Residential Low Income

Austin Energy · Tiered · filed 2023

Data quality note. This tariff is flagged (missing fixed charge). It is shown for reference and excluded from rankings. How anomalies are flagged →
$0.1952per kWh, all in
$2,342a year at 1,000 kWh/mo
$0.00fixed, before any usage
$0.1258utility's actual average

What this tariff charges

Fixed charge$0.00 per month
StructureTiered
Filed2023-01-01

Energy rates

The charged price is the base rate plus its adjustment. Adjustments carry fuel and rider costs and are frequently most of the bill, so a comparison built on the base rate alone is meaningless.

Energy charge

TierUp toBase AdjustmentCharged $/kWh
1 300.0 kWh 0.04088 0.36792 0.40880
2 900.0 kWh 0.05115 0.04603 0.09718
3 2000.0 kWh 0.07492 0.06743 0.14235
4 no limit 0.10836 0.09752 0.20588

What it costs at different usage levels

kWh per monthAnnual total Effective $/kWh
500 $1,704.92 $0.2842
1000 $2,342.23 $0.1952
2000 $4,050.41 $0.1688

Effective rate includes the fixed charge, which is why it falls as usage rises.

Austin Energy offers a cheaper tariff at this usage. Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Program - Outside Austin comes to $979.61 a year against this one's $2,342.23 — a difference of $1,363. Eligibility rules may apply; check with the utility.

The utility's own description

The rate tables below reflect rates with effective dates of November 1, 2016, for pass-through charges and January 1, 2017, for base charges. Applies to all electric service for domestic purposes in each individual metered residence, apartment unit, mobile home, or other dwelling unit whose point of delivery is at and secondary voltage less than 12,470 volts nominal line to line located within the limits of Austin Energy's service territory.

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