Where we work
The Houston metro, in CenterPoint Energy's deregulated territory. One utility, one set of territory boundaries, one local economy — which is why we can tell you things a statewide operation cannot.
- Cities covered
- 13 Houston-metro cities, plus Houston
- Utility
- CenterPoint Energy
- Counties
- Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Galveston, Brazoria, Chambers, Waller
- Not served
- Entergy Texas territory — no retail choice exists there
Houston-metro cities
Each page carries the local specifics that actually differ — the anchor employers, the load profile of the local commercial base, the peak season, and where relevant the utility boundary that decides whether you can switch at all.
Sugar Land
Corporate campuses, medical offices and Town Square retail — Sugar Land buys power like a small city with a big commercial core.
Katy
Energy Corridor spillover, distribution warehouses along I-10, and one of the fastest-growing residential footprints in Texas.
The Woodlands
Corporate campuses, medical, and Town Center hospitality — with a utility boundary running through the middle of it.
Utility boundary — check before switching
Pearland
Life sciences, medical, and a retail corridor along SH-288 that has grown faster than almost anywhere in Brazoria County.
Pasadena
Petrochemical support, industrial services and the Houston Ship Channel — the heaviest commercial load profile in the metro.
Baytown
A refinery town with a contractor economy — and a lot of businesses whose electricity contracts have rolled over unnoticed.
Spring
Springwoods Village corporate campuses at one end, established small-business corridors along FM-1960 at the other.
Cypress
One of the fastest-growing parts of Harris County — new retail, new medical, and a very large school district.
Missouri City
Sienna and Riverstone growth, an established retail base along SH-6, and a business community that skews small.
League City
Clear Lake aerospace and marine services, a growing medical corridor, and the largest city in Galveston County.
Humble
Airport-adjacent logistics, the Deerbrook retail corridor, and Kingwood’s commercial base to the north.
Friendswood
A small, stable commercial base — professional offices, clinics and independent retail along FM-518.
Galveston
Hotels, the cruise terminals, UTMB, and a tourism economy whose electricity load swings with the season.
Where retail choice does not exist
Not everywhere near Houston is deregulated, and this catches people out often enough to be worth stating on its own.
Entergy Texas serves Conroe and much of Montgomery County north of The Woodlands. It is a regulated utility: there are no competing retail providers, and no broker can change who supplies you. The Woodlands itself is split between CenterPoint and Entergy, so two neighbours can have entirely different options.
Elsewhere in Texas, municipal utilities — Austin Energy, CPS Energy in San Antonio — and most electric cooperatives also have no retail choice.
The ESI ID on your bill settles it in about thirty seconds. Send us a bill and we will tell you what we see, including when the answer is that there is nothing for us to sell you.
Send one bill. Get a straight answer.
We read what you are on now, take it to the providers we hold agreements with, and tell you whether it is worth moving. If it is not, we say so.