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Texas deregulated electricity map: who can choose a provider

You can choose your electricity provider where one of six delivery utilities serves your address: Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas Central, AEP Texas North, TNMP and Lubbock Power & Light. Check a ZIP below. Elsewhere, a city-owned utility, an electric co-op or a utility outside the market sells power directly, and most homes can't choose.

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Map of the six delivery areas

Map of Texas shading the six delivery utilities whose customers choose a retail electricity provider: Oncor across North, Central and West Texas, CenterPoint around Houston, AEP Texas Central in South Texas, AEP Texas North in West Central Texas, TNMP in pockets of North Texas, the Gulf Coast and West Texas, and Lubbock Power & Light. Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Amarillo and Beaumont are marked as cities where most homes can't choose.
Approximate service areas from PUCT and HIFLD GIS data, retrieved October 21, 2026; not address-level. Map sources

Where you can choose: the six delivery areas

Each utility delivers power to every home in its area and charges the same regulated delivery rates whichever provider you choose. Cities marked “some addresses” are mostly served by a utility without retail choice.

Oncor delivery charges and plans

CenterPoint delivery charges and plans

AEP Texas Central delivery charges and plans

AEP Texas North delivery charges and plans

TNMP delivery charges and plans

Lubbock Power & Light delivery charges and plans

Where most homes can't choose

City-owned utilities

These cities run their own electric utility. Its customers buy electricity from it directly and can't choose a retail provider.

  • Austin: Austin Energy. Some addresses at the edge of Austin are served by Oncor, where retail choice applies, or by an electric cooperative. Austin guide
  • San Antonio: CPS Energy
  • Garland: Garland Power & Light. A minority of Garland addresses, mostly toward the edges of the city, are served by Oncor, where retail choice applies. Garland guide
  • Brownsville: Brownsville Public Utilities Board. Some nearby addresses are served by AEP Texas Central, where retail choice applies, and rural Cameron County is largely co-op territory. Brownsville guide
  • Georgetown: Georgetown's city-owned electric utility. Some addresses in and around Georgetown are served by Oncor, where retail choice applies, or by the Pedernales Electric Cooperative. Georgetown guide
  • San Marcos: San Marcos Electric Utility San Marcos guide
  • Weatherford: Weatherford Electric. Some Weatherford addresses are served by Oncor, where retail choice applies.
  • Denton: Denton Municipal Electric
  • New Braunfels: New Braunfels Utilities
  • Bryan: Bryan Texas Utilities
  • College Station: College Station Utilities
  • Kerrville: Kerrville Public Utility Board
  • Greenville: Greenville Electric Utility System (GEUS)

El Paso Electric

El Paso Electric is a regulated utility outside the Texas retail-choice market. Its customers buy electricity from it directly and cannot choose a retail electricity provider.

  • El Paso

Entergy Texas

Entergy Texas is a regulated utility outside the Texas retail-choice market. Its customers buy electricity from it directly and cannot choose a retail electricity provider.

  • Conroe. Parts of western Montgomery County are served by the Mid-South Synergy cooperative, also outside retail choice. Conroe guide
  • The Woodlands. CenterPoint serves portions of The Woodlands, including Creekside Park, where retail choice applies.
  • Beaumont
  • Port Arthur
  • Orange
  • Huntsville

Xcel Energy (Southwestern Public Service)

Xcel Energy (Southwestern Public Service) is a regulated utility outside the Texas retail-choice market. Its customers buy electricity from it directly and cannot choose a retail electricity provider.

  • Amarillo

Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO)

Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) is a regulated utility outside the Texas retail-choice market. Its customers buy electricity from it directly and cannot choose a retail electricity provider.

  • Texarkana
  • Longview

Electric cooperatives

Co-ops serve much of rural Texas. Most, including Pedernales and Bluebonnet, don't offer retail choice: their members buy electricity from the co-op.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Houston deregulated?
Yes. Houston is in CenterPoint's delivery area, where homes choose their retail electricity provider; CenterPoint delivers the power and charges the same delivery rates whichever provider you pick. Houston electricity rates
Is Austin deregulated?
Mostly not. Most Austin homes are served by Austin Energy, a city-owned utility whose customers buy electricity from it directly. Some addresses at the edge of Austin are served by Oncor, where retail choice applies, or by an electric cooperative. Austin electricity guide
Is San Antonio deregulated?
No. San Antonio is served by CPS Energy, a city-owned utility; its customers buy electricity from it directly and can't choose a retail provider.
Which Texas cities can choose their electricity provider?
Homes in the six delivery areas can: Oncor (Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington), CenterPoint (Houston), AEP Texas Central (Corpus Christi and Laredo), AEP Texas North (Abilene), TNMP (League City) and Lubbock Power & Light (Lubbock). Cities with a city-owned utility, such as Austin, San Antonio and Garland, mostly can't, and neither can most electric co-op members. The lists on this page link every city guide.

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