Your insider’s guide to finding the best electricity rates and energy plans in Baytown, Texas
No matter how long you’ve lived in Baytown, you can use this guide to learn how to unlock affordable electricity through comparison shopping.
Time to read: about 7 min
Sections in this guide:
Click on a section to jump directly to it:
- Baytown Electricity Rates Table (live 24/7 updates)
- Electricity Price Trends in Baytown (average kWh price chart)
- How to find the best energy plan in Baytown (know your usage!)
- Moving to Baytown: Setting up Electricity (how to choose the right plan)
- Switching electricity companies in Baytown (how to choose the best plan)
- Baytown Energy Companies
- No-Deposit Electricity Plans in Baytown
- Baytown Business Electricity Plans
- Baytown Utilities (and how to report a power outage)
Baytown Electricity Rates Table
You have the power to choose your home’s electric provider in Baytown, Texas.
ComparePower is a free consumer service established in 2009 to help residents of Baytown find affordable energy plans.
These rates are the same official rates you’ll find after calling the energy companies or visiting their websites.
We present current offers from competing electrical companies to simplify and speed up your search for the right provider.
Offers from many different competing electricity companies are presented in a standardized format that makes comparing your options simple and fast. You don’t need to waste your valuable time making calls, searching websites, or crunching numbers. ComparePower speeds up your search for your next provider.
76 Baytown Electric Rates
These live rates for CenterPoint Energy service area were updated on . Pricing shown is based on an exact usage of 1000 kWh.
Electricity Price Trends in Baytown
The market for electricity in Texas communities like Baytown was deregulated by the state legislature in 2002. This policy change means that instead of a single provider, Waco residents choose from competing energy providers.
Deregulation helps consumers like you by encouraging energy providers to compete for your dollars rather than establish cookie-cutter rates. You can take advantage of this competition by using ComparePower to find quotes from up to 100 energy providers. Instead of looking through individual plans, you will see every plan offered by every provider through ComparePower’s search tool.
Average Electricity Rates in Baytown, Texas
This chart is compiled using data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA.GOV).
The average price for electricity in Texas in 2017 was 11.4 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh).
There are fixed-rate plans for Baytown residents on ComparePower with rates as low as $0.07.
How to find the best energy plan in Baytown
#1 rule: Know Your Usage!
The first step in reducing your monthly energy bill is to know how much energy you use each month.
Energy companies don’t adjust their rate quotes to your estimated usage. Instead, they use a standard rate of about 2,000 kWh as a baseline for all of their quotes.
This works fine if that is your monthly usage but imagine the shocking revelation of a monthly bill based on a higher usage rate.
ComparePower simplifies matters by customizing energy quotes based on your actual usage rather than a baseline rate. Before using the search tool, all you need is your zip code and monthly electric usage for the past year.
Once you input this data, ComparePower takes care of the rest. You will see quotes from energy providers serving Baytown that include taxes and additional fees. The site lets you set up your service with a new provider without going to another site. All you need to get started is your last year of energy usage
If you don’t know your usage, take an educated guess
If you can’t acquire recent usage or you are new to your current home, the next best thing is to determine how much energy you will use in an average month.
While not as accurate as having previous usage, estimating your typical usage is better than choosing a plan that doesn’t match your household’s energy needs.
Use ComparePower to find the best energy plan for your specific usage.
Moving to Baytown: Setting up Electricity
Baytown acts a midway point between the hustle and bustle of Houston and the natural habitat of Galveston Bay. Residents can make their way to the city or coastal cities like Galveston by hopping on the freeway.
To save time for these trips, you can cut down on time-consuming activities like searching for an energy plan.
Important: If this is your first time setting up electricity service in Baytown, you need to get the previous year’s energy usage for your home.
To get previous usage figures, ask the previous homeowner to check their billing statements for exact figures. You will save time and money by making some effort to piece this information together.
Once you have these numbers, ComparePower can start finding the right plan for your energy needs. If this info isn’t available, you can use an estimate of your monthly usage using the “Help Me Choose” tool. ComparePower reminds you to come back and switch your plan at the end of your current contract.
Switching electricity companies in Baytown
Your electrical provider may take the end of your current energy contract as a chance to hike your rates.
This contract bump means that you should search for cheap electrical rates each year to take advantage of industry competition. You may save hundreds of dollars each year by switching accounts.
Switching contracts is easy because your new provider handles everything including cancellation. As you switch, you don’t need to worry about representatives coming to your home or any disruption in your power. The switch only takes minutes and you could realize savings in the first month.
There is no loss of power when you switch. Electricity in Baytown is all delivered by the Oncor Transmission and Distribution Utility rather than your provider.
Here is some details about switching plans:
- Texas law allows early contract cancellation within 14 days of the contract’s end without penalty.
- Some plans allow you to arrange your next contract within 60 days of your current contract’s conclusion.
- You may find a new energy provider with a rate that makes early cancellation worthwhile even if you pay a penalty.
Baytown Energy Companies
Looking for a great electric company in Baytown?
You can sign up for service with some great companies such as TXU Energy, Reliant, Direct Energy and more.
Click on the company of your choice to view rates, learn more, or sign up.
| Energy Companies in Baytown | Phone Number |
|---|---|
| 4Change Energy | 855-550-6663 |
| Champion Energy | 877-653-5090 |
| Direct Energy | 855-307-6915 |
| First Choice Power | 888-458-6877 |
| Green Mountain | 844-854-2257 |
| Discount Power | 855-236-1309 |
| Reliant | 855-887-2194 |
| Frontier Utilities | 866-763-5084 |
| Cirro Energy | 844-417-7179 |
| Constellation | 855-798-2889 |
| Gexa Energy | 855-639-8210 |
| TXU Energy | 866-603-1533 |
| Payless Power | 855-854-8482 |
| Pulse Power | 855-652-1045 |
No-Deposit Electricity Plans in Baytown
Energy companies in Baytown sometimes require deposits prior to providing service to new customers.
ComparePower shows you no-deposit plans available in Baytown as part of its standardized quote format.
You don’t need to commit to an energy provider that requires a deposit. The deregulated market means there are many plans that meet your needs. ComparePower automatically checks deposit requirements so you can select the right plan.
Deposit Waivers
You may be eligible to have the deposit waived if you meet one of the following criteria.
A residential customer or applicant may be deemed as having established satisfactory credit if:
- The customer has been a customer of any REP or an electric utility within the two years prior to the request for electric service; is not delinquent in payment of any such electric service account, and during the last 12 consecutive months of service was not late in paying a bill more than once.
- The customer or applicant possesses a satisfactory credit rating obtained through a consumer reporting agency, as defined by the Federal Trade Commission.
- The customer or applicant is 65 years of age or older and the customer is not currently delinquent in payment of any electric service account.
- The customer or applicant has been determined to be a victim of family violence.
- The customer is medically indigent.
The requirements above are directly from the Texas Public Utility Commission §25.478 – Credit Requirements and Deposits.
Note: For any of the situations above, you must first complete your order an energy plan on ComparePower before you can obtain a waiver for your deposit.
After you’ve placed your order, you will receive an email with instructions as well as contact information for your new energy company.
Important: You must send your waiver information by email, phone, fax or mail to your new energy company (not to ComparePower).
As soon as your energy company receives your documentation, they will let you know that they’ve sent a request for your energy service to begin.
Remember, your energy company will not start your electric service until you satisfy any deposit requirement (you pay or receive a waiver).
If you have any questions on deposit waivers, you can contact us. One of our team members will get back to you as soon as possible.
Baytown Business Electricity Plans
Baytown’s business community features major corporations including Bayer, Chevron, and ExxonMobil. The city also features a 15,000-acre industrial park, the fifth largest park of its kind in the world as of 2018. These assets along with proximity to Houston means that Baytown entrepreneurs have opportunities to grow.
To stay competitive in Baytown, your business needs to keep costs as low as possible. Your business should shop each year for affordable energy rates from energy providers. The deregulated market isn’t just helpful to residents with business plans available at low rates.
ComparePower uses a sealed bid process to compare business plans from Mission energy providers. Once you enter your zip code, you can select your preferred bid and complete the sign-up process. The entire process is easy and quick.
Click here to get competing quotes for your business electricity.
Baytown Utilities
Electricity
To learn more about Smart Meters, or to download you Electricity Usage, visit Smart Meter Texas.
To report an issue with your electricity service or power outages in Baytown, visit CenterPoint Energy’s website here.
Gas
For gas service in Baytown, call or visit CenterPoint Energy at 713-659-2111.
Garbage/Recycling Pickup
In Baytown, garbage, sewer, and recycling services are included with your water utilities bill from the City of Baytown.
Water
The City of Baytown provides water services to all residents and businesses in the city.
Customer Care: 281-420-6515
Hours of operation: Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
24 Hour Emergency Service 281-422-8371: call if you suspect a water main break, water leak, sewer overflow, or water contamination.
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