Frequently Asked Questions

What is energy deregulation and why is it beneficial?

Energy deregulation happens when different retail energy providers are allowed to sell energy plans in specific areas. In places where energy is regulated, people usually do not have any choice but to pay the single power utility available in the area. In an energy deregulated city, people have a choice among different energy plans and providers.

Is Euless an energy deregulated city?

Majority of Texas is energy deregulated and Euless is one of the cities enjoying this. The Texas Senate Bill 7 was approved in January 2002, effectively allowing different providers to start selling electricity plans to residents.

Just to be clear, the power still comes from a single transmission utility called Oncor. However, Oncor is not allowed to sell energy directly to consumers. Instead, Oncor deals with the providers while the retail providers sell the energy plans to the people.

Who are the energy providers in Euless?

Thanks to energy deregulation, there are a number of retail energy providers in the area. Some providers you can look into are Pulse Power, Reliant, Frontier Utilities, 4Change Energy, Cirro Energy, Tara Energy, Entrust Energy, Power of Texas, Discount Power, Green Mountain Energy, Amigo Energy, and Just Energy.

What are the best energy plans in my area?

The lowest energy plan available in Euless applies a fixed energy rate of 5.2¢ and is provided by Frontier Utilities through the Best Value 12 plan. This 12-month plan is 6% green and would mean a bill of around $51.94 a month if your consumption is approximately 1000 kWh a month.

You could also go for Pulse Power’s Texas Saver 36, which applies a fixed rate of 5.9¢ for 36 months. It’s 19% green and protects you from potential increases in energy rates in the area throughout your contract period.

If you’re intent on getting your power from renewable sources, the Texas Green 36 plan from Pulse Power gives you 100% renewable energy at only 10.2¢ for 36 months.

What does a fixed rate mean?

A fixed rate means that the same energy rate is applied to your energy bill for the entirety of your contract period. This can be beneficial if you want your monthly bill to be consistent especially if your energy usage doesn’t really change that much month after month. This also protects you from a possible increase in energy rates in the future.

A fixed-rate plan is just one of two types of energy plans in Euless. The other type of energy plan is the variable rate.

Under a variable-rate plan, different energy rates will be applied to your bill every month depending on how high or how low the cost of energy is in the market. This could be beneficial during months when the energy rates are lower. This means that you can receive a lower monthly bill even if your energy consumption did not change. However, this also means that your bill will increase on months when energy costs are high.