We asked the PUCT and Mega Energy for clarification and were told that it was inadvertently put on their residential rate quote on the Power to Choose site. After Mega made the clarification and replaced the commercial TOS with their residential terms of service the electricity rate made sense and nothing looked disagreeable about their electricity rate. In fact Mega Energy currently offers competitive residential electricity rates and has the lowest complaint record in the Texas retail electricity market at this time according to the Power to Choose scorecard.

We would like to take this time to recommend Mega Energy as a quality Texas electricity company and affordable electric service company based on information we have researched on the Power to Choose website. We believe based on past customer satisfaction with Mega Energy that you will be happy when switching to this electricity company.

As of August 27 2009 Mega Energy currently offers a 10.7 cent per kWh 12 month fixed electricity rate in the Dallas and North North East area of Texas. Mega Energy is offering a rate of 10.6 cents per kWh for a 12 month fixed electricity rate in the Houston Texas area. You can sign up with Mega at megaenergy.com and learn more about other electricity rate plans they have to offer. You may also compare Mega Energy with several other residential electricity companies in the Houston area by visiting compare Houston electricity rates.

There are several discount electricity companies to choose from in Southside Place Texas. As a residential electricity service customer you can pick from several different fixed rate contracts. Not all Southside Place electric companies have the same credit requirement so once provider may have a cheaper electricity price but their credit approval may be a little more stricter. What we recommend for residential customers in Southside Place Texas is to try each electricity provider in the comparison chart starting with the cheapest until one of them passes you on credit. Most of the Southside Place electric providers will approve or decline you online.

Compare Southside Place Electricity Rates, Plans, and Companies

All fees and charges are disclosed in our apples to apples comparison with each electricity provider in the chart. The providers in our comparison chart are reputable electricity companies with a history in Texas off offering cheap reliable electric service.

No Deposit Electricity Company in Southside Place

If you know your credit is absolutely terrible and you need a fast move in then we have a no deposit guaranteed electricity company as well that may work out better for you. You can sign up with this no deposit guaranteed electric company in Southside Place by clicking on the link below.

Unfortunately the Bounce Energy no deposit plan is no longer available. We recommend working with the electric provider of your choice and the Department of Health and Human Services and helping you pay your deposit amount.

If you live in Houston you are probably like me and have seen and heard the ads from Reliant Energy explaining how they are lowering their electricity prices up to 10%. What is weird about the advertisement is that it sounds almost like the people they are targeting with this ad are current Reliant Energy customers. It is like they want those customers to know that they are keeping their electricity prices in line with the rest of the market. I could be wrong about this as I have not been able to read the fine small print writing on the bottom of their billboard. The problem with the ad is that even if Reliant were to lower their electricity price they have on Power To Choose as of today for the Pearland Texas residential electric market it would change the electricity price for a Pearland energy consumer from 14 cents per kWh to 12.6 cents per kWh. This is still quite a few cents higher than several competitive Pearland Texas electricity companies offering some much cheaper electric rates.

Compare the Cheapest Pearland Texas Electricity Prices and Providers

If you live in or around Pearland Texas you can click on the compare link above and compare the cheapest reputable electric companies that are currently advertising electric rates that are a few cents cheaper than Reliant Energy Pearland. There is no need to go with a big name brand energy company like Reliant when you have a comparison site like this to go to. We have all fees and charges disclosed so you will not be signing up with a Pearland energy company that has a trick or gimmick built into the details of their contract. An energy consultant is available from our contact page if you have questions about the electricity price comparison chart or energy provider.

Reliant Energy Pearland is a good electricity company but their electricity prices just are not very competitive right now for some reason. The only 12 month fixed rate that were advertising with the state of Texas was 20% renewable energy while the rest was power generated from less clean sources. The fact that part of Reliant Energy’s electricity price is renewable could be why their 12 month fixed electricity rate is higher than usual. In comparison to Reliant Energy’s renewable plan you can instead sign up for a much cheaper renewable energy rate in Pearland Texas that is 100 % renewable. Why go with a 20 % renewable energy plan when you can sign up at 100 % clean energy and the rate is several cents cheaper?

Learn more and compare 100 % renewable electricity plans in Pearland Texas.

Many may be surprised to hear this question but there are a few electric providers that make it very hard to know what you are agreeing to when signing their electric service agreement. To those I would like to say, Yes there are energy companies that do not have a practice of tricking their customers into an energy contract. The chart above provides reputable electric companies in Houston offering affordable offers with no tricks or gimmicks. All fees are disclosed and we would be glad to answer any questions you may have.

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We do not mean to sound like a broken record but electric rates in Houston are low right now because natural gas prices remain at low price levels. With the hot summer approaching we do not think that the natural gas in storage will remain in large quantities and this means electric rates will be coming back up. In order to avoid waiting and signing up at 15 cents per kWh we recommend locking into a 1 year rate while prices are between 10 – 11 cents per kWh in the Houston area.

Once you find the right company and electric rate term you will want to click on the available sign up link and sign up online for the discount electricity offer. The Texas electric providers on our site disclose all fees and charges and you will not need to worry about being tricked or gimmicked into a misleading rate quote. There are no fuel surcharges or TDSP charges being left out of the rate. The providers even go so far to show you any and all monthly meter fees and most will even average these fees into the rate so you have absolutely no doubt what your Houston electric rate will be.

Examples of Houston Electric Companies That Can Be Trusted

For example, Champion Energy averages the monthly service fees into their fixed rate and makes this charge available on every page of the rate disclosure when signing up for electric service. It becomes extremely difficult to sign up with them and think you are going to be charged anything other than what they made clearly available to you.

Startex Powerlists their monthly meter charge as $4.99 if you use under 500 kWh a month. As long as you are over this amount you pay only their fixed electric rate and will not have to worry about a monthly service charge. Champion and Startex are very good about disclosing all fees on their websites so that nothing distracts the customer from the actual electricity rate they will see on their bill.

Bounce Energy explains a detailed description of their no contract rates as well as the electric rates they have fixed. Bounce has several alternative plans that will lock rates into a fixed rate in the summer but leave them variable the rest of the year. This type of rate allows low credit score customers or customers needing to sign up for a short term and then cancel to avoid early termination penalties. By signing up on a variable electric rate that has no cancellation penalty you have the flexibility of changing providers if you move homes or apartments. Bounce represents the most flexible option for those wanting a no contract or no deposit rate and they are very good about detailing out any and all charges.

For those who do not remember last year during the summer a barrel of oil approached $140 dollars a barrel which was an all time record. Natural gas approached some record level prices as well which caused Houston electricity prices to range in price from 17 – 31 cents per kWh depending on the electric company you went with if you were renewing your electric contract at this time. US Energy Savings Corp also known as Just Energy were convincing people to sign up on a 5 year fixed rate during this time at around 15 – 16 cents per kWh. For those people who locked in at this price they would be kicking themselves during this summer of 2009, only 1 year later. Prices right now are in the 10 – 11 cents per kWh range for a 1 year fixed electric rate.

If you want to sign up on a longer term rate the price is about 10% higher. Today is Monday June 8th 2009 and prices have come down today but this may not last for long. Houston electric rates have been toying with coming back up the last few weeks with several up days. A barrel of oil has come up from a low of $35 a barrel to around $70 a barrel as of today. Last year natural gas and electricity prices followed oil prices up. If this trend continues especially heading into the summer it would make sense to go ahead and lock into a Houston electric rate before it gets any hotter.

Learn more about today’s Houston electricity prices – click here

Looking Back at Last Summers Electric Rates

Last year during the summer of 2008 the highest electric rate I had seen on anyone’s electric bill was for 31 cents per kWh. I actually saw this rate listed on a First Choice Energy bill and it seemed unreasonably high. Around this time there were rumors that First Choice Power was looking to sell their Texas retail electric provider business or simply move out of this market completely. As of 2009 First Choice Power is still selling electric service in Texas although their electric rates have come down from what appeared to be their all time high at 31 cents a kWh. It could have been that First Choice Electric Company simply did not hedge at a low time in the energy market and when energy prices spiked they had to sell at these high prices as they had bought too much energy at the wrong time in the market.

Highest Priced Residential Houston Electric Companies

Today there are still a few Houston electric companies that have extrodinarily high electric rates in comparison to everyone else and we would like to point these higher prices out to help consumers to stay away from price gouging. The electric rates in the chart below include all fees and charges but their prices are several cents higher than several discount electricity companies. Instead of being gouged by a higher Houston electric rate you should lock into a discount rate that has all fees and charges disclosed. By locking into a rate that discloses all charges as well as being cheap you can be confident about going into the Houston energy contract knowing there will be no surprises. Below you will find some of the highest prices for residential electricity in Houston. We recommend you avoid signing up with these residential energy companies at this time as you will be paying some of the highest prices in the Texas energy market.

I keep hearing these radio ads in Houston Texas about how Reliant Energy is lowering their Houston electricity rates by “up to 10%”. Ouch, up to 10%? How do I qualify to get all 10% in a reduction on my electricity rate? This was not disclosed but the ad went on to have multiple Reliant Energy employees talk about how much they like their job because they get to help people save money on their electricity bill. The funny thing about this is that after a few months now of hearing these ads on the radio I still notice that Reliant Energy isn’t anywhere near the cheapest Houston electricity provider. I will hand it to Reliant Energy of being a reputable electric company in Houston. Not all Houston electricity companies treat their customers right. In fact some electric companies down right trick their customers into what appears to be a cheap energy price to only go back and raise it higher after the first couple of electric bills are received.

Comparing With Cheaper Electric Rates and Providers

When deciding about choosing Reliant Energy because of a purportedly cheap new electric rate it is important to examine the facts. I checked with what the cheapest available 12 month fixed rate Reliant Energy was offering in the Houston area on the government energy site. Reliant Energy is currently offering a 14.1 cent per kWh rate. This is a few cents higher than some other reputable electricity companies in Houston we would recommend to our clients.

Comparison Chart Discloses All Fees and Charges

We have a comparison chart for Reliant Energy Houston customers that shows the cheapest available electric rates and plans in an apples to apples comparison. All fees and charges are displayed in an easy to compare chart. You simply click on the “Sign up” link to confirm the rate in your Houston service address. In just a few simple clicks you can sign up with the cheapest available electric provider online. The energy provider will approve you online and you will know exactly when your start date will be because Texas electric companies in our chart let you pick the start date.

Quick Move in Company We Recommend

If you need a quick move in as soon as same day than we recommend you call a Houston electric provider that specializes in quick move in service. Bounce Energy is the preferred provider for same do move in service. You can call them at: 1-866-945-8937

If you are needing to compare Houston electricity rates with multiple electric providers in order to find the cheapest available offer than please feel free to click on our comparison link to compare multiple reputable electricity companies with Spark electric rates. Finding the cheapest available electricity price is what many Houston residential energy consumers are attempting to do but what we help with is to also avoid potential hidden fees, charges, and fuel surcharges that not all electricity companies make you aware of in their electricity prices they advertise.

Comparison Chart Shows Apples to Apples Disclosure of All Fees and Charges

The electricity providers we have in our comparison chart are reputable energy companies and all fees and charges are disclosed. Once you have narrowed down if you want to get on a 1 year, 2 year, or 3 year fixed rate than just click on the “Sign up link”. From here you will be asked to type in your zip code and service address for your home in order to confirm your electricity rate. Spark Energy is currently pursuing natural gas sales in the North East so we do not have them on our comparison chart. Not to worry as there are several electric providers in the Houston electricity comparison chart with cheaper electric rates than what Spark Energy is currently offering. When Spark Energy begins to pursue electricity sales in Texas again we look forward to being able to offer them next to the other electric companies in our comparison chart.

Fuel Surcharges and Other Things to Be Aware Of

One thing we strive to do in our comparison of multiple residential Houston electricity companies is to make sure all fees and charges are disclosed. There are energy providers out there that will hide fees and charges in their terms of service of their contract. If you look at the terms of service in a residential electricity contract it is still almost impossible to understand if those hidden fees are included in the rate or will be added later. Fortunately we have gone through all of the residential energy service contracts we have on our site and confirmed that what you see is what you get. You may click on the link below to learn more about what the cheapest Houston electric rates look like next to each other in our detailed electric service comparison chart. All fees and charges are disclosed in the chart and there is nothing goofy going on in these providers “terms of service” in the finer details of the energy contract.

Check and Compare Houston Residential Electric Rates

When shopping for electricity prices in Katy Texas especially when moving into a new apartment complex you are almost always asked to call Reliant Energy to establish electric service in your name. Even though there are 50 different electricity companies in Katy Texas to choose from the apartment manager will ask you to call Reliant Energy and even give you their phone number. The problem is that Reliant Energy has much higher prices then the discount residential electricity companies selling residential energy in Katy. Because there are quite a few other choices for picking a Katy Texas electric company we would like to suggest you go shopping and pick the cheapest reputable electric provider in Katy instead of going just on name brand. Reliant Energy was bought by NRG Energy this year (2009) and is no longer a Texas based company. Reliant is now a New Jersey based electricity provider. Why not help out the Texas economy and pick a local Texas energy provider. You can compare electricity prices below from several Katy Texas electricity companies.

These Katy Texas electricity prices were updated as of May 4 2009. Electricity rates can change weekly so keep in mind that this is a blog article and if you are reading this several months later this chart will only serve as a historical measure of what Katy electric companies were charging during May of 2009. To get updated electricity prices you will need to click on “Compare“.

If you have been considering switching to one of the expensive Reliant Electricity Prices we would like to ask you to consider a much cheap option by comparing the discount electric providers on this site. All fees and charges are displayed in our electricity comparison chart and there are no fuel surcharges.

We went out and compared TXU Energy’s latest residential electric rate in the Houston area with a few other competitive electric companies. What we found is that TXU Energy is still advertising an uncompetitive electric rate when comparing it with a few other reputable electric providers in Houston. Some Houston electric companies hide fees and additional charges in their electric rate contract but after reviewing TXU Energy’s contract terms and service we see that they are correctly advertising their electric rates in Houston and do not appear to be attempting to mislead new customers into a too good to be true electric rate. The problem instead is that they are offering an electric rate several cents higher then many other electric providers in Houston. Right now they only show a 2 year fixed electric rate available for 14.9 cents a kWh.

How Does TXU Energy Compare?

In comparison to TXU Houston you can lock in on a 1 year fixed rate with Startex Power as of April 2009 at 11.3 cents a kWh. Learn more about Startex Power

Just How Much Cheaper are Other Providers?

This Startex Energy rate is 3.6 cents kWh cheaper then TXU Energy. To be fair we should compare the Startex Power 24 month fixed rate with TXU Energy’s 24 month fixed electric rate. Right now Startex is offering a 12.4 cent per kWh rate for 24 months fixed (learn more). This is a 2.5 cents a kWh difference in price over TXU Energy’s 24 month fixed electric rate in Houston. We recommend Startex Power as a reputable electric company in Houston that can be trusted. They do not have a history of tricking their customers into an electric contract that is not as advertised in their Houston electricity facts label. They have a long history of operating in Texas since almost the beginning of deregulation in Texas.

An Old Established Brand Name, TXU

TXU Energy is an old established brand in Texas although they were recently bought out by two large private equity groups and no longer have the same ownership. Startex Power is a trust worthy brand in Texas and if you are a Houston energy consumer trying to make up your mind about whether to sign up with TXU Energy or Startex Power we want to encourage you to go with Startex with confidence. Their Houston electric rates are cheap, they do not trick their customers, and they offer fixed electric rates. You will not find any hidden tricks and gimmicks in the fine details of Startex’s Texas utility energy contract.

Learn more about Startex Power

We checked out on the state website to see what some of the larger Houston electric companies are offering Houston residential energy consumers in regards to a fixed electric rate plan. Most people right now are choosing to sign up on a 12 month fixed electric rate. The 12 month fixed electricity price remains the cheapest available electric rate plan in the Houston area. Direct Energy is offering a 12 month electric rate at 12.6 cents kWh. When comparing Direct Energy to TXU Energy we see that TXU is offering a 24 month fixed electric rate at 14.9 cents a kWh but they do not have a 12 month fixed rate available on the state website. Reliant Energy is the last large electric provider to compare in the Houston area and they are offering a fixed electric rate for 12 month fixed at 15.6 cents a KWh. The cheapest electricity rate among the big 3 energy companies in Houston is with Direct Energy.

We have an issue with Direct Energy’s 12.6 cent electric rate for residential energy consumers in Houston because it still remains to be quite high when comparing Direct’s Electric rate with several other electric providers in Houston. Right now when comparing a few reputable electric companies to Direct Energy we see a few better deals by a penny or more. The companies in the Houston electricity rate comparison do not have a history of misleading their customers through legal jargon and gimmicks in their energy contract.

You can compare the cheapest Houston electric companies in comparison to TXU Energy, Reliant Energy and Direct Energy by clicking here.

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