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Before you switch to Tara Energy
- Company
- Tara Energy, LLC (PUCT certificate #10051), per its Electricity Facts Label.
- Phone
- 1-866-327-0408 (enrollment line, as listed on Power to Choose; checked November 15, 2026). TrueBill can't take enrollments or account questions.
- How to switch
- Sign up with Tara Energy directly; it arranges the switch, and your current plan ends when the new service starts. Check your current plan's early termination fee first: Texas rules waive it in the last 14 days of a contract and when you move. Your local delivery utility keeps delivering your power either way.
Publicly listed residential plans with valid pricing data, from the state plan feed. Plan data updated November 15, 2026. Confirm current rates with the provider before enrolling.
Tara Energy is a Houston-based Texas retail electricity brand. Public Utility Commission of Texas records list Tara Energy LLC as a retail electric provider certificated in August 2002 (certificate #10051). IGS Energy's 2025 announcements named Tara as one of Just Energy's brands, alongside Just Energy, Amigo Energy and Hudson Energy, and IGS completed its acquisition of Just Energy in July 2025. Tara's plans have used the same structures as Just Energy's, under Tara's own plan names.
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Current Tara Energy Plans (5)
Every publicly listed Tara Energy residential plan in our data, with EFL average prices at the three standard usage levels. Plan data updated November 15, 2026.
PUCT complaint score
3/5 - Average complaint rate (older report). Report 2026-09; 2026-03-01 to 2026-08-31.
Size-adjusted complaint activity; 5 means the lowest complaint rate. This is not a finding that complaints were upheld, a power-reliability score, or PUCT endorsement. It does not affect price ranking.
Official PUCT report (latest publication)| Plan | Term | Type | 500 kWh | 1,000 kWh | 2,000 kWh | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Home Bundle - 3 | 3 mo | Fixed | 10.3–12.6¢ | 9.5–11.4¢ | 9.2–10.9¢ | $175 cancel fee · $49.99 enrollment fee |
| Balanced Days Bundle - 3 | 3 mo | Fixed | 10.3–12.6¢ | 9.5–11.4¢ | 9.1–10.8¢ | 4.9¢/kWh outside free window · $175 cancel fee · $49.99 enrollment fee |
| Value Choice - 12 | 12 mo | Fixed | 25.4¢ | 12.1¢ | 18.0¢ | Credit cliff at 1,000 kWh · $4.99 fee under 400 kWh · $175 cancel fee |
| Basics PTC - 24 | 24 mo | Fixed | 14.8–17.7¢ | 14.5–16.9¢ | 14.3–16.5¢ | $175 cancel fee |
| Basics PTC - 36 | 36 mo | Fixed | 14.8–15.9¢ | 14.5–15.5¢ | 14.3–15.3¢ | $175 cancel fee |
EFL average prices in cents/kWh, including delivery charges. Ranges reflect different delivery (TDSP) territories. Where a Tara Energy plan is listed without pricing, our review of its pricing formula isn't complete and we don't estimate it. Confirm current rates and terms with the provider before enrolling.
Average prices hide plan-structure differences — a bill-credit plan and a flat-rate plan can share a 1,000 kWh price and behave very differently at your usage. The compare tool estimates every plan at your actual monthly kWh.
Tara Energy vs. the cheapest plan in each delivery area
Tara Energy's best showing at 1,000 kWh is Sustainable Home Bundle - 3, #6 of 118 plans in AEP Texas North territory and about $36 a month more than the cheapest plan there. Of its 5 plans in our data, 1 use a bill credit, which applies only inside the usage range its EFL sets, and 1 charge a minimum-usage fee below a usage floor. Cancellation fees we have reviewed are listed below; check the EFL for the rest.
| Delivery area | Tara Energy's best plan | Est. bill | Rank | Cheapest plan there | Est. bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central | Sustainable Home Bundle - 3 | $95/mo | 8 of 116 | Simple Saver 3 (AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC) | $57/mo |
| AEP Texas North | Sustainable Home Bundle - 3 | $96/mo | 6 of 118 | SimpleSaver 12 (AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC) | $60/mo |
| CenterPoint | Sustainable Home Bundle - 3 | $103/mo | 9 of 121 | Simple Saver 3 (AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC) | $62/mo |
| Lubbock Power & Light | Sustainable Home Bundle - 3 | $111/mo | 6 of 64 | SimpleSaver 12 (AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC) | $76/mo |
| Oncor | Sustainable Home Bundle - 3 | $101/mo | 9 of 124 | Simple Saver 3 (AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC) | $62/mo |
| TNMP | Sustainable Home Bundle - 3 | $114/mo | 8 of 122 | Simple Saver 3 (AP GAS & ELECTRIC (TX) LLC) | $80/mo |
Early Termination Fees
We have verified the cancellation fee for 5 of 5 listed Tara Energy plans: $175 flat. Some fees are flat; others are charged per month remaining on the contract, which changes the math substantially. The exact amount and structure are stated in each plan's EFL and Terms of Service — confirm there before enrolling. Moving to a new address generally lets you exit a Texas contract without a fee when you provide proof of the move.
Plan Structures Tara Energy Offers
In today's listings: 5 Tara Energy plans are publicly listed in our data right now, including 1 with a minimum-usage bill credit, 1 free-period/time-of-use plan, and 1 with a minimum-usage fee.
Tara's plans have come in three families since TrueBill began tracking them in January 2026. Basics PTC plans have used one energy rate with no Tara base charge or minimum-usage fee, so their averages have moved 1.2¢ or less between 500 and 2,000 kWh. Value Choice - 12, added in March 2026, has offset a higher energy rate with a $125 bill credit at 1,000 kWh. Sustainable Home and Balanced Days Bundle plans have paired a low energy rate with a required $49.99 setup fee; the Days version adds free daytime energy. The plan table above shows which families are listed right now.
Contract Options
In today's listings: Contract lengths listed right now: 3, 12, 24, and 36 months.
Tara has listed fixed terms from 3 to 60 months: Basics PTC at 24 and 36 months (plus a 60-month version seen only in early 2026) and Value Choice at 12. The Bundle plans ran at 3 months, switched to 12-, 6- and then 5-month versions from mid-May to mid-August 2026, then returned to 3 months. The versions we've captured have carried a flat $175 exit fee regardless of term. When a term ends without a new choice, Tara's Terms of Service move you to a month-to-month product priced monthly.
Does Tara Energy Use Bill Credits?
In today's listings: 1 of Tara Energy's listed plan uses a minimum-usage bill credit ($125/month at a 1,000 kWh usage threshold). On Value Choice - 12's current EFL, the average price works out to 25.4¢ at 500 kWh vs 12.1¢ at 1,000 kWh — the same plan on different sides of its credit threshold.
Value Choice - 12 has been Tara's bill-credit plan: every version since March 2026 has applied a $125 credit at 1,000 kWh or more, and its EFLs have added a $4.99 minimum usage fee below 400 kWh, with neither applying in between. On the same EFL, the 500 kWh average has run 2.0 to 2.5 times the 1,000 kWh average; because the credit is a fixed amount, the 2,000 kWh average has also been higher than the 1,000 kWh figure. Basics PTC and the Bundle plans have carried no usage credit.
How bill credits work, with a worked example from today's plans
Free Nights & Time-of-Use
In today's listings: 1 of Tara Energy's listed plan is free-period/time-of-use, with the day/night pricing modeled in our estimates.
Balanced Days Bundle plans, first captured in January 2026, have offered free energy from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, a daytime window rather than free nights. The EFL applies it as a credit for energy charges, measured with smart-meter interval data; delivery charges still apply, and the label assumes 33% of use falls in the window. Tara's website has also advertised Nights Free and Weekends Free plans, which have not been in the Power to Choose feed TrueBill tracks.
Renewable Positioning
Tara's website markets "eco-friendly" plans and add-ons, including JustGreen, which its Terms of Service describe as buying renewable energy certificates or other products to offset up to 100% of usage; EFL averages exclude any JustGreen charge. Bundle EFLs say the $49.99 GoodBundle fee includes 2,000 lbs. of carbon credits. Renewable content was 31% in Power to Choose data until August 2026 and 22% after; October 2026 EFLs set that 22% against a 37.2% statewide average.
What to Check Before Picking a Tara Energy Plan
Value Choice has applied its $125 credit only in cycles of 1,000 kWh or more and added a $4.99 fee under 400 kWh. Its 500 kWh average has run more than double the 1,000 kWh average on the same EFL, so price your mildest months as well as summer.
On October 30, 2026 Oncor EFLs, Balanced Days had a 3.9¢ energy charge and Sustainable Home 2.6¢, yet both showed 10.3¢ at 1,000 kWh because the Days label assumes 33% daytime use. If less than a third of your use falls between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Days costs more than Home.
Bundle EFLs fold 1/12 of the required $49.99 fee (about $4.17) into each average price, but Tara's Bundle plans have most often run 3 months. Spread over a 3-month contract, the fee adds about $16.66 a month.
Tara's Terms of Service let it move a time-of-use customer to its variable-price product, with 14 days' notice, if the home has solar panels, battery storage or no advanced meter. Power to Choose has flagged Balanced Days as time-of-use, so check eligibility first.
Who Tara Energy May & May Not Fit
- Homes that use at least 1,000 kWh in every billing cycle, for the Value Choice credit structure
- Households that use more than a third of their electricity between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and have estimated Balanced Days at their real daytime share
- Shoppers who want a flat structure on a longer fixed term, such as the 24- and 36-month Basics PTC plans
- Low-usage homes: Value Choice has dropped the credit below 1,000 kWh and added a $4.99 fee below 400 kWh
- Anyone likely to leave a contract early: the $175 exit fee has been the same on every term from 3 to 60 months
- Homes with rooftop solar or batteries choosing a time-of-use plan, which Tara's Terms of Service allow it to move to a variable price
Based on the plans available in our data today — provider catalogs change. Rank plans by estimated cost at your usage rather than by brand.
Where Tara Energy Plans Are Listed
Tara Energy's current listings appear in all 6 deregulated delivery territories. Your delivery utility (TDSP) is fixed by your address and charges the same regulated delivery rates no matter which provider you pick — TrueBill includes them in every estimate.
Frequently Asked Questions About Tara Energy
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