 64 of 99, +42.8% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 43.5 minbetter than 79% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 0.720.71x the median
SAIDI with major events: 76.4 min43.1% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 9.7 MW1,207 installations
Counties served: 2all in Texas
Average residential use: 12,652 kWh/yr1,054 a month
Implied monthly bill: $139-$35 on the U.S. rate, 1,054 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +63.1%8.08 to 13.18 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: -13%50 min in 2015, 43 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, City of New Braunfels

City of New Braunfels sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Texas ¢/kWh
Residential	53,975	13.18	-1.76
Commercial	6,470	12.21	+3.66

Year by year, City of New Braunfels

Year	Home accounts, City of New Braunfels	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	29,616	8.08	7.22	0.89	50	1.00
2016	31,043	8.28	7.36	0.89	67	1.03
2017	33,866	8.20	7.28	0.89	51	1.02
2018	36,176	8.92	13.80	1.55	26	0.52
2019	37,845	8.83	7.92	0.90	39	0.90
2020	40,204	9.75	8.93	0.92	26	0.71
2021	42,989	10.89	10.09	0.93	58	0.55
2022	45,582	13.55	12.65	0.93	51	0.64
2023	47,850	12.95	12.05	0.93	42	0.64
2024	53,975	13.18	12.21	0.93	43	0.72

Peers of City of New Braunfels in Texas, place 31 of 71 on home price

Utility near City of New Braunfels on price	SAIDI min, gap to City of New Braunfels	Home ¢, gap to City of New Braunfels	Gap % to City of New Braunfels	Accounts, City of New Braunfels = 1
28. Jasper-Newton Elec Coop, Inc	+1468	-0.22	-1.6%	0.40
29. United Electric Coop Service Inc	+68	-0.18	-1.4%	1.75
30. Deep East Texas Elec Coop Inc	+1153	-0.07	-0.6%	0.75
31. City of New Braunfels (this utility)	43	13.18	-	1.00
32. Southwestern Public Service Co	+73	+0.18	+1.3%	4.65
33. Good Charlie & Co., LLC	No data	+0.18	+1.4%	0.38
34. El Paso Electric Co	+13	+0.29	+2.2%	5.82

Who buys City of New Braunfels's electricity

Class at City of New Braunfels	Accounts	Of City of New Braunfels accounts	Of City of New Braunfels MWh sold	kWh a year per City of New Braunfels account
Residential	53,975	89.3%	39.1%	12,652
Commercial	6,470	10.7%	27.6%	74,578
Industrial and other	18	0.03%	33.2%	32,223,389

City of New Braunfels among Texas municipals

City of New Braunfels and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to City of New Braunfels	Home ¢, gap to City of New Braunfels	Accounts, City of New Braunfels = 1
1. City of San Antonio (TX)	+18	-0.74	15.92
2. Brownsville Public Utilities Board (TX)	+33	-0.47	0.90
3. City of Denton (TX)	-21	-0.36	1.10
4. City of New Braunfels (TX, this utility)	43	13.18	1.00

City of New Braunfels: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	City of New Braunfels	Texas context	City of New Braunfels detail
City of New Braunfels home meters on AMI	99.9%	Texas 95.1%	53,975 of 54,008 meters
Home meters, AMR (drive-by read)	6	Texas figure not published	0.0% of meters
Homes with daily digital access	53,975	Texas figure not published	100% of the 53,975 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for City of New Braunfels homes	Not on file	14 of 39 Texas utilities offer one	no dynamic-pricing count filed by City of New Braunfels
Net-metered installations	1,207	99% residential	22.1 homes per 1,000 accounts, 8.0 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, City of New Braunfels

kWh	Share of a 1,054 kWh month	Cost a month at 13.18 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	24%	$32.94	-$8.26	$395
500	47%	$65.88	-$16.52	$791
750	71%	$98.82	-$24.78	$1,186
1,000	95%	$131.76	-$33.04	$1,581
1,500	142%	$197.64	-$49.56	$2,372
2,000	190%	$263.52	-$66.08	$3,162

Outage record, City of New Braunfels

Measure, City of New Braunfel	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	43.5	76.4	0.72 h
SAIFI interruptions	0.719	0.942	1.39 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	60.5	81.1	1.01 h

Territory of City of New Braunfels

2 Texas counties, region TRE:

Texas other states: 2 of 2 counties of City of New Braunfels drawn

City of New Braunfels: 2 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Comal
Guadalupe

Questions on City of New Braunfels

How big is City of New Braunfels in Texas, by customer accounts?

60,463 accounts in 2024: residential 53,975, commercial 6,470, industrial 18.

How many cents per kWh does City of New Braunfels charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 13.18 cents; against the Texas average that is -11.8%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of City of New Braunfels?

SAIDI 43.5 min and SAIFI 0.72 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 0.44, CAIDI 60 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to City of New Braunfels?

1,207 installations with 9.7 MW, of which residential installations number 1,195.

What would a typical City of New Braunfels home pay each month?

1,054 kWh at 13.18 cents comes to about $139, energy only.

Is City of New Braunfels cheaper than other Texas utilities?

Rank 31 of 71 in Texas on price, -11.8% against the state average; 30 charge less than 13.18 ¢.

What share of City of New Braunfels sales do homes buy?

Homes take 39.1% of 1,745,413 MWh, commercial accounts 27.6%, industrial and other 33.2%; the 6,470 commercial accounts use 74,578 kWh each, 5.9 times a home.

At City of New Braunfels, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

53,975 of 54,008 home meters are AMI, 99.9%. City of New Braunfels reports no home time-of-use rate; 14 of 39 Texas filers do.

Has City of New Braunfels moved up the Texas price list since 2015?

1st cheapest of 54 in 2015, 31st of 71 in 2024; its price rose 63.1% while Texas rose 29.2%.

Where does City of New Braunfels stand among 3 peers?

Place 4 of 4 on home price at 13.18 ¢ (Texas municipals); median 12.76 ¢, cheapest member 12.43 ¢.

Did City of New Braunfels cut or raise its 2025 home price?

12.39 cents per kWh, -6.0% on the 13.18 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to City of New Braunfels at 13.18 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Colquitt Electric Membership CorpGeorgia, 13.20 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ above
Pennyrile Rural Electric CoopKentucky, 13.16 ¢/kWh, 0.02 ¢ below
Hart Electric Member CorpGeorgia, 13.15 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ below
City of Fort CollinsColorado, 13.21 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ above

Rate plans on file

3 home plan records, energy charges: 5.8 to 6.8 ¢/kWh.

Time-of-use: 3, e.g. Residential service

Who offers time-of-use and tiered rates (17 Apr 2026 snapshot).

Primary sources for City of New Braunfels electricity: 60,463 accounts in Texas, SAIDI 43

EIA-861 annual report entry for City of New Braunfels electricity: 60,463 accounts in Texas, SAIDI 43, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for City of New Braunfels electricity: 60,463 accounts in Texas, SAIDI 43, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for City of New Braunfels electricity: 60,463 accounts in Texas, SAIDI 43, the state price average