List of Energy Regulated Cities in Texas

Most Texans, around 85-90%, live in a city with a deregulated energy market where they have the power to choose who supplies power to their home.

The other 10-15% of the state population receives their power from electric cooperatives or municipally-owned utility companies, and do not have the power to choose.

Check the list of regulated cities below to find out whether you have the power to choose.

Which Texas cities have regulated energy markets?

If you live in one of these cities, you do not have the power to choose your electricity provider.

Amarillo (Xcel Energy/Southwestern Public Service Company)
Austin (Austin Energy)
Bandera (Bandera Electric Cooperative)
Bartlett (Bartlett Electric Cooperative)
Bastrop (Bastrop Power & Light or Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative)
Brenham (City of Brenham Public Utilities or Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative)
Brownsville (partially deregulated or Brownsville Public Utilities Board)
Bryan (Bryan Texas Utilities)
Burnet (City of Burnet Utilities or Pedernales Electric Cooperative)
College Station (College Station Utilities)
Cuero (City of Cuero Electric Department or Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative)
Denton (Denton Municipal Electric or CoServ)
El Paso (El Paso Electric or Rio Grande Electric Cooperative)
Fredericksburg (City of Fredericksburg Utilities or Central Texas Electric Co-op)
Garland (partially deregulated or Garland Power & Light)
Georgetown (partially deregulated or City of Georgetown Electric Utility)
Giddings (City of Giddings Utilities or Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative)
Greenville (Greenville Electric Utility System or Famers Electric Cooperative)
Huntsville (Entergy Texas, MidSouth Electric Co-op, or Sam Houston Electric Cooperative)
Kerrville (Kerrville Public Utility Board)
Kyle (Pedernales Electric Cooperative)
Lockhart (City of Lockhart or Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative)
New Braunfels (New Braunfels Utilities)
San Antonio (CPS Energy)
San Marcos (City of San Marcos Electric Utility, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, or Pedernales Electric Cooperative)
The Woodlands (partially deregulated or Entergy Texas)

Which cities have deregulated energy?

The majority of Texas has a deregulated energy marketplace.

Major deregulated cities include Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Abilene, and Wichita Falls.

For a complete list of deregulated energy cities, click here.

Written by Graham Lumley

Graham Lumley is the Growth Product Manager at BKV Energy, a retail electricity provider in Texas' deregulated market, where he has worked since 2023. He analyzes customer usage and billing data, helps develop BKV's fixed-rate plans, and creates tools to simplify Texas electricity shopping. He has written over 200 articles on Texas electricity rates, delivery charges, plan types, energy generation, and more to help Texans understand their bills and pay less. With over 10 years of experience in consumer products, marketing, and energy, he explains the Texas electricity market in plain language.