Texas utilities
Who delivers electricity in Texas?
In the parts of Texas with retail choice, one of six delivery utilities owns the poles and wires to each home. It charges the same regulated delivery rates whichever provider the home chooses, and the provider passes them through on its bill.
Elsewhere, including Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, and areas served by electric cooperatives, one local utility both sells and delivers the power, and there's no plan to choose.
Retail choice areas
Delivery utilities and what they charge
Delivery charges differ by utility, which is part of why the same plan costs more in one city than another. Each figure is the utility's residential delivery charge for a 1,000 kWh month, before the provider's energy price.
Oncor Electric Delivery
Dallas–Fort Worth, North, Central, East, and West Texas
$72.73at 1,000 kWh a month
CenterPoint Energy
Houston, Gulf Coast
$70.23at 1,000 kWh a month
AEP Texas Central
Corpus Christi, South Texas
$60.14at 1,000 kWh a month
AEP Texas North
Abilene, San Angelo, North-West Texas
$58.99at 1,000 kWh a month
Texas-New Mexico Power
Gulf Coast, West Texas, North Texas
$85.27at 1,000 kWh a month
Lubbock Power & Light
Lubbock
$62.58at 1,000 kWh a month
The map bins ZIP codes by the utility serving most of each one, from Light's service data, so boundaries are approximate. A street address decides which utility serves a home.
No retail choice
Cities with a single local utility
These utilities sell and deliver electricity themselves. At their addresses you start service with the utility directly.
Austin Energy
Austin
Start service with Austin EnergyCPS Energy
San Antonio
Start service with CPS EnergyEl Paso Electric
El Paso
Start service with El Paso ElectricPedernales Electric Cooperative
Texas Hill Country, Central Texas
Start service with Pedernales Electric Cooperative