Bundled retail service
19.74¢
per kWh, 2025 average revenue
$180.67 / month at 915 kWh
Price +5.2% from 2024
Retail Power Marketer · 414,347 residential customers · Texas
Why is my Ambit Energy Holdings electric bill so high?
EIA respondent: Ambit Energy Holdings, LLC. Reviewed October 14, 2026.
Ambit Energy Holdings did not have one residential price in 2025. EIA keeps the service types separate. 364,649 bundled retail service customers averaged 19.74¢ per kWh and $180.67 a month; 49,698 energy supply customers averaged 14.04¢ per kWh and $104.48 a month. A blended average would describe neither bill. The legal name in the filing is Ambit Energy Holdings, LLC.
Texas's 2025 statewide residential average was 15.40¢. July 2026 was 15.88¢, versus 15.36¢ in July 2025 (+3.4%). Compare each Ambit Energy Holdings service type with those figures on its own.
From 2024 to 2025, the average monthly bill for bundled retail service changed +1.3%. Average use changed −3.6% and average price changed +5.2%. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change accounts for −$6.44 a month. The price change, applied to 2025 usage, accounts for $8.85.
EIA Form 861, 2025 final · Reviewed October 14, 2026
EIA Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Energy supply
14.04¢
per kWh, 2025 average revenue
$104.48 / month at 744 kWh
Price +3.8% from 2024
The rate on the record
EIA classifies this respondent as a retail power marketer. Average revenue per kilowatt-hour is total residential revenue divided by residential sales. It is not a tariff schedule.
| Service | Customers | Price | Monthly use | Monthly bill | Vs 2024 price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundled retail service | 364,649 | 19.74¢ | 915 kWh | $180.67 | +5.2% |
| Energy supply | 49,698 | 14.04¢ | 744 kWh | $104.48 | +3.8% |
EIA-861 sales to ultimate customers, 2025 final, compared with 2024 · Reviewed October 14, 2026
By state
| State | Service | Customers | Price | Monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL | Energy supply | 20,500 | 11.38¢ | $81.44 |
| PA | Energy supply | 12,795 | 14.80¢ | $127.60 |
| MA | Energy supply | 5,223 | 19.04¢ | $106.54 |
| NJ | Energy supply | 4,818 | 16.94¢ | $138.92 |
| ME | Energy supply | 2,337 | 16.43¢ | $86.95 |
| OH | Energy supply | 1,182 | 12.52¢ | $103.69 |
| NH | Energy supply | 1,050 | 15.27¢ | $84.16 |
| MD | Energy supply | 751 | 15.60¢ | $193.16 |
| RI | Energy supply | 609 | 15.11¢ | $86.10 |
| DE | Energy supply | 224 | 15.91¢ | $146.84 |
| DC | Energy supply | 209 | 15.79¢ | $96.53 |
| TX | Bundled retail service | 364,649 | 19.74¢ | $180.67 |
Audit the bundled retail service average
Revenue 790,579.7 thousand dollars. Sales 4,005,628 MWh. Customers 364,649. Cents per kWh = revenue ÷ megawatt-hours × 100. Monthly bill = revenue × 1,000 ÷ customers ÷ 12.
Audit the energy supply average
Revenue 62,311.4 thousand dollars. Sales 443,836 MWh. Customers 49,698. Cents per kWh = revenue ÷ megawatt-hours × 100. Monthly bill = revenue × 1,000 ÷ customers ÷ 12.
Why a Ambit Energy Holdings bill moved
Usage and price pulled in opposite directions
Ambit Energy Holdings reported a bundled retail service average of $180.67 a month in 2025, +1.3% from $178.29 in 2024. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change of −3.6% is worth −$6.44 a month. The price change of +5.2%, from 18.77¢ to 19.74¢, is worth $8.85 on 2025 usage.
Above the Texas average
19.74¢ per kWh is above Texas's 2025 residential average of 15.40¢. July 2026 in the state was 15.88¢, versus 15.36¢ a year earlier (+3.4%). The utility figure is a full year of average revenue. The state figure is one later month. A household that uses more than 915 kWh will not land on $180.67.
This row is the retail plan, not the wires
Ambit Energy Holdings is an EIA retail power marketer. The 2025 bundled average, 19.74¢ per kWh across 364,649 customers, is plan revenue. In Texas and other choice markets the transmission and distribution utility still bills a delivery charge, either inside the plan or beside it. Whether a quoted cents-per-kWh already includes delivery needs verification on that plan's electricity facts label.
Needs verification
Season
Ambit Energy Holdings customers in Texas average 915 kWh a month across the whole year, against a statewide residential average of 1,110 kWh. Summer afternoons do not look like that average. An air conditioner, a pool pump, or a hotter month can move the bill before any rider does.
Time-of-use is already on the EIA schedule
EIA's 2025 dynamic-pricing file shows residential time-of-use activity at Ambit Energy Holdings, with 10,653 residential customers enrolled in dynamic pricing. The expensive window is in the tariff, not in that enrollment count. Shifting a dishwasher or an EV charger only helps if you are actually on that schedule.
EIA-861 2025 and 2024 residential sales · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Rate cases and hikes
Needs verification No rate case for Ambit Energy Holdings has been reviewed for this page. Orders and pending dockets are public at Public Utility Commission of Texas. In the competitive ERCOT areas, a retail provider sells the plan and a transmission and distribution utility charges for delivery. Municipally owned utilities and cooperatives outside that setup bill differently. Confirm which market you are in. Needs verification for a specific address.
Public Utility Commission of Texas · Reviewed October 14, 2026
Assistance
LIHEAP is the federal bill program, and the state contact list is the place to start. A Ambit Energy Holdings income discount, medical baseline, or budget-billing rule was not retrieved from Public Utility Commission of Texas. That offer needs verification.
LIHEAP · Reviewed October 14, 2026
How to lower the bill
- Read the kilowatt-hours against this filing's average of 915 kWh a month. If your use is the thing that moved, the dollar total can rise on an unchanged rate.
- Ask the retailer whether the quoted price includes the utility delivery charge. The EIA average on this page does not answer that plan-design question.
- The wires charge depends on the address. Oncor's April 2026 delivery increase is PUCT Docket 58306. CenterPoint Houston's residential distribution recovery factor of 0.4944 cents per kWh, for meters read on and after June 1, 2026, is Docket 59424. Neither docket sets this retailer's energy price.
- In Texas, the expensive hours are late afternoon and early evening in summer. Raise the cooling setpoint when you are out, and run the dryer, the dishwasher, and any pool pump outside those hours if your tariff charges more then.
- Start with LIHEAP for Texas (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/map/liheap-map-state-and-territory-contact-listing). A Ambit Energy Holdings discount beyond that program needs verification.
- 10,653 residential customers were already on a dynamic price in the 2025 EIA file. If you are one of them, the window on the tariff is the lever. If you are not, calling the utility to discuss the schedule is the first step, not shifting load you are not being charged extra for.
- If the read is marked estimated, the next actual read can true the account up or down. The tariff rule for that true-up needs verification.
Bundled retail service at the 2025 average price
| Monthly use | Estimated bill |
|---|---|
| 500 kWh | $98.70 |
| 750 kWh | $148.05 |
| 1,000 kWh | $197.40 |
| 1,500 kWh | $296.10 |
| 2,000 kWh | $394.80 |
Usage times the average price. At very low use, a real bill is often higher because a fixed customer charge does not shrink. The tariff needs verification.
Energy supply at the 2025 average price
| Monthly use | Estimated bill |
|---|---|
| 500 kWh | $70.20 |
| 750 kWh | $105.30 |
| 1,000 kWh | $140.40 |
| 1,500 kWh | $210.60 |
| 2,000 kWh | $280.80 |
Usage times the average price. At very low use, a real bill is often higher because a fixed customer charge does not shrink. The tariff needs verification.
Questions people ask
Why is my Ambit Energy Holdings electric bill so high?
Ambit Energy Holdings did not have one residential price in 2025. EIA keeps the service types separate. 364,649 bundled retail service customers averaged 19.74¢ per kWh and $180.67 a month; 49,698 energy supply customers averaged 14.04¢ per kWh and $104.48 a month. A blended average would describe neither bill. The legal name in the filing is Ambit Energy Holdings, LLC. Texas's 2025 statewide residential average was 15.40¢. July 2026 was 15.88¢, versus 15.36¢ in July 2025 (+3.4%). Compare each Ambit Energy Holdings service type with those figures on its own. From 2024 to 2025, the average monthly bill for bundled retail service changed +1.3%. Average use changed −3.6% and average price changed +5.2%. Holding the 2024 price fixed, the usage change accounts for −$6.44 a month. The price change, applied to 2025 usage, accounts for $8.85.
What was Ambit Energy Holdings's average residential rate?
Using 2025 EIA-861 revenue and sales, the bundled retail service average was 19.74¢ per kWh. Average use was 915 kWh a month and the average bill was $180.67. This folds in whatever customer charges and riders the utility reported. It is not the marginal rate on your tariff.
Did Ambit Energy Holdings raise rates?
The bundled retail service average price changed +5.2% from 2024 to 2025, from 18.77¢ to 19.74¢. That is average revenue per kilowatt-hour, not a commission order. No 2025–2026 order for this utility was retrieved for this page. A separate rider can still move a single month.
What bill assistance can Ambit Energy Holdings customers ask about?
LIHEAP is the federal program for home energy bills (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ocs/programs/liheap). Ambit Energy Holdings may also offer an income-qualified discount, budget billing, or a medical baseline. The current offer, income cutoff, and how to apply need verification with the state LIHEAP office and Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Are data centers why this bill went up?
Large computing load is raising U.S. electricity demand, and regulators can later recover new generation and wires costs from customers. EIA has not published a dollar line that isolates data centers on this utility's residential bill. That pass-through needs verification.