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Texas electricity definition

Time-of-use plan

Also: TOU, time-varying plan

A plan whose price varies according to the time of day or day of the week when electricity is used.

What it means

Monthly kWh alone may be insufficient to evaluate a time-of-use plan because two households with the same total can have different on-peak and off-peak usage.

Eyebiss interpretation

How the decision system uses this concept

Eyebiss needs a supported usage split or interval data before treating time-of-use savings as known.

Claim provenance: OFFICIAL_SOURCE

Commonly confused with

  • free nights
  • free weekends
  • variable-rate plan

Related concepts

Free nightsA time-of-use design with a stated no-energy-charge or discounted overnight window, subject to the plan's actual terms.Free weekendsA time-of-use design with a stated no-energy-charge or discounted weekend window, subject to the plan's terms.Usage levelThe amount of electricity used during a defined period, usually measured in kWh.

Sources

  1. Power to Choose Plan OptionsPublic Utility Commission of Texas

    Fixed, variable, indexed, prepaid, and time-of-use products have different pricing and contract behavior. Time-of-use prices may vary by time or day.

    Retrieved 2026-08-21 · Texas · primary source · freshness mediumIndividual EFLs and TOS documents control the actual product mechanics.
  2. Power to Choose User GuidePublic Utility Commission of Texas

    Power to Choose is an official PUCT resource for comparing competitive electricity plans. Its plan filters include usage, contract term, minimum-usage fees or credits, tiered rates, and time-varying pricing. Household electricity usage varies seasonally.

    Retrieved 2026-08-21 · Texas · primary source · freshness mediumA plan listing is not a household-specific recommendation and must be read with its contract documents.