Our Rates, KPUB’s Power Supply & Future Plans

Kerrville Public Utility Board’s (KPUB) mission is to be a responsive and efficient, locally owned provider of safe and reliable utility service at the lowest responsible price.

KPUB’s electric rates are carefully designed to recover the cost of serving each customer class. We purchase power from a variety of competitive sources to secure the most cost-effective rates for our community. As a result, KPUB consistently delivers some of the lowest electricity rates in Texas and across the United States.

To maintain this level of affordability and reliability, KPUB is planning ahead for the future of our power supply. A major supply contract that currently provides a significant portion of our electricity is set to expire in the coming years. In anticipation, KPUB is advancing the development of owning our own power generation plant—a strategic move that has been under consideration for several decades.

In today’s increasingly volatile energy market, owning our own generation will allow KPUB to have more control over our energy portfolio, helping us continue to provide stable, affordable rates for our customers well into the future. Click here to learn more about this project.

Our residential rate structure is comprised of three components that will appear under the detail of electric charges on your monthly bill: power supply charge, distribution charge and customer charge. Learn more here.

Your monthly bill will be the sum of these three rate components, plus any taxes, assessments, or surcharges imposed by any governmental authority, which are assessed on the basis of revenues from electric service or volume of electricity purchased or sold.

For a full list of all of KPUB’s fees, please refer to our tariff by clicking the button below.

* Power supply charge varies. KPUB does not generate our own electricity—we purchase it from diverse power suppliers. Accordingly, our tariff (rate) is based on a fixed rate + a variable rate that can fluctuate with actual power supply costs. The variable portion is called the power cost adjustment factor (PCAF).

How Our Rate Are Determined

We are dedicated to providing fair rates to our customers and ensure that when a customer is billed, the charges reflect the actual cost of serving that customer. To help us do this, we periodically engage a third-party consultant to review the cost of serving each class of customer (residential vs. commercial vs. large commercial) and make recommendations on our rate design.

The consultant’s cost of service reports and recommendations are presented to our board and city council when rates are revised. Our most recent consultant’s cost of service reports are available here:

• FY2019 Cost of Service Study Report
• FY2019 Cost of Service Rate Design
• FY2019 Cost of Service Fee Schedule

Billing

Bills are due when rendered and become past due if not paid within sixteen (16) days thereafter. Past due bills shall be assessed a one-time penalty charge of 5% of the unpaid amount. Upon proof of age of over 60 years, the penalty for past due bills shall be waived.

Our standard bill cycles are cycle 01, 02, 03 & 04. Your KPUB bill is due on a Friday each month, and the dates will vary depending upon what cycle you fall under. Click the button below to view our bill cycle calendar for a listing of all your cycle’s due dates for the year.

If you’d like to select a different billing cycle that works better for your pay schedule or monthly budget, we are happy to help! Contact our customer service department at 830.257.3050 or email [email protected].

*please note, you can only change your billing cycle once a year.