Electricity plans in McAllen, TX
McAllen sits in AEP Texas Central's delivery territory, the same deregulated utility that covers Corpus Christi and much of South Texas. The retail side — the actual company selling you electricity — is wide open competition, which is where the real decision-making happens.
Who delivers your power in McAllen
One honest thing worth knowing up front: McAllen and Corpus Christi are all served by the same delivery utility (AEP Texas Central), and in Texas’s deregulated market, retail providers set their pricing at the utility-territory level, not neighborhood by neighborhood. So the real plan data below is genuinely identical to what we show for Corpus Christi — that’s not a placeholder or a shortcut, it’s how the market actually prices things. What differs by city is which specific address maps to which utility in the first place, which is exactly the kind of thing our tool checks for you.
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Frequently asked questions
Do I get to choose my electricity company in McAllen?
Yes. McAllen sits in AEP Texas Central’s service territory, one of the deregulated parts of Texas where you pick your own retail electric provider instead of being assigned one by default.
Who actually delivers the power to my house in McAllen?
AEP Texas Central owns the physical wires and handles outages in Hidalgo County — that part isn’t something you shop for. The company you do choose is the retail electric provider (REP) that sells you the electricity itself; AEP Texas Central’s delivery charge is baked into every plan’s price whether you notice it or not.
How many electricity plans are available in McAllen right now?
We’re tracking 127 real plans from 42 providers in AEP Texas Central’s territory, pulled from official plan filings — not a curated top-10 list.
What's the average electricity rate in McAllen?
Across those 127 plans, the price at 1,000 kWh of usage averages 13.4¢/kWh, ranging from 11.4¢ to 16.5¢. Your actual best rate depends heavily on your real usage level, which is exactly what our tool factors in rather than quoting one headline number.
Plan counts, provider counts, and rates on this page are computed directly from our real plan dataset (sourced from official electricity plan filings), not estimated or written by hand. Delivery utility territory per Public Utility Commission of Texas records.