The Houston market
Commercial energy in Houston
Houston runs on ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas — the most open retail electricity market in the country. CenterPoint Energy owns the poles, wires and meters and delivers power to your building, and that delivery service never changes. What you can change is the retail electricity provider (REP) that supplies the energy, and in Houston hundreds of them compete for commercial accounts.
That competition is the opportunity. Because the supply charge is the largest, shoppable part of a Texas commercial bill, running your account through a competitive bid is the most direct way to lower it — without touching your service, your meter, or your reliability.
What it costs
What Houston businesses pay for power
At roughly 8.69¢/kWh, Texas carries one of the lowest commercial averages in the country — but a headline ERCOT rate is energy-only. Your real Houston bill also includes CenterPoint delivery, and for larger accounts, transmission and demand charges. We quote the shoppable supply piece and show you the all-in picture.
Statewide commercial average, latest EIA data. See Texas commercial energy and rates for every state.
Who we serve
Industries we broker for in Houston
Houston’s economy is unusually energy-intensive, which makes rate strategy matter more here than almost anywhere. We broker for oil, gas and oilfield-services firms; Gulf Coast refiners and petrochemical plants; the hospitals and research institutions of the Texas Medical Center; warehouses, cold storage and third-party logistics tied to the Port of Houston; aerospace and advanced manufacturing; and the offices, retail and multi-site operators that keep the metro running.
Local cost drivers
Summer peaks and 4CP transmission costs
Houston’s long, humid summers push cooling demand — and ERCOT’s grid — to its highest points in July and August. For larger Texas accounts, a meaningful slice of the bill is the transmission charge, and ERCOT allocates it by your usage during the four 15-minute system peaks of the summer, known as the 4CP. A high 4CP reading follows you for the next year.
That makes how you use power as important as the rate you pay. We look at your load profile and 4CP exposure when we structure a contract, and for demand-flexible operations we’ll flag whether curtailing on likely peak afternoons could cut next year’s transmission costs — the kind of detail a Houston business never gets from a utility default.
How it works
Lowering your Houston energy cost, in three steps
Send one bill
A recent Houston electricity bill is all we need to read your usage, your CenterPoint Energy delivery charges, and your current supply rate.
26+ suppliers compete
We put your account out to bid across ERCOT suppliers and normalize every offer to the same terms, so you compare like for like.
Lock a fixed rate
You pick the lowest fixed rate for the longest sensible term. No cost to you, and no obligation to switch.
Houston questions
Commercial energy in Houston, answered
See what your Houston business could save
Send us one recent bill and we’ll compare 26+ suppliers, then show you the lowest fixed rate for your Houston account — free, no obligation.