Penitas electricity rates and energy plans
Whether a business owner, new resident, or long-time citizen of Penitas, use of this comprehensive guide will enable you to find your best solution for an electricity plan.
Time to read: about 7 min
Sections in this guide:
Click on a section below to navigate directly to it:
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- Penitas Electricity Rates Table (live 24/7 updates)
- Electricity Price Trends in Penitas (average kWh price chart)
- How to find the best energy plan in Penitas (know your usage!)
- Moving to Penitas: Setting up Electricity (how to choose the right plan)
- Switching electricity companies in Penitas (how to choose the best plan)
- Penitas Energy Companies
- No-Deposit Electricity Plans in Penitas
- Penitas Business Electricity Plans
- Penitas Utilities (and how to report a power outage)
Penitas Electricity Rates Table
As a resident or business owner within Penitas, you have the power to choose the electricity provider that best meets your specific needs.
ComparePower is a free consumer service established in 2009 to assist residents of Penitas shopping for their lowest rate electricity plan.
These official rates are the same prices you’ll find calling the electricity companies or visiting them online.
Competing plans from a number of different electricity companies are presented in a standardized layout that makes comparing your options simple and quick.
This assures Texas energy customers avoid hidden markups and marketing gimmicks by comparing plans “apples-to-apples” without throwing away hours and hours making phone calls or navigating dozens of different websites.
76 Penitas Electric Rates
These live rates for AEP Central service area were updated on . Pricing shown is based on an exact usage of 1000 kWh.
Electricity Price Trends in Penitas
Electricity in Penitas, Texas, is deregulated. As an energy customer, you have a choice when it comes to picking a retail electricity provider (your energy company), which gives you flexibility and power over your energy bill.
Deregulation of energy in Texas de-monopolized the electricity market for the majority of Texas, the city of Penitas included, which introduced lots of competition.
As a result, many fantastic energy providers compete for your business in Penitas by offering low-prices, making it a great time to compare, switch, and save costs on your energy bill.
As many as 60-100 retail electricity providers compete for your business in Penitas and there are hundreds of plans to sort through.
Average Electricity Rates in Penitas, 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 Penitas residents on ComparePower with rates as low as $0.08
How to find the best energy plan in Penitas
#1 rule: Usage is key!
Knowing how much energy you will consume each month is the best way to shop for energy in Penitas. Why should you care?
The rate you see energy providers advertising is for an exact monthly usage (typically 2000 kWh).
Every plan uses a different equation for how your monthly bill is determined, and your monthly bill will change according to how much electricity you consume in each month.
Unless you match the exact advertised usage each month, you will end up paying an effective “price per kWh” different than what you saw when you ordered.
Thankfully, there’s a better way to shop for energy provider.
Calculating your total monthly bill based on estimated monthly usage, then comparing plans by total monthly cost, is the best way to shop for the lowest rate for your home.
Better yet, if you have 12 months of usage history for your home, you can compare plans by total annual cost. This annualized method takes into account the changes in usage between summer and winter months and is the ideal way to find the right energy rate plan for your home.
ComparePower does all this math for you instantly. What takes hours on a spreadsheet is now solved in just moments.
We put you in the driver’s seat, taking what would amount to hours of research, spreadsheets, and computations across hundreds of plans and navigate you step-by-step to the electricity plan that’s best for your home’s usage.
We clarify the fine print, disclosing the various charges and fees, so you’ll know precisely where your money is going and what to expect on your bill.
We then help you in ordering your plan with your chosen energy provider without ever having to leave our website.
The bottom line is you must know your expected or historical usage before ordering the right electricity plan for your home.
If you don’t know your usage, estimate
If you are unable to acquire 12-months of historical usage, or you’re the owner of a brand new home, the next best thing is to estimate how much energy you will use in an average month.
Although knowing the previous 12-months of usage is optimum, it is far better to estimate the average energy consumption than to select the first electricity provider that you see advertised. After all, you have no idea how much energy you will use at that point.
Use ComparePower to find the best energy plan for your specific usage.
Moving to Penitas: Setting up Electricity
If this is your first time setting up electricity service in Penitas, to get the best rate you need to get the previous 12-months of energy usage for your new home.
Ask the previous home-owner to provide you with their past 12-months of usage.
This information is readily found in recent billing statements.
It may take some effort to acquire usage for the past 12-months, but the time (and savings) will be well worth it.
Once you have historical usage, ComparePower will do the math instantly to help you find the best plan for your home’s usage pattern.
Note: If you can’t obtain usage history, you can estimate your monthly usage instead. Utilize our “Help Me Choose” tool when you enter your zip code below and we’ll help you evaluate your home’s usage.
By signing up for a plan through ComparePower you will receive automated reminders when it’s time to renew your existing plan or to possibly switch plans.
Switching electricity companies in Penitas
Switching is good. Market conditions are always in flux, so it is important to shop for a lower rate each year when your contract is close to expiring.
Your existing electricity company will typically raise your energy rate once your term expires. If you do not take action, you’ll be left on a month-to-month rate that is significantly more than the plan you signed up.
Before renewing your contract make sure to check the rates of competing energy providers.
Switching can save you hundreds or thousands of dollars each year on your electricity bill.
Switching is easy:
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- You don’t have to call your current provider to cancel (no “break-up call”)
- No one comes to your home
- There is no disruption in your power supply
- It takes just minutes
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When you make the switch, your new electricity company will take care of everything for you including canceling service with your previous provider.
Your lights stay on when you switch. Electricity in Penitas is all delivered by the Oncor Transmission and Distribution Utility.
The wires and poles that deliver power to your home do not change when you switch energy providers. Therefore the reliability of your service is not affected.
You can choose any date within 14 days of your contract expiration date without an “early cancellation” penalty. That’s Texas Law.
If you’re still under contract, check how many months remain on your contract. You can set a future start date with most companies up to 6o days in advance.
The amount saved each month by switching to a different electricity company may outweigh the one-time fee to get out of your contract early.
For help with this, you can send us your latest energy bill via email, and one of our professional team members will contact you shortly to discuss your best options.
If you’re ready to switch and would like to know how to find the best plan remember that understanding your usage is the best way to find the truly cheapest rate.
You will want to find your historical usage for the past 12 months to determine the best plan with the lowest rate for your household.
Penitas Energy Companies
Looking for a great electric company in Penitas?
You can enroll for service with 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 Penitas | Phone Number |
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| 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 Penitas
If you need to find an energy plan in Penitas that requires no deposit, we can help.
If your first choice of plans charges a deposit, ComparePower will automatically show you additional plans that require no money down.
Instead of calling a bunch of power companies or browsing through websites to determine if different electricity companies need a deposit, this will save you a tremendous amount of time and effort.
Working for you, we will instantly review any deposit requirements for other plans, allowing you to get power and return to your regular activities stress-free.
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:
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- 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.
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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.
Penitas Business Electricity Plans
If you manage a company in Penitas, you’re not alone.
Penitas has become a thriving place for many small to midsized companies. The city is small enough to get to know people and thrive, yet close enough to large metropolitan cities that provide even more opportunity for growth.
To manage your energy bill, you need to shop rates from competing providers.
ComparePower bridges the gap between your business and energy providers by inviting various energy providers to compete for your business in a sealed bid process.
You submit your information once and the companies will present their bids. You to pick the best price. Simple, quick, and easy.
Click here to get competing quotes for your business electricity.
Penitas Utilities
Electricity
To learn more about Smart Meters, or to download your Electricity Usage, visit Smart Meter Texas.
To report an issue with your electricity service or power outages in Penitas, visit the AEP Central website or call them at 1-877-373-4858.
Gas
For gas service in Penitas, call or visit Penitas official city website to determine who your provider is.
Waster/Sewer/Garbage/Recycling
In Penitas, water, garbage, sewer, and recycling services are usually handled by the City of Penitas.
Other Utility service areas in Texas
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