The spring season is a great time for small business and residential customers to take charge of their Texas electricity costs.

Have you ever changed your cell phone rate plan? If you are like most people, the answer is yes. But the funny thing is – More than half of Texas consumers have not taken advantage of competitive electricity prices made available through deregulation and they continue to be served by their incumbent utilities. That’s like staying on the same cell phone rate plan from the day you got your first cell phone. It simply doesn’t make sense.

The Texas deregulated energy marketplace enables customers to more easily and confidently evaluate options for selecting a new Retail Electric Provider (REP) based on lower rates, the use of “greener” power sources, different contract lengths or other offers. For consumers, switching is free and without risk. If consumers see an attractive offer they want to accept, they can make the switch to a new REP without worrying about a loss of power or change in customer service levels. The wires company that maintains their wires and delivers the electricity to the home will continue to be the same company – the only thing that changes is who sends you a bill.

Just as the Internet has made it easier for people to compare mortgages, travel rates and other services, ChooseEnergy.com has developed a compare and buy site that offers a trusted and objective comparison of available Texas electricity providers for residential and small commercial customers. Plus, the spring season is a great time to lock in a lower Texas electricity rate. Texas electricity prices usually track with natural gas costs, and natural gas is traditionally lower in shoulder months during the fall and spring season, before consumer demand increases during the hot summer Texas heat.

Each deregulated area of Texas has more than 10 retail providers, including several incumbent utilities to choose from. Customers should shop around to find the best rate and best plan for their home or business. Some people may feel more comfortable with a shorter term, while others may want the insurance of a fixed rate for a longer period of time and want to sign up for a long-term plan. Either way, consumers in deregulated areas should get to know their options and select a plan that fits their needs.

Just like cell phone providers – like AT&T or Sprint – Retail electric providers bid on customers’ electricity business and may personalize their bids to each customer or modify their offers and terms as often as they wish. For instance, electricity retailers may offer exceptionally competitive rates tied to longer term contracts to attract customers in a targeted geographic area or offer a renewable energy product for the same price as you are currently paying. The number of retail electricity providers has steadily increased since deregulation began in 2002 so you will need to do some homework to find the plan that suits your needs the best.

Just as you change your cell phone rate plan, with deregulation in the Texas electric market, you need to do the same with your electric bill. Shop around and lower your rate before the summer heat forces you to use more electricity and your electric bill gets out of hand.

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This is a house built in around the 40’s, main floor and basement. There is the kitchen, 2 bedrooms, living room and bathroom on the main floor. There is one bedroom, utility room, laundry room, and family room, mostly all unfinished. I live in Washington state. There is only heat in my son’s room downstairs but not enough to keep it warm in the winter. There is like 3 outlets in the living room, one or two in the bedrooms, two in the utility room, one in the family room, not as much as a modern house so I have to run those strips with all the outlet holes in them to plug everything up everywhere. Then there’s no heat in the family room and it gets so cold in there, I had to put a space heater in there and one in my son’s room down there too.
The breaker kept going off when I had the heater plugged in the family room where my daughter was sleeping so I plugged it in the utility room, over time, it arched and melted the outlet and the strip that it was plugged into at the other end;the extention cord was very hot!
When I use to have this cheap vacuum, the breaker never went off but once I got rid of it and got a very good vacuum and very powerful, it makes the breakers break and sometimes the vacuum runs suggishly.
The landlord doesn’t like it that I use that powerful vacuum but I feel it’s
not my fault I have a good vacuum, he needs to fix the electrical but he consulted with his electrician that says everything is fine. I have 3 kids in this house and don’t want it to burn down with us in it. I also
wanted to add that the wiring seems to be screwed up because when the breaker goes when I’m vacuuming, the frig, my son’s things in his room in the basement, and different things in different parts of the house go off. Seems like one or two things per room don’t have power when it happens. Is this house dangerous?

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I plan on moving to San Antonio very soon and I need help finding out which Electrical Company/ Contractor will give you the ability to do the Apprentice Program with them. Can You please Help me. Preferably North San Antonio.

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Suppose there is a fault then how will you ensure that there is an earth fault or not.

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My Grand daughter will have a electric doll house with 12 volts of electricity. I wonder how safe this is for a child of age 3?

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