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
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