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Texas electricity definition

Effective electricity rate

Also: realized rate, all-in rate, billed cents per kWh

A calculated cost per kWh for a defined bill or modeled period, using a stated numerator and usage denominator.

What it means

A bill-level effective rate and an EFL average price are related but not automatically identical because their included charges and periods may differ. The calculation must say what costs are included.

Eyebiss interpretation

How the decision system uses this concept

Eyebiss labels the period, cost components, evidence, and assumptions behind every effective-rate calculation.

Claim provenance: CALCULATED

Commonly confused with

  • advertised rate
  • energy charge
  • EFL average price

Related concepts

Advertised electricity rateA rate presented in an advertisement, listing, or standardized reference scenario rather than the household's realized bill cost.Kilowatt-hourA unit of electrical energy used to measure household consumption.Usage levelThe amount of electricity used during a defined period, usually measured in kWh.TDU delivery chargeA regulated charge for transmitting and distributing electricity through the local delivery system.

Sources

  1. PUCT Substantive Rule 25.475: General Retail Electric Provider Requirements and Information DisclosuresPublic Utility Commission of Texas

    The contract documents include the TOS, EFL, and YRAC. The rule defines fixed-rate and variable-price products. The EFL uses standardized price disclosures, including specified usage levels. Contract-expiration notices must describe termination penalties and applicable timing.

    Retrieved 2026-08-21 · Texas · primary source · freshness highConsumers should verify the current rule and their own TOS, EFL, YRAC, and expiration notice before acting.
  2. How Eyebiss reasons from electricity evidenceEyebiss

    Eyebiss preserves official facts, observations, calculations, analysis, inference, and unknowns as distinct provenance classes. Eyebiss may abstain when evidence is missing, stale, or conflicting.

    Retrieved 2026-08-21 · Texas · primary source · freshness highThis methodology describes the public knowledge architecture and does not claim live statewide market coverage.