What Houston customers should know before signing up for a new electricity plan 

Mine are still the same as 2 years ago. May have gone up half a cent or so but that's about it. I live in Hunt County. We only have Farmers Electric in our area but it keeps its prices down.

10-4 on that! When I do the math on my TDU charges it doesnt always match the stated rate(even taking into account the winter/summer rate differential). Also with the 'explosion' of companies now offering 'bill credit" plans(since I signed with 4change energy last year), the ONLY way to get a sub . 14 rate(TNMP) or sub . 12rate(Centerpoint) is to LOCK IN to one of these long term. (The caveat is you HAVE to watch your usage!).Otherwise flatrate plans will put you at 17cents+(essentially 50percent+ more on your bill). And with the derecho storm bills coming, don't think aren't headed even HIGHER.

Same in California. Delivery rate is almost twice the generation rate. Then when we reduce usage they raise rates or add fixed fees to ensure their investors make lots of money. So keep your eyes open down the road.

@@houstonmuslimah I left reliant to go to Green mountain energy about 7 years ago. Green mountain energy was charging me $0.05 less per kilowatt damn reliant was. I found out six months later that I was paying $0.05 less and wattage but I had to pay an extra $40 fee if I did not use reliant. When the woman show me how I was paying extra for not using reliant, I went back to reliant and don't even think about leaving them. I just signed a 5-year term for $0.16 a kilowatt. That is the cheapest across the board right now. I paid 10.5 cent a kilowatt for 3 years prior to. Everything is going up because only a few companies on everything in an industry so they don't have to compete with lowering prices. No president can stop this unless they try to do what Obama did and Obama tried to stop all of these mergers but the rich people own this country.

Yeah but I have one of those plans and it works great for us - we get a $100 credit once we use 1,000kwh so I monitor our usage weekly and I make sure we always go right over the 1,000kwh. Do not take away my plan that works for me just because you do not like it existing

I usually use powertochoose. I'm currently at 12.6 cents through Direct Energy through February. Around that time I was going to look into Energy Ogre which is like Rhythm. My daughter's boyfriend and parents are using it and it is saving them a bunch of money. Needless to say I will be keeping an eye on this situation.

I also use champion, they've shown great rates throughout the years in comparison to competitors

my only complaint with them is the last time I used them their website was total trash

No you were never told that - you were told that individuals do not lose their right to freedom of speech when they freely associate together as a union, non-profit, or corporation and retain their same individual rights. Maybe read the damn opinion

A lot of HOA's have solar bans, mine included. Good luck fighting that.