Our team at EnergySavings.com is capturing daily snapshots of electricity plans from the Power to Choose website. Data collected* is analyzed monthly to give you an understanding of the offers available and the market trends. Grouping the most common plans by category, we analyze the same plan categories every month to give you an apples-to-apples comparison.
Our analysis is based on information captured once daily from the Power to Choose website, and rates may vary at any time. We have excluded from our analysis plans that are marked as “Minimum usage fees/credits,” “Time of Use,” and “Prepaid” according to the data captured from Power to Choose.
As in the other Delivery Areas we noticed in AEP North a more stable market as opposed to the previous period. The number of REPs is not decreasing dramatically anymore. Let’s have a closer look at the variation between March and April:
AEP North Delivery Area– April 2021: Rates and Trends for Most Common Plans1
| Fixed Rate (cents/kWh) 12mo Plans |
Fixed Rate (cents/kWh) 24mo Plans |
Variable Rate (cents/kWh) | |||||||
| Apr | Mar | % | Apr | Mar | % | Apr | Mar | % | |
| Lowest | 7.4 | 7.8 |  -5% |
7.0 | 7.0 | 0% | 7.4 | 10.5 | -30% |
| Highest | 11.1 | 11.1 | 0% | 10.7 | 10.7 | 0% | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0% |
| Average | 8.9 | 9.1 | -2% |
8.6 | 8.7 | 0% | 9.7 | 11.5 | -15% |
| Number of REPs | 28 | 25 |  12% |
22 | 20 | 10% |
12 | 9 | 33% |
1Trends compare in percentage the rate of the previous month for the same category of products. This table compares the lowest price offered by each REP that offered the respective type of plan in each month. The “Highest” row above compares the highest of the lowest price offered by a REP.
Concerning the lowest rate, the 12mo fixed rate and the variable rate product types showed the common trend is a decrease. It was a significant one for the latter as the price is lowered by 30%. The 24mo fixed rate product is stable.
The highest rate for those plan types is stable.
The average rate decreased slightly for the 12mo fixed rate and was stable for the 24mo. A higher decrease in average rate was observed for the variable rate plans.
The number of REPs in those 3 categories is globally increasing. Let’s have a look at the new players in this TDU:
- 12mo, Fixed rate plans: DIRECT ENERGY, FIRST CHOICE POWER and WTU RETAIL ENERGY are now offering plans in this category. Those 3 REPs were already offering fixed rate products before but with a different contract length.
- 24mo, Fixed rate plans: DIRECT ENERGY, WTU RETAIL ENERGY and TRIEAGLE ENERGY LP were already offering fixed rate plans on the Power to Choose website, but their plans had different durations. TEXPO ENERGY stopped offering a 24-mo product in April.
- Variable rate plans: DIRECT ENERGY, FIRST CHOICE POWER and WTU RETAIL ENERGY were only offering fixed rate plans and started to offer variable rate products in April.
AEP North Delivery Area – April 2021: Rates and Trends for Most Common 100% Green Plans1
| 100 % Green, Fixed Rate (cents/kWh) 12mo Plans |
100 % Green, Fixed Rate (cents/kWh) 24mo Plans |
100 % Green, Variable Rate (cents/kWh) | |||||||
| Apr | Mar | % | Apr | Mar | % | Apr | Mar | % | |
| Lowest | 8.1 | 8.5 | -5% |
7.7 | 7.7 | 0% | 8.2 | 10.6 | -23% |
| Highest | 13.2 | 13.2 | 0% | 10.1 | 11.1 | -9% |
16.7 | 16.7 | 0% |
| Average | 9.9 | 10.1 | -1% |
9.0 | 9.3 | -3% |
12.9 | 13.7 | -6% |
| Number of REPs | 8 | 8 | 0% | 6 | 6 | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0% |
1Trends compare in percentage the rate of the previous month for the same category of products. This table compares the lowest price offered by each REP that offered the respective type of plan in each month. The “Highest” row above compares the highest of the lowest price offered by an REP.
The number of players in the 100 % Green 12mo-Fixed rate Plans is stable for every category of plans in the table above. The exact same REPs were offering products in the previous month. We can observe a trend to stability here considering that those exact same categories lost between 30 and 46 % of their players between February and March 2021.
Having a look at the rates, the common trend is a decrease or stable price, while our last report showed the opposite for the previous period (access the full report for previous month here).
The 100 % Green 12mo-Fixed rate Plans had their lowest rate decrease by 5 % and average rate decrease by 1%, while the highest rate remained the same. This is explained by GEXA ENERGY and CLEANSKY ENERGY both slightly decreasing their prices between the two months.
The 100 % Green 24mo-Fixed rate Plans had their highest rate decrease by 9 % and average rate decrease by 3%, while the lowest rate remained the same. This is explained by CLEANSKY ENERGY and GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY decreasing its prices between the two periods.
Concerning the 100% green variable rate category, INFUSE ENERGY LLC decreased its rate significantly between March and April while all the other REPs kept their price stable. This explains a decrease of 23% in the lowest rate in the table above.
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AEP North Delivery Area – April 2021: List of Lowest Reported EFL Price for an estimated 2000 kWh’s *
Lowest Electricity Prices in Abilene, Texas (or AEP North TDU area): 12mo- Fixed Rate Plans
(lowest to highest rate)
| Energy Providers | Rate for 2000 kWh (¢/kWh) |
| FIRST CHOICE POWER | 7.4 |
| DIRECT ENERGY | 7.5 |
| WTU RETAIL ENERGY | 7.5 |
| FRONTIER UTILITIES | 8.1 |
| SPARK ENERGY LLC | 8.2 |
| POWERNEXT | 8.4 |
| WINDROSE ENERGY | 8.4 |
| AMIGO ENERGY | 8.5 |
| INFUSE ENERGY LLC | 8.5 |
| JUST ENERGY | 8.5 |
| TARA ENERGY | 8.5 |
| SOUTHWEST POWER & LIGHT | 8.6 |
| YEP | 8.6 |
| SUMMER ENERGY LLC | 8.9 |
| 4CHANGE ENERGY | 9.0 |
| THINK ENERGY | 9.0 |
| AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC | 9.1 |
| DISCOUNT POWER | 9.1 |
| VETERAN ENERGY | 9.1 |
| CIRRO ENERGY | 9.2 |
| V247 POWER CORPORATION | 9.3 |
| RELIANT | 9.4 |
| SOUTHERN FEDERAL POWER LLC | 9.8 |
| CHAMPION ENERGY SERVICES LLC | 9.9 |
| TRIEAGLE ENERGY LP | 9.9 |
| TXU ENERGY | 9.9 |
| CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY INC | 10.7 |
| AMBIT ENERGY | 11.1 |
FIRST CHOICE POWER offered the lowest price and was also offering fixed rate plans from 12 to 36-month contract lengths as well as a new variable rate plan.
The highest rate was offered by AMBIT ENERGY.
Trend: 21% of those REPs changes their prices. We can’t underline a general trend here as among those REPs, half of them increased it while the other half decreased it.
Lowest Electricity Prices in Abilene, Texas (or AEP North TDU area): 24mo- Fixed Rate Plans
(lowest to highest rate)
| Energy Providers | Rate for 2000 kWh (¢/kWh) |
| FIRST CHOICE POWER | 7.0 |
| DIRECT ENERGY | 7.1 |
| WTU RETAIL ENERGY | 7.1 |
| FRONTIER UTILITIES | 7.7 |
| INFUSE ENERGY LLC | 8.1 |
| AMIGO ENERGY | 8.4 |
| JUST ENERGY | 8.4 |
| TARA ENERGY | 8.4 |
| WINDROSE ENERGY | 8.4 |
| SOUTHWEST POWER & LIGHT | 8.6 |
| YEP | 8.6 |
| SOUTHERN FEDERAL POWER LLC | 8.7 |
| SUMMER ENERGY LLC | 8.8 |
| AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC | 8.9 |
| CHAMPION ENERGY SERVICES LLC | 9.0 |
| THINK ENERGY | 9.0 |
| RELIANT | 9.2 |
| V247 POWER CORPORATION | 9.2 |
| DISCOUNT POWER | 9.3 |
| TXU ENERGY | 9.4 |
| TRIEAGLE ENERGY LP | 9.9 |
| CIRRO ENERGY | 10.7 |
This table shows that FIRST CHOICE POWER had the lowest price while CIRRO ENERGY had the highest price spot. This latest REP is offering other fixed rate plans on the Power to Choose website.
Trend: Only 14% of those REPs changed their prices: SUMMER ENERGY LLC and INFUSE ENERGY LLC increased it and RELIANT did the opposite.
Lowest Electricity Prices in Abilene, Texas (or AEP North TDU area): Variable Rate Plans
(lowest to highest rate)
| Energy Providers | Rate for 2000 kWh (¢/kWh) |
| SOUTHERN FEDERAL POWER LLC | 7.4 |
| DIRECT ENERGY | 7.5 |
| FIRST CHOICE POWER | 7.5 |
| WTU RETAIL ENERGY | 7.5 |
| INFUSE ENERGY LLC | 8.1 |
| RELIANT | 9.4 |
| SOUTHWEST POWER & LIGHT | 10.0 |
| YEP | 10.0 |
| TEXPO ENERGY | 10.2 |
| NEC CO-OP ENERGY | 11.2 |
| TXU ENERGY | 11.5 |
| AMBIT ENERGY | 16.5 |
SOUTHERN FEDERAL POWER LLC had the lowest price on the Power to Choose website for this category while AMIBIT ENERGY has the highest price.
Trend: 58% of those REPs changed their prices and the common trend is a decrease of rates.
Lowest Electricity Prices in Abilene, Texas (or AEP North TDU area): 100% Green 12mo-Fixed Rate Plans
(lowest to highest rate)
| Energy Providers | Rate for 2000 kWh (¢/kWh) |
| GEXA ENERGY | 8.1 |
| CLEANSKY ENERGY | 8.8 |
| AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC | 9.3 |
| IBERDROLA TEXAS | 9.6 |
| RHYTHM | 9.7 |
| GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY | 10.3 |
| TRIEAGLE ENERGY LP | 10.4 |
| TXU ENERGY | 13.2 |
GEXA ENERGY and TXU ENERGY took the lowest and highest price spots in this category, respectively.
Trend: Only 25% of those REPs changed their prices: RHYTHM increased it and CLEANSKY ENERGY decreased it.
Lowest Electricity Prices in Abilene, Texas (or AEP North TDU area): 100% Green 24mo-Fixed Rate Plan
(lowest to highest rate)
| Energy Providers | Rate for 2000 kWh (¢/kWh) |
| GEXA ENERGY | 7.7 |
| CLEANSKY ENERGY | 8.5 |
| IBERDROLA TEXAS | 9.0 |
| AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC | 9.1 |
| RHYTHM | 9.5 |
| GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY | 10.1 |
In this category of products, GEXA ENERGY is again offering the lowest rate. This REP also offered other fixed rate plans on power to choose website, from 12 to 24 contracts length.
GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY is offering the highest rate. This player offers multiple product types on the Power to Choose website (Fixed or variable rate, different durations)
Trend: Only 2 REPs changed their prices during the month: CLEANSKY ENERGY (decreased) and RHYTHM (increased).
Lowest Electricity Prices in Abilene, Texas (or AEP North TDU area): 100% Green Variable Rate Plan
(lowest to highest rate)
| Energy Providers | Rate for 2000 kWh (¢/kWh) |
| INFUSE ENERGY LLC | 8.2 |
| GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY | 13.9 |
| AMBIT ENERGY | 16.7 |
INFUSE ENERGY is the REP offering the lowest electricity rate here and was the only REP of this category who changed its price by decreasing it.
AMBIT ENERGY offered the highest rate and was also offering other non 100% Green plans on Power to Choose website.
* Data obtained from powertochoose.org (Power to Choose) for the days from 4/1/2021 to 4/31/2021. The tables above list the lowest price in cents/kWh offered by each retail electricity provider (REP) for a given type of plan for a monthly usage of 2000 kWh. If more than one product was available from the same REP for a given type of plan, EnergySavings.com only included the one with the lowest rate in its analysis. Please note that as products and rates may change at any time in the day on Power to Choose, EnergySavings.com’s analysis is based on information captured in its single daily snapshot, and therefore cannot guarantee that every product and rate made available in the month has been captured. Please reach out to [email protected] if you feel that any meaningful data has not been captured and EnergySavings.com may, at its sole discretion, issue a correction to the report. The analysis is performed by excluding plans that are marked as “Minimum usage fees/credits”, “Time of Use”, and “Prepaid” according to the data captured from Power to Choose. For more information about the electricity plans mentioned in this report, please consult both the Electricity Fact Label (EFL) and Terms of Service (TOS) for those plans. Those documents are available on the Power to Choose site if the plan is still currently offered. The rates listed may differ if the REP has changed its pricing.