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🏆Best Electricity Companies in Texas (2026 Update)

Searching for the best electric companies in Texas? Here are our choices for best electricity provider in Texas, by category.

Texas Electricity Rates History

Last Updated November 15, 2026

Texas electricity rates averaged 10¢/kWh in January 2021 and rose to 16.58¢/kWh by December 2025 driven by higher demand, regulatory changes and high delivery costs. Rates began softening in mid-2026 as grid battery and solar capacity expanded across the state. You’ll find the Texas average rate history below for 2021 to present.

New Electric Rates Take Effect June 1 in Ohio; PUCO Encourages Shopping

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.

What are Utilities in a House, Apartment or Business?

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.

Pennsylvania Electricity Rates Increase June 2025 – Here’s Why

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.

Ohio Electric Rates Increase June 2025 – Here’s Why & What to Do About It

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.

How to Switch Electricity Providers

Want to switch electricity companies in Texas? If you live in Texas, it’s easy to change your electricity provider. Most Texas residents have the ability to choose their electricity provider, thanks to deregulation. (Check this list of deregulated vs. regulated city in Texas to see if you can switch electricity suppliers.) This quick read gives you the basics of switching electricity providers.

Texas Electricity Shopping Statistics – Annual Review 2025

Last Updated January 7, 2026

What choices did Texas electricity consumers make in 2025? Our second annual electricity shopping review reveals how Texans shopped for power this year, and how those choices shifted compared to 2024.

Purchasing Business Electricity: Energy Procurement Strategy

What’s your energy procurement strategy? For most small business owners, this is just another item that they purchase for their business. You mark the calendar to shop for your next contract, but may give very little thought to other aspects of it.

Here are four things to think about for your energy procurement strategy, to get the best commercial electricity price for your business.

Who is the Biggest Electricity Provider in Texas?

Last Updated November 11, 2026

The largest Retail Electricity Provider (REP) brand in Texas is Reliant Energy, with 1,545,510 residential customers. The second largest retail electricity provider brand in Texas is TXU Energy, with 1,442,516 residential customers.

Five parent corporations (NRG Energy, Vistra Corp., IGS Energy, NextEra Energy Inc. and Constellation Energy Corporation) control 90% of the Texas residential electricity customer base.

Data Source: All retail electricity providers in Texas must file their customer counts by type of customer with the Energy Information Administration. We’ve extracted and analyzed data from the EIA 2025 Annual Electric Power Industry Report released October 7, 2026, and appended their parent corporation.

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