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Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc: rates, outages and net metering

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc is an cooperative utility serving 88,305 customer accounts in Texas; 79,954 of them are residential. Its home price sits 24.6% under the Texas average and ranks 9 of 71 among larger utilities.

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc: 1,268 kWh a month costs roughly $143 in energy at 11.26 ¢/kWh, -24.6% on the Texas average of 14.94 ¢.

Its home price sits 24.6% under the Texas average and ranks 9 of 71 among larger utilities.

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc on price: 24.6% under Texas

Home price against Texas
-24.6%place 9 of 71, cheapest first

Home price is where Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc departs furthest from the Texas pattern: 11.26 ¢ against a state average of 14.94 ¢, place 9 of 71 among Texas utilities with 20,000+ homes. The cheapest of those is Ironhorse Power Services LLC at 8.27 ¢ (-2.99 ¢ from here), the most expensive Rhythm Ops LLC at 24.62 ¢ (+13.36 ¢).

A home using 1,268 kWh a month pays about $143 in energy here; at the Texas average the same use would cost $189, a difference of -$47 a month.

How it compares

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc
Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc, 2024HomeBusinessBillSAIDI
Trinity Valley Elec Coop IncLowest in this table11.26 ¢/kWh10.97 ¢/kWh$143at 1,268 kWh267 minSAIDI
Texas average against this company, which is 9 of 71 on price+3.68 ¢/kWhcompany 24.6% below-2.42 ¢/kWhcompany 28.3% above+$47a month at 1,268 kWh-131 mincompany 131 above
Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc11.42 ¢/kWhcompany 1.4% below5.23 ¢/kWhcompany 109.5% above$1452 more than company117 mincompany 150 above

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Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc: 2025

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc: +8.8% on 2024 for homes, Texas +3.5%.

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc home price, 2025
12.24 ¢/kWh+8.8% on 2024, early release
Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc SAIDI, 2025
142 min-47% on 2024, early release
Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc against Texas, 2025
+5.2 pointsTrinity Valley Elec Coop Inc +8.8%, Texas +3.5%, price in Texas 15.47 ¢

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc: 12.24 ¢/kWh in the 2025 early release, +8.8% from 11.26 ¢; Texas as a whole went +3.5%, so Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc ran ahead of it by 5.2 points. Its SAIDI is 142 minutes against 267 in 2024.

Carbon context

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc serves 79,954 homes in Texas. At 1,268 kWh a month that is about 442 kg of CO₂, or 5,303 kg a year, at the Texas plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Texas generation mix.

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc charts

Residential price since 2015: 11.26 ¢ in 2024

11.74 ¢ in 2015, 11.26 ¢ in 2024 (-4.1%); Texas 11.56 to 14.94 ¢.

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearTrinity Valley Elec Coop IncGap to Texas residentialGap to U.S. residential
201511.74+0.18-0.91
201611.96+0.97-0.59
201712.04+1.03-0.85
201811.48+0.28-1.39
201911.12-0.64-1.89
202011.23-0.48-1.92
202111.24-0.87-2.42
202214.14+0.38-0.90
202311.15-3.31-4.85
202411.26-3.68-5.22

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc SAIDI, 2015-2024

349 min in 2015, 267 in 2024.

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
YearTrinity Valley Elec Co, no major events
2015349
2016181
2017219
2018130
2019151
2020140
2021211
2022210
2023189
2024267

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 267.3 min

267.3 min, 2.69x the median reporter, rank 589 of 673.

min

  • Company, no major events267.3
  • Company, with major events1,042.0

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

From 11.74 ¢ in 2015 to 11.26 ¢ in 2024, a move of -4.1%: Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc lagged its state (+29.2%) by 33.3 points, and -34.3 points against the U.S. Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc's sharpest move came in 2022, +25.8%. The high is 14.14 ¢ (2022) and the low 11.12 ¢ (2019). 2024: +0.9% here, +3.3% for the Texas average. SAIDI at Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc (major events excluded) fell from 349 minutes in 2015 to 267 in 2024, -23%; best year 2018 at 130. Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc filed SAIDI under the national median in 0 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 267 minutes, +168 from that year's median. 2021: 1079 minutes with major events, 211 without, the widest gap of any year. Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc has 8 cheaper and 62 higher-priced Texas peers among 71 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc, bills 11.03 ¢ (-0.23). Next higher-priced, City of Bryan, bills 11.38 ¢ (+0.12).

A trade-off shows up. Customers pay 24.6% less than the Texas average, yet the 267-minute outage clock runs 2.7x the national median.

Home accounts at Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc went from 60,874 in 2015 to 79,954 in 2024, +31.3%. Business customers paid 0.97 times the home price in 2024 (10.97 against 11.26 ¢); the ratio was 0.95 in 2015. SAIFI went from 3.39 in 2015 to 2.46 in 2024, between 1.60 and 3.39.

Facts

Customer accounts
88,3050.6% of Texas total
Residential accounts
79,9540.6% of Texas homes
Commercial accounts
8,3419.4% of the base
Residential rate
11.26 ¢/kWhplace 9 of 71, -24.6% against the state
Commercial rate
10.97 ¢/kWhplace 45 of 99, +28.3% against the state
SAIDI, no major events
267.3 minbetter than 13% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events
2.462.42x the median
SAIDI with major events
1042.0 min74.3% from event days
Net-metered capacity
14.4 MW1,764 installations
Counties served
6all in Texas
Average residential use
15,218 kWh/yr1,268 a month
Implied monthly bill
$143-$66 on the U.S. rate, 1,268 kWh
Residential rate since 2015
-4.1%11.74 to 11.26 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend
-23%349 min in 2015, 267 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc sectorAccountsRate ¢/kWhGap to Texas ¢/kWh
Residential79,95411.26-3.68
Commercial8,34110.97+2.42

Year by year, Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc

YearHome accounts, Trinity Valley Elec CoHome ¢Business ¢RatioSAIDISAIFI
201560,87411.7411.160.953493.39
201661,88011.9611.510.961812.00
201763,00612.0411.450.952192.33
201865,13611.4811.130.971301.77
201965,81511.1210.770.971511.60
202067,64111.2310.690.951402.26
202171,95411.2411.120.992112.31
202275,26714.1414.071.002102.50
202377,31511.1510.880.971892.35
202479,95411.2610.970.972672.46

Peers of Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc in Texas, place 9 of 71 on home price

Utility near Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc on priceSAIDI min, gap to Trinity Valley Elec Coop IncHome ¢, gap to Trinity Valley Elec Coop IncGap % to Trinity Valley Elec Coop IncAccounts, Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc = 1
6. South Plains Electric Coop IncNo data-0.91-8.1%0.85
7. Nueces Electric Cooperative-96-0.57-5.1%0.60
8. Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc-137-0.23-2.1%0.54
9. Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc (this utility)26711.26-1.00
10. City of BryanNo data+0.12+1.1%0.78
11. Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc-150+0.16+1.4%1.51
12. Farmers Electric Coop, Inc-202+0.25+2.3%1.14

Who buys Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc's electricity

Class at Trinity Valley Elec Coop IncAccountsOf Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc accountsOf Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc MWh soldkWh a year per Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc account
Residential79,95490.5%79.2%15,218
Commercial8,3419.4%14.2%26,201
Industrial and other100.01%6.5%10,053,900

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc among Texas cooperatives

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc and its neighbours on priceSAIDI min, gap to Trinity Valley Elec Coop IncHome ¢, gap to Trinity Valley Elec Coop IncAccounts, Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc = 1
1. Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc (TX)-137-0.230.54
2. Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc (TX, this utility)26711.261.00
3. Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc (TX)-150+0.161.51
4. Farmers Electric Coop, Inc (TX)-202+0.251.14
5. Medina Electric Coop, Inc (TX)-32+0.840.43
6. Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc (TX)-210+0.965.18

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc: meters, rate options and solar

MeasureTrinity Valley Elec Coop IncTexas contextTrinity Valley Elec Coop Inc detail
Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc home meters on AMI99.9%Texas 95.1%78,231 of 78,319 meters
Homes with daily digital access78,231Texas figure not published98% of the 79,954 home accounts
Time-of-use rate for Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc homesNot on file14 of 39 Texas utilities offer oneno dynamic-pricing count filed by Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc
Net-metered installations1,76499% residential21.9 homes per 1,000 accounts, 8.2 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc

kWhShare of a 1,268 kWh monthCost a month at 11.26 ¢vs U.S.Cost a year
25020%$28.15-$13.05$338
50039%$56.30-$26.10$676
75059%$84.44-$39.16$1,013
1,00079%$112.59-$52.21$1,351
1,500118%$168.89-$78.31$2,027
2,000158%$225.19-$104.41$2,702

Outage record, Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc

Measure, Trinity Valley Elec No eventsAll eventsConverted
SAIDI minutes267.31042.04.46 h
SAIFI interruptions2.4553.9100.41 yr apart
CAIDI minutes108.9266.51.81 h

Territory of Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc

6 Texas counties, region not reported:

Counties served by Trinity Valley Elec Coop IncDallasKaufmanVan ZandtHuntAndersonHenderson

Texas other states: 6 of 6 counties of Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc drawn

Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc: 6 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list
  • Anderson
  • Dallas
  • Henderson
  • Hunt
  • Kaufman
  • Van Zandt

Questions on Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc

How many customers does Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc serve in Texas?

88,305 accounts in 2024: residential 79,954, commercial 8,341, industrial 10.

What is the average residential rate of Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc?

In 2024 homes paid 11.26 cents; against the Texas average that is -24.6%.

How reliable is Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc by SAIDI and SAIFI?

SAIDI 267.3 min and SAIFI 2.46 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 2.69, CAIDI 109 min.

How much solar net metering is on the Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc grid?

1,764 installations with 14.4 MW, of which residential installations number 1,748.

What is the monthly bill at Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc for average use?

1,268 kWh at 11.26 cents comes to about $143, energy only.

How does Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc rank on price within Texas?

Rank 9 of 71 in Texas on price, -24.6% against the state average; 8 charge less than 11.26 ¢.

What share of Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc sales do homes buy?

Homes take 79.2% of 1,535,799 MWh, commercial accounts 14.2%, industrial and other 6.5%; the 8,341 commercial accounts use 26,201 kWh each, 1.7 times a home.

At Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?

78,231 of 78,319 home meters are AMI, 99.9%. Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc reports no home time-of-use rate; 14 of 39 Texas filers do.

Has Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc moved up the Texas price list since 2015?

36th cheapest of 54 in 2015, 9th of 71 in 2024; its price rose -4.1% while Texas rose 29.2%.

Where does Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc stand among 13 peers?

Place 2 of 14 on home price at 11.26 ¢ (Texas cooperatives); median 12.40 ¢, cheapest member 11.03 ¢.

Did Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc cut or raise its 2025 home price?

12.24 cents per kWh, +8.8% on the 11.26 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc at 11.26 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

More on Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc

Rate plans on file

1 home plan record, energy charges: 10.5 ¢/kWh.

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

Primary sources for Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc: rates, outages and net metering

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Trinity Valley Elec Coop Inc: 1,268 kWh a month costs roughly $143 in energy at 11.26 ¢/kWh, -24.6% on the Texas average of 14.94 ¢.