Do You Have Choice in Your Area?

Electric Choice in Texas: Where It's Available and Where It's Not

While a large portion of the state has choice, some areas don't.

In the vast landscape of Texas, the ability to choose your electricity provider, often referred to as electric choice or retail choice, is a valuable option for many consumers. However, it's important to understand that electric choice is not uniformly available throughout the entire state. This guide will clarify which parts of Texas have electric choice and where it's not an option.

Let's Start with Texas Cities that Don't Have Electric Choice

In these areas, cities are powered by local municipal power companies, electric coops, and other publically-owned utilities. Some of these are areas have been regulated and deregulated areas. In order to determine if you have choice in these areas or any other, you'll need to check your zip code at a potential Retail Electricity Provider's website or at an aggegrator's website, such as Texas Electricity Ratings.

Amarillo: Xcel Energy
Austin: Austin Energy (surrounding cities are deregulated)
Beaumont:
Brownsville: Brownsville Public Utilities Board (check your zip code, some areas are deregulated)
Bryan: Bryan Texas Utilities
Brenham: City of Brenham Electric Department
Burnet: City of Burnet Electric Department
College Station: College Station Utilities
Cuero: City of Cuero Electric Department
El Paso: El Paso Electric
Fredericksburg: City of Fredericksburg Electric Department

Denton: Denton Municipal Electric (check your zip code, some parts of Denton are deregulated)
Garland: Garland Power & Light (check your zip code, some parts of Garland are deregulated)
Georgetown: Georgetown Utility Systems
Greenville: GEUS (check your zip code, some parts of the city and surrounding areas are deregulated)
Kerrville: Kerrville Public Utility Board
New Braunfels: New Braunfels Utilities
San Marcos: San Marcos Electric Utility
San Antonio: CPS Energy (City Public Service)
The Woodlands: Served by both Entergy and Centerpoint Energy (check your zip code to find out if you have choice)

Now, Here's the Texas Cities That Do Have Electricity Choice and Power to Choose

Abilene
Addison
Alamo
Albany
Aledo
Alice
Allen
Alpine
Alvarado
Alvin
Alvord
Andrews
Angleton
Anson
Aransas Pass
Archer City
Argyle
Arlington
Arroyo City
Aspermont
Athens
Atlanta
Aubrey
Austwell
Azle
Bacliff
Baird
Balch Springs
Ballinger
Balmorhea
Barksdale
Bay City
Baytown
Bedford
Beeville
Bellaire
Bellmead
Belton
Benbrook
Big Lake
Big Spring
Bishop
Blooming Grove
Bonham
Booker
Brackettville
Brazoria
Breckenridge
Bronte
Brookshire
Brownwood
Buffalo
Burkburnett
Burleson
Cameron
Canton
Carrizo Springs
Carrollton
Cedar Hill
Cedar Park
Centerville
Channelview
Childress
Christoval
Cisco
Clarendon
Clarksville
Cleburne
Clifton
Clute
Clyde
Collinsville
Colorado City
Columbus
Comanche
Commerce
Comstock
Cooper
Coppell
Copperas Cove
Corpus Christi
Corsicana
Cotulla
Crane
Crockett
Crosby
Cross Plains
Crossroads
Crowell
Crystal City
Cypress
Dallas
De Leon
De Soto
Decatur
Deer Park
Del Rio
Denison
Devine
Diboll
Dickens
Dickinson
Dilley
Donna
Dublin
Dumas
Duncanville
Eagle Lake
Eagle Pass
Early
Eastland
Eden
Edgewood
Edinburg
Edna
Edom
Egypt
El Campo
Eldorado
Electra
Elgin
Ennis
Escobares
Etoile
Euless
Eustace
Falcon Heights
Falfurrias
Farmers Branch
Flint

Flo
Forest Hill
Forney
Fort Davis
Fort Stockton
Fort Worth
Freeport
Freer
Frisco
Fulton
Gainesville
Galena Park
Galveston
Gatesville
George West
Goliad
Graford
Graham
Granbury
Grand Prairie
Grandview
Grapevine
Gun Barrel City
Hallettsville
Haltom City
Hamilton
Hamlin
Harker Heights
Harlingen
Haskell
Hebbronville
Henrietta
Hidalgo
Hillsboro
Hitchcock
Houston
Hubbard
Hudson
Humble
Huntington
Hurst
Hutchins
Ingleside
Iraan
Irving
Italy
Jacksboro
Jersey Village
Jewett
Johnson City
Jourdanton
Junction
Karnes City
Katy
Kaufman
Keene
Keller
Kemah
Kenedy
Kermit
Killeen
Kingsville
Knox City
La Feria
La Marque
La Porte
Lacy Lakeview
Ladonia
Laguna Park
Lajitas
Lake Jackson
Lake Whitney
Lake Worth
Lamesa
Lancaster
Laredo
League City
Leakey
Leona
Lewisville
Lindale
Liverpool
Log Cabin
Lubbock
Lufkin
Lytle
Mabank
Magnolia
Malakoff
Malone
Manor
Mansfield
Marfa
Mathis
Mc Allen
Mc Gregor
Mc Kinney
Memphis
Menard
Mercedes
Merkel
Mesquite
Midland
Midlothian
Milano
Milford
Mineral Wells
Mission
Monahans
Muenster
Munday
Nacogdoches
Nassau Bay
Neches
Nocona
North Richland Hills
Northlake
Odem
Odessa
Olney
Orange Grove
Ozona
Paducah
Paint Rock
Palacios
Palestine
Palmer
Palmview
Paris
Pasadena

Pearland
Pearsall
Pecos
Penitas
Perryton
Pharr
Pilot Point
Plano
Pleasanton
Port Aransas
Port Isabel
Port Lavaca
Port Mansfield
Port O Connor
Portland
Pottsboro
Praire View
Premont
Presidio
Quanah
Quinlan
Quintana
Rachel
Rainbow
Rancho Viejo
Ranger
Rankin
Raymondville
Red Oak
Refugio
Reklaw
Richardson
Richland
Richland Hills
Richmond
Rio Grande City
Rio Hondo
Riviera
Riviera Beach
Roanoke
Robert Lee
Rockdale
Rockport
Rocksprings
Rockwall
Roma
Rosenberg
Rotan
Round Rock
Round Top
Rowlett
Royse City
Ruidosa
Rule
Sabinal
Saginaw
Saint Jo
Salado
San Angelo
San Benito
San Juan
San Leon
Sandia
Santa Anna
Sargent
Seabrook
Seadrift
Seagoville
Sealy
Seguin
Shamrock
Sheffield
Sherman
Sinton
Snyder
Sonora
South Houston
South Padre Island
Spearman
Spring
Springtown
Spur
Stafford
Stamford
Stephenville
Sugar Land
Sulphur Springs
Surfside Beach
Sweetwater
Synder
Taft
Taylor
Temple
Terlingua
Terrell
Texas City
The Colony
Three Rivers
Throckmorton
Tivoli
Tomball
Tuleta
Tyler
Uvalde
Van
Van Alstyne
Vernon
Victoria
Waco
Waxahachie
Webster
Wellington
Weslaco
West Columbia
West Tawakoni
Westlake
Wharton
White Settlement
Whitewright
Whitney
Wichita Falls
Wills Point
Wimberley
Winters
Wolfe City
Woodway
Yantis
Yorktown
Zapata
Zavalla