Electricity rates in Brenham, TX
19,957 residents · 1 ZIP codes
Most homes in Brenham can’t choose an electricity provider
Here a local utility, usually city-owned or a member cooperative, both sells and delivers your power, and sets its own rates. There are no retail plans to compare.
Utilities with service areas around Brenham:
- Entergy Texas
- Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative
- Fayette Electric Cooperative
Service area boundaries are approximate. Your bill shows which utility serves your address.
Typical plan price today where Texans can choose a provider.
Texas average actually paid, July 2026 (U.S. EIA).
Homes in Brenham
63% of the 7,659 households in Brenham heat with electricity, close to the Texas average of 61%. The heating mix helps explain why your winter electricity use may differ from a county-wide weather model; it does not predict a bill for an individual home. 49% of households rent, and half the homes were built before 1983.
| Measure | Brenham | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Homes heated with electricity | 63% | 61% |
| Homes heated with natural gas | 34% | 35% |
| Households that rent | 49% | 37% |
| Single-family houses | 64% | 67% |
| Mobile homes | 6% | 6% |
| Median year built | 1983 | 1992 |
| Median rooms per home | 5.0 | 5.4 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. City figures are survey estimates with a margin of error.
Power outages in Washington County
In 2025 the average customer in Washington County spent about 6.6 hours without power (Texas average: 4.6 hours). The worst day of the last five years was January 12, 2022, when 10,881 customers (85%) lost power.
| Year | Hours without power per customer | Days with major outages |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.6 | 12 |
| 2024 | 19.4 | 19 |
| 2023 | 4.8 | 16 |
Major outage: at least 5% of the county’s 12,824 customers without power at once. Source: EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0), built from utility outage maps; coverage of some utilities may be incomplete.
ZIP codes in Brenham
1 ZIP codes associated with Brenham. Confirm service at your exact address.
- 77833
Nearby cities
- College Station · 30 mi
- Navasota · 24 mi
- Bryan · 35 mi
- Giddings · 32 mi
- Conroe · 56 mi
- Huntsville · 63 mi
Questions people ask
Can I choose my electricity provider in Brenham?
In most of Brenham, no: a local utility sells and delivers power. Some addresses near the city edge may be in a competitive area. Your bill shows your utility.
Why can’t everyone in Texas choose?
When Texas opened its electricity market in 2002, city-owned utilities and co-ops could decide whether to join. Most chose not to, so they set their own rates.