Smart Electricity Shopping
If you’re considering a free nights or free weekends electricity plan, you aren’t alone. Most of the advertised electricity plans that you see blasted on billboards, radio and TV ads have free electricity involved. And that attracts a lot of interest. After all, free is free.
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Most customers in Texas choose a 12-month electricity plan, according to electricity shopping statistics. If that sounds like you, we’ve made it easy with this round up of the best 12-month electricity rates in each area of Texas.
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“Five star rating from the Public Utility Commission of Texas,” the billboards scream. This summer we’ve seen three retail electricity providers (REPs) bragging on their 5-star rating with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), just in the Houston area alone. Are 5-star ratings from the PUCT like 5-star reviews on Google? Not exactly.
In this article we break down what PUCT ratings are, and why we think they don’t matter much in your search for the best electricity provider.
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In this article we cut through a lot of online misinformation to give you the straightforward truth about senior citizen electricity discounts in Texas.
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Searching for the best electric companies in Texas? Here are our choices for best electricity provider in Texas, by category.
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Electricity prices are not what they used to be. Long gone are the days of 10 cent all-in energy rates in Texas. If you’re shopping electricity rates, it helps to know how electricity rates have changed over time. This Texas electricity rates history gets you prepared for your next shopping cycle.
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The Public Utility Commission of Ohio, in a May 19, 2025 series of social media and news posts, is encouraging Ohio residents to seek alternatives for their power supply.
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Utilities are defined as the essential or optional services you need in your house, apartment, or business to keep it comfortable and functioning properly. In this article we review the 5 essential utilities plus the optional utilities that give us modern conveniences.
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Pennsylvania is part of the PJM Interconnection, which manages the electric grid for PA and 12 other states. Your electricity bill includes not only energy and delivery costs, but also capacity costs. PA capacity costs incent power generators to maintain sufficient supply on the electric grid during times of peak demand.
Here’s what you can do to keep your bills under control.
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In Ohio, you not only pay for electricity and delivery, you also pay for “capacity” as part of your electricity generation charges. Capacity costs are increasing in June 2025, and you’ll see this impact on your bill.
Here’s the background, and what you can do to keep your bills under control.
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