Comparison of Electric Companys in Houston, Texas

According to the Texas Electric Choice Education Program website, understanding your choices is the first task to undertake. Unlike relocation to smaller cities with a single electrical provider, you have double-digit choices in Houston. Each power company offers different lengths of contract terms -- much like cell phone providers -- that range from month-to-month to up to three years. Each company also provides electricity at different rates: fixed, variable or indexed rates or a combination thereof. Another option is the degree of "green" energy the company provides, based upon an assessment by an outside party. According to the website Houston Electricity Choice, the average Houston residents spends over $2,000 per year on this utility, so it behooves you to carefully consider your options.

The Texas Electric Choice Education Program website provides consumers with a list of 10 questions to ask different providers to best understand your options. Among the recommended queries is what your rate will be per hour, the length of your contract period and whether or not this rate is fixed or variable. These questions help you narrow the field of electrical providers to those that will best meet your financial and electrical needs. In addition to the recommended questions, you are also provided a site to investigate the rate of customer complaints formally lodged against each utility company.

You may determine which companies you have to choose from by the Texas Electric Choice Education Program website using its search by zip code option. The returned results gives you the ability to compare different programs available to your residential address and based upon your specific financial needs and electricity usage.

Bounce Energy, bounceenergy.com, 888-452-6862 Brilliant Energy LLC, brilliantenergyllc.com, 877-789-8801 Champion Energy Services, championenergyservices.com, 877-653-5090 Cirro Energy, cirroenergy.com, 800-692-4776 CPL Retail Energy (cplretailenergy.com) (866-322-5563) Direct Energy (directenergy.com) (888-305-3828) Dynowatt (dynowatt.com) (877-396-6928) First Choice Power (firstchoicepower.com) (866-469-2464) Gateway Energy Services (gesc.com) (800-805-8586) Gexa Energy (gexaenergy.com) (866-961-9399) Hudson Energy Services (hudsonenergy.net) (866-483-0370) Kinetic Energy LLC (kinetictexas.com) (888-610-2555) Liberty Power Corporation (libertypowercorp.com) (866-769-3799) Mega Energy LLC (mymegaenergy.com) (866-687-6342)

Nueces Electric Cooperative (necretail.com) (800-632-9288) OnPAC Energy (onpac.com) (866-696-6722) Reliant Energy (reliant.com) (877-524-5231) Simple Power (simplepower.net ) (888-897-4675) Spark Energy LP (sparkenergy.com) (800-780-9202) StarTex Power (startexpower.com) (866-917-8271) Stream Energy (streamenergy.net) (866-447-8732) Texas Power (texaspoweronline.com) (866-744-6366) Texpo Energy (texpoenergy.com) (877-839-7657) TXU Energy (txu.com) (800-242-9113) U.S. Energy Savings Corp. (usesc.com) (866-425-7852) WTU Retail Energy (wturetailenergy.com) (866-322-5563)