Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp in Texas: 12.40 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp is an cooperative utility serving 50,836 customer accounts in Texas; 44,415 of them are residential. Among the 14 Texas cooperative utilities listed here it is number 7 on price for homes, -0.00 ¢ from their median.

At 1,178 kWh a month a Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp home pays about $146 in energy: 12.40 ¢/kWh, 17.0% below the Texas average of 14.94 ¢.

Among the 14 Texas cooperative utilities listed here it is number 7 on price for homes, -0.00 ¢ from their median.

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp against its kind: Texas cooperatives

Home price place, Texas cooperatives: 7 of 14-0.00 ¢ from the median of 12.40 ¢

Take the 14 Texas cooperative utilities listed here, sorted by home price: Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp is number 7 of 14 at 12.40 ¢, while the group median is 12.40 ¢. The cheapest is Central Texas Elec Coop, Inc (TX) at 11.03 ¢, +1.37 ¢ from here; the most expensive is HILCO Electric Cooperative, Inc. (TX), 2.51 ¢ above.

On outage minutes it ranks 14 of 14 (1 = fewest), with 1249 against a group median of 120. By accounts it is number 9, with 50,836 against 457,598 for Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc.

How it compares

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp
Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp, 2024	Home	Business	Bill	SAIDI
Upshur Rural Elec Coop CorpLowest in this table	12.40 ¢/kWh	12.03 ¢/kWh	$146at 1,178 kWh	1249 minSAIDI
Texas average against this company, which is 17 of 71 on price	+2.54 ¢/kWhcompany 17.0% below	-3.48 ¢/kWhcompany 40.8% above	+$30a month at 1,178 kWh	-1113 mincompany 1113 above
Bandera Electric Coop, Inc	12.40 ¢/kWhcompany 0.0% below	10.46 ¢/kWhcompany 15.0% above	$1460 more than company	62 mincompany 1187 above

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Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp: 2025

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp: +2.6% on 2024 for homes, Texas +3.5%.

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp home price, 2025: 12.71 ¢/kWh+2.6% on 2024, early release
Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp SAIDI, 2025: 714 min-43% on 2024, early release
Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp against Texas, 2025: -1.0 pointsUpshur Rural Elec Coop Corp +2.6%, Texas +3.5%, price in Texas 15.47 ¢

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp reported 12.71 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +2.6% on its 2024 figure of 12.40, while the Texas average moved +3.5%. Its SAIDI is 714 minutes against 1249 in 2024.

Carbon context

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp serves 44,415 homes in Texas. At 1,178 kWh a month that is about 410 kg of CO₂, or 4,925 kg a year, at the Texas plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Texas generation mix.

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp charts

Residential price since 2015: 12.40 ¢ in 2024

10.35 ¢ in 2015, 12.40 ¢ in 2024 (+19.8%); Texas 11.56 to 14.94 ¢.

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp	Gap to Texas residential	Gap to U.S. residential
2015	10.35	-1.21	-2.30
2016	10.46	-0.53	-2.09
2017	10.77	-0.24	-2.12
2018	10.94	-0.26	-1.93
2019	10.32	-1.44	-2.69
2020	10.23	-1.48	-2.92
2021	11.09	-1.02	-2.57
2022	13.78	+0.02	-1.26
2023	13.13	-1.33	-2.87
2024	12.40	-2.54	-4.08

10 rows from EIA retail sales.

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Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp SAIDI, 2015-2024

967 min in 2015, 1249 in 2024.

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp SAIDI by year, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows

Year	Upshur Rural Elec Coop, no major events
2015	967
2016	655
2017	741
2018	646
2019	1225
2020	678
2021	1003
2022	702
2023	881
2024	1249

10 rows from EIA-861 survey.

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Reliability: SAIDI 1248.6 min

1248.6 min, 12.55x the median reporter, rank 669 of 673.

min

Company, no major events1,248.6
Company, with major events1,382.1

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp, Reliability: EIA-861 survey.

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Analyst note

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp billed homes 10.35 ¢/kWh in 2015 and 12.40 ¢ in 2024, +19.8% in all, and lagged the Texas average (+29.2%) by 9.4 points. Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp's sharpest move came in 2022, +24.3%. The high is 13.78 ¢ (2022) and the low 10.23 ¢ (2020). 2024: -5.6% here, +3.3% for the Texas average. SAIDI at Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp (major events excluded) rose from 967 minutes in 2015 to 1249 in 2024, +29%; worst year 2024 at 1249. Against the national median, Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp came in lower on SAIDI in 0 of 10 years, and 2024 ended at 1249 minutes, +1149 from the median. 2023: 5663 minutes with major events, 881 without, the widest gap of any year. Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp has 16 cheaper and 54 higher-priced Texas peers among 71 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc, bills 12.22 ¢ (-0.18). Next higher-priced, Bandera Electric Coop, Inc, bills 12.40 ¢ (+0.00).

Cheaper by 17.0% than Texas, slower to restore: 1249 minutes is 12.6 times the national median.

Home accounts at Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp went from 39,788 in 2015 to 44,415 in 2024, +11.6%. Business customers paid 0.97 times the home price in 2024 (12.03 against 12.40 ¢); the ratio was 0.94 in 2015. SAIFI went from 5.01 in 2015 to 6.86 in 2024, between 4.26 and 7.46.

Outages and home price of Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp (EIA utility 19579), 2013 to 2024

Yearly SAIDI at Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp: 892 minutes in 2013, 1,249 in 2024, a rise of 40%. The low came in 2018 at 646, the high in 2014 at 1,575; 12 years were filed. The Texas median in 2024 was 132 minutes, so Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp ran above it.

Home rates at Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp went from 10.11 ¢ in 2013 to 12.40 ¢ in 2024 (+22.6%), which is 13.97 ¢ to 12.72 ¢ in 2025 dollars (−8.9%). Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $1,677 in 2013 and $1,527 in 2024. Of 134 Texas utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp stood 37th cheapest (53rd of 142 in 2013).

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 1,249 in 2024

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp at 1,249 min in 2024 and the Texas median at 132.

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp home price since 2013: −8.9% after inflation

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp: 12.72 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 12.40 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp, EIA utility 19579, year by year among Texas utilities

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp 2013-2024: 12 rows

Year, Upshur Rural Elec	¢ billed	¢ in 2025 $	Price place, Upshur Rural E	SAIDI min	SAIFI	SAIDI place, Upshur Rural E	Texas median SAIDI
2013	10.11	13.97	53 of 142	892	4.84	20 of 20	90
2014	10.60	14.42	43 of 141	1,575	4.70	26 of 26	99
2015	10.35	14.05	43 of 138	967	5.01	33 of 33	146
2016	10.46	14.02	72 of 144	655	4.85	37 of 37	131
2017	10.77	14.14	73 of 149	741	4.58	38 of 38	112
2018	10.94	14.02	79 of 150	646	4.38	38 of 39	99
2019	10.32	12.99	58 of 180	1,225	7.46	40 of 40	107
2020	10.23	12.73	51 of 137	678	4.72	40 of 41	99
2021	11.09	13.18	59 of 139	1,003	5.43	37 of 39	148
2022	13.78	15.16	86 of 136	702	4.43	42 of 42	108
2023	13.13	13.87	66 of 132	881	4.26	42 of 43	136
2024	12.40	12.72	37 of 134	1,249	6.86	42 of 43	132

Upshur Rural Elec Coop C, EIA utility 19579: EIA-861, CPI-U.

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SAIDI explained, Texas real prices.

Facts

Customer accounts: 50,8360.4% of Texas total
Residential accounts: 44,4150.4% of Texas homes
Commercial accounts: 6,39812.6% of the base
Residential rate: 12.40 ¢/kWhplace 17 of 71, -17.0% against the state
Commercial rate: 12.03 ¢/kWhplace 61 of 99, +40.8% against the state
SAIDI, no major events: 1248.6 minbetter than 1% of reporters
SAIFI, no major events: 6.866.77x the median
SAIDI with major events: 1382.1 min9.7% from event days
Net-metered capacity: 3.6 MW339 installations
Counties served: 10all in Texas
Average residential use: 14,132 kWh/yr1,178 a month
Implied monthly bill: $146-$48 on the U.S. rate, 1,178 kWh
Residential rate since 2015: +19.8%10.35 to 12.40 ¢/kWh
SAIDI trend: +29%967 min in 2015, 1249 in 2024

Data tables

2024 by sector, Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp sector	Accounts	Rate ¢/kWh	Gap to Texas ¢/kWh
Residential	44,415	12.40	-2.54
Commercial	6,398	12.03	+3.48

Year by year, Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp

Year	Home accounts, Upshur Rural Elec Coop	Home ¢	Business ¢	Ratio	SAIDI	SAIFI
2015	39,788	10.35	9.78	0.94	967	5.01
2016	40,049	10.46	9.89	0.95	655	4.85
2017	40,240	10.77	10.27	0.95	741	4.58
2018	40,492	10.94	10.62	0.97	646	4.38
2019	40,878	10.32	10.04	0.97	1225	7.46
2020	41,825	10.23	9.91	0.97	678	4.72
2021	42,596	11.09	10.51	0.95	1003	5.43
2022	43,181	13.78	13.47	0.98	702	4.43
2023	43,875	13.13	12.71	0.97	881	4.26
2024	44,415	12.40	12.03	0.97	1249	6.86

Peers of Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp in Texas, place 17 of 71 on home price

Utility near Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp on price	SAIDI min, gap to Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp	Home ¢, gap to Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp	Gap % to Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp	Accounts, Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp = 1
14. Medina Electric Coop, Inc	-1013	-0.30	-2.4%	0.74
15. Victoria Electric Coop, Inc	-1054	-0.26	-2.1%	0.49
16. Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc	-1191	-0.18	-1.4%	9.00
17. Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp (this utility)	1249	12.40	-	1.00
18. Bandera Electric Coop, Inc	-1187	+0.00	+0.0%	0.83
19. City of San Antonio	-1187	+0.04	+0.3%	18.93
20. Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc	-1117	+0.09	+0.7%	2.04

Who buys Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp's electricity

Class at Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp	Accounts	Of Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp accounts	Of Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp MWh sold	kWh a year per Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp account
Residential	44,415	87.4%	67.9%	14,132
Commercial	6,398	12.6%	18.5%	26,740
Industrial and other	23	0.05%	13.6%	5,471,478

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp among Texas cooperatives

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp and its neighbours on price	SAIDI min, gap to Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp	Home ¢, gap to Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp	Accounts, Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp = 1
3. Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc (TX)	-1131	-0.98	2.62
4. Farmers Electric Coop, Inc (TX)	-1184	-0.88	1.97
5. Medina Electric Coop, Inc (TX)	-1013	-0.30	0.74
6. Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc (TX)	-1191	-0.18	9.00
7. Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp (TX, this utility)	1249	12.40	1.00
8. Bandera Electric Coop, Inc (TX)	-1187	+0.00	0.83
9. Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc (TX)	-1117	+0.09	2.04
10. Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (TX) (TX)	-1138	+0.26	2.74
11. United Electric Coop Service Inc (TX)	-1137	+0.60	2.08

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp: meters, rate options and solar

Measure	Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp	Texas context	Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp detail
Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp home meters on AMI	100.0%	Texas 95.1%	44,408 of 44,415 meters
Home meters, AMR (drive-by read)	7	Texas figure not published	0.0% of meters
Time-of-use rate for Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp homes	Not on file	14 of 39 Texas utilities offer one	no dynamic-pricing count filed by Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp
Net-metered installations	339	100% residential	7.6 homes per 1,000 accounts, 10.5 kW average

Monthly energy cost by use, Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp

kWh	Share of a 1,178 kWh month	Cost a month at 12.40 ¢	vs U.S.	Cost a year
250	21%	$30.99	-$10.21	$372
500	42%	$61.98	-$20.42	$744
750	64%	$92.97	-$30.63	$1,116
1,000	85%	$123.96	-$40.84	$1,488
1,500	127%	$185.95	-$61.25	$2,231
2,000	170%	$247.93	-$81.67	$2,975

Outage record, Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp

Measure, Upshur Rural Elec Co	No events	All events	Converted
SAIDI minutes	1248.6	1382.1	20.81 h
SAIFI interruptions	6.855	7.243	0.15 yr apart
CAIDI minutes	182.1	190.8	3.04 h

Territory of Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp

10 Texas counties, region SPP:

Texas other states: 10 of 10 counties of Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp drawn

Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp: 10 counties listed by EIA-861, Census 2023 outlines.

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County list

Camp
Cass
Gregg
Harrison
Marion
Morris
Rusk
Smith
Upshur
Wood

Questions on Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp

How big is Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp in Texas, by customer accounts?

50,836 accounts in 2024: residential 44,415, commercial 6,398, industrial 23.

How many cents per kWh does Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp charge homes?

In 2024 homes paid 12.40 cents; against the Texas average that is -17.0%.

What are the SAIDI and SAIFI of Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp?

SAIDI 1248.6 min and SAIFI 6.86 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 12.55, CAIDI 182 min.

How many net-metered systems connect to Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp?

339 installations with 3.6 MW, of which residential installations number 339.

What would a typical Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp home pay each month?

1,178 kWh at 12.40 cents comes to about $146, energy only.

Is Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp cheaper than other Texas utilities?

Rank 17 of 71 in Texas on price, -17.0% against the state average; 16 charge less than 12.40 ¢.

How much of the Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp load is business?

Homes take 67.9% of 924,584 MWh, commercial accounts 18.5%, industrial and other 13.6%; the 6,398 commercial accounts use 26,740 kWh each, 1.9 times a home.

Does Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp have smart meters or TOU rates?

44,408 of 44,415 home meters are AMI, 100.0%. Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp reports no home time-of-use rate; 14 of 39 Texas filers do.

Since 2015, has Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp become cheaper than other Texas utilities?

13th cheapest of 54 in 2015, 17th of 71 in 2024; its price rose 19.8% while Texas rose 29.2%.

How does Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp compare with 13 similar utilities?

Place 7 of 14 on home price at 12.40 ¢ (Texas cooperatives); median 12.40 ¢, cheapest member 11.03 ¢.

What did Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp charge homes in 2025?

12.71 cents per kWh, +2.6% on the 12.40 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).

Utilities with a similar home price

Home prices nearest to Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp at 12.40 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.

Bandera Electric Coop, IncTexas, 12.40 ¢/kWh, 0.00 ¢ below
Amicalola Electric Member CorpGeorgia, 12.41 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
Johnson CityTennessee, 12.41 ¢/kWh, 0.01 ¢ above
City of San AntonioTexas, 12.43 ¢/kWh, 0.03 ¢ above

Rate plans on file

1 home plan record, energy charges: 4.8 ¢/kWh.

No time-of-use, tiered or demand-charge plan flagged.

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

Primary sources for Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp in Texas: 12.40 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar

EIA-861 annual report entry for Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp in Texas: 12.40 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, customers and sales
EIA-861 form instructions for Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp in Texas: 12.40 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp in Texas: 12.40 ¢ home rates, SAIDI and solar, the state price average