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Wondering how your electricity bill compares to those living in other states? Find information on your state’s average electricity price, typical monthly usage and electricity bill, as tracked by the Energy Information Administration.
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Your local utility company wants to help you cut your electricity bill this summer. And it’s something you can take advantage of to get your air conditioning maintenance for free. Here are some of the utility-sponsored free or discounted A/C tune up programs in your area.
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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.
With energy bills climbing, consumers and business owners alike are looking for ways to cut back. One way to do this is to better understand your electricity usage.
Smart meters, installed by local utilities across Texas, can help you do that. Tap into Smart Meter Texas, the free website where you can access your meter information, to start your energy savings journey!
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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.
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Everyone knows about Texas summers. Hot, hot and more hot. We hit records in 2023 and 2024, both in temperature levels and duration of the heat.
Fewer think about Texas’ winter extremes. But as a former PUCT staff member told us, “The Texas grid is much more fragile in response to winter weather than it is to summer weather. Be prepared.” Here’s how to keep warm in the winter if the power goes out.
Most power outages in Texas are resolved within 4 hours (although those long outages are the ones we remember). To keep your home operating, consider a home battery backup + energy option, with up to 36 hours of backup power. You’ll get a full home battery backup system installed for under $700, pay a monthly fee and commit to using a specific retail electricity provider. Your REP will charge your battery when prices are low and sell power back to the grid when demand is high.
Thanks to the support of our customers and partners, on October 4, 2024, ElectricityPlans.com was among the top 100 companies from around the world selected for the 20th annual Aggie 100TM which honors the fastest growing companies owned by former students of Texas A&M University.
A copy of our press release is below!
Summer electricity peak demand in Texas is expected to grow nearly 80% in the next 10 years, from 85,464 MW in 2023 to a projected 153,230 MW in 2033. And no, electric vehicles aren’t the cause.
According to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the entity responsible for managing the Texas grid, the three factors driving electricity demand in Texas are: artificial intelligence, hydrogen electrolysis and cryptocurrency mining.
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., Just Energy Group, 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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Has your business been impacted by Texas power outages? Whether it’s caused by a grid malfunction, brown out or hurricane, owners and administrators of large commercial businesses are tired of being anxious about their power supply. What if you could have a reliable source of power, independent of the grid? That’s what a microgrid is all about.
Read More about Microgrids for Commercial Customers – Reliable Backup Power
