Texas electricity guides
Know what you’re
paying for.
Understand how your electricity bill adds up, what your plan charges, and how to get service at a new address.
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Your electricity bill
Usage, plan charges, and delivery
Your usage
How much electricity you use
Your plan
How your usage turns into charges
Delivery
Getting electricity to your home
What brings you here?
Start with what’s on your mind.
Your electricity bill
Why did your electric bill go up?
More electricity, a different price, or a longer billing period? Put two bills side by side and follow the numbers to the cause.
Work through your billTwo bills. Four things to check.
- 01
Current charges
Separate this month from any previous balance.
- 02
Days billed
Check whether this bill covers more days.
- 03
Usage per day
Compare how much electricity you used each day.
- 04
Price per kWh
See whether your effective price changed.
The guide library
Explore bills, plans, and the grid
Understand your costs
How to lower your electric bill
Practical ways to find the biggest costs on your electric bill and lower them.
TDU delivery charges explained
What TDU delivery charges cover, who sets them, and why they stay the same across providers.
Bill credits and free nights
See when special pricing can save money and when it can cost more.
How electricity works
How the deregulated market works
How generators, utilities, and providers work together in Texas, and what your choice of provider changes.
Which parts of Texas are deregulated
Where you can choose your provider, the exceptions, and how to check your address.
Home batteries and virtual power plants
How home batteries and virtual power plants work, including payments, control, and backup power.
New address. Lights on.
Find the next steps for your city, or look up the ESI ID that identifies your electricity service address.
Renting? Start with apartment utilities.
About these guides
powerplans.com is Light’s free guide to understanding Texas electricity. Light is a Texas retail electric provider. Our guides explain the details and link to the sources behind them.