Who delivers power to my address?
In deregulated Texas one company owns the wires and another sells you the electricity. The wires company is your delivery utility. It sets the delivery charges on every bill, and it is who you call in an outage. Type your address and we will look up the meter.
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What a delivery utility is
A Transmission and Distribution Utility, usually shortened to TDU, owns the poles, wires and meters in your area. In the ERCOT market there are five: Oncor across Dallas-Fort Worth and much of north and west Texas, CenterPoint Energy in greater Houston, AEP Texas Central along the coast and the Valley, AEP Texas North around Abilene and San Angelo, and Texas-New Mexico Power in scattered territories from Galveston County to the Gulf Coast. You cannot choose your TDU. You choose the retail provider that buys power and bills you for it.
Why it matters when you compare plans
Delivery charges are the same no matter which retail provider you pick, and they are a large share of a residential bill: a per-kWh charge plus a fixed monthly charge, both set by the utility and approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. A plan advertised at a low cents-per-kWh figure often quotes the energy portion only. The number that matters is your estimated bill with delivery included, at the usage your home actually has. That is what our plan tool shows.
Outage lines
When the power goes out, call the utility, not your provider. Oncor (888) 313-4747. CenterPoint (713) 207-2222. AEP Texas (866) 223-8508. TNMP (888) 866-7456. Lubbock Power & Light (806) 775-2509.