Texas Electricity Ratings

Which Home Energy Habits Really Help? We break down the details to show which energy habits help you get the best savings on your Texas electricity bills. The new year is a perfect time to rethink how you use energy at home. Simple home energy habits can help lower your Texas electricity bills, reduce waste, and even make your home more comfortable. While many people make New Year’s resolutions, they don’t often think about their power use. Focusing on practical changes to daily routines can benefit your power bill and the environment. Being mindful of energy use can make a noticeable difference in what you pay your electric provider . Run Appliances at Off-Peak Times Dishwashers, laundry machines, and other major appliances draw a lot of power. Running them late at night during off-peak hours can cut energy costs. And who wants to listen to a dishwasher while you watch a movie? Run that load of dishes at 2 a.m. instead of right after dinner. Chances are your dishwasher has...

Will The New Tool Help You Choose?  Learn how the new Safe-Rate™ tool helps you compare plans apples to apples. Find out which plans gives you the most stable monthly bills at a price you can afford. Choosing an electric provider and plan can be a daunting task. Some websites just flash numbers at you without actually helping you choose. That isn’t the case here at Texas Electricity Ratings . In fact, we’ve rolled out the new Safe-Rate™ tool to help you understand how volatile your power bill could be. Is the plan you want on the nice list, or will it be an angry South Pole elf?  How Does the New Safe-Rate™ Tool Help?  Each plan has an advertised rate. The default in most cases is the average price per kilowatt-hour when you use 1,000 kWh in a billing cycle. Will you use exactly that much? There’s a snowball’s chance in the Bahamas that you will. So, this new tool, Safe-Rate™ , shows on a scale of 1 to 10 how likely you ar...

Which Home Energy Christmas Gifts Do You Want? A smart way to cut your Texas electric bills is buy things that help you save energy all year. Check out our list of home energy gifts you can give yourself. The holidays are a time for giving, but not every gift has to sit under a tree. One of the smartest ways to spend money this season is on items that help cut energy costs all year long. These home energy Christmas gifts pay you back month after month by lowering power use and helping you manage Texas power bills more easily. A Year’s Supply of HVAC Filters Changing air filters is one of the simplest ways to improve home efficiency, yet it is also one of the most forgotten tasks. A dirty air filter forces your HVAC system to run longer to circulate the air. This drives up power use. Buying a year’s supply of quality filters removes the excuse to delay changing them. Fresh filters help air move freely, reduces strain on your system, and can lower cooling costs during long T...

Will This Data Center Energy Source Raise Bills? With data center expansion exploding in Texas, find out why the energy they use could have an important effect on your future electricity rates. Texas is seeing a surge of requests to connect new data centers to the power grid. ERCOT has received about 205 large load requests so far. Not all of these projects will break ground. Still, even if only half move forward, the data center energy source they choose could push power prices higher. That outcome matters to Texans who want reliable service and cheap electricity . Over the next five years, many developers will not wait for full grid hookups. Instead, they plan to build on-site power plants. Natural gas stands out as the fastest and most practical option. While solar and wind help meet grid demand, they cannot supply round-the-clock power without added storage and long build times. By contrast, natural gas plants can enter service much faster and run nonstop. For firms racing to dep...