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Startex Power started business in Texas a little after Texas deregulated back in 2002 by having some key players at Gexa jump ship to start their own Retail Electric Provider. Startex Power is actually Star Electricity, Llc but has named themselves a pretty catchy brand that has stuck with a lot of Texas consumers. Not only has their brand been well taken but their electricity prices have been competitive in the residential electricity market and they are making in roads at being just as competitive in the commercial energy sector in Texas as well. If you have used Startex Power for either residential electricity or commercial energy and have an opinion about them please feel free to leave a comment and go ahead and rate them while your at it on the star rating scale from 1 - 10. 3200 Southwest Fwy Houston, TX 77027-7528 United States Phone: 713-357-2800

Green Mountain Energy is well known for offering several different electric power plans that are green friendly. The marketing approach of cleaning up the environment along with the catchy brand name has helped create that needed buzz to sell their products. Having become one of a few of the well known energy brands in Texas they have succesfully created a very large and succesfull retail electric provider in Texas. Most of the other energy companies offer a green energy plan as well but Green Mountain has frequently been able to sell some of their clean electricity even cheaper then what they sell their coal fired generated electricity. We don't know exactly how they do this but it's great isn't it? There clean energy isn't always affordable but it is nice to know that you can sometimes buy it for less. Green Mounatin is not just a Texas electric company. They started business in 1997 in Vermont and have now headquartered in Austin, Texas. Austin is known for their tree huggers and hippy culture and so it is only fitting that this would be their new location. They have received their fair share of protests and activists at their door and on the internet due to the fact that they will still sell you dirty electricity but what can you really do about a pot smoking PETA member thats main goal in life is to sell hemp clothing? Are they really going to listen to your reasons? Green Mountain does not have the cheapest residential electric rates but as of recently they can offer some pretty decent commercial energy rates. They also are very flexible in the way they run their business and in their energy contracts they offer commercial customers.

This is a slightly new take on how to sell electricity in Texas with similarities to both Ignite Energy and Ambit Energy. This is a relatively new Texas MLM start up that sells electricity through a large independent sales base which increases their sales organization through word of mouth and enthusiastic sells pep rallies throughout the state of Texas. The company began business back in 2005 and are a licensed REP registered with the PUCT under the number 10105. Their electric rate information on their site is out of date from back in October 2007 and in order to get a updated price you need to email or call the company. This is a very small up start and has the potential to balloon into a sales organization much like Ignite or Ambit Energy. The downside to the smaller Retail Electric Providers like this is an untested customer service and billing system. Signing up with an energy company with no track record can pose a risk although at the most if there were an issue the risk can be summed up in one word, frustration! Hopefully this company does well as the underdog in the ever growing list of Retail Electric Providers in Texas.

Champion Energy Services is a Lehman Brothers company which means they are a well-capitalized retail electric provider (REP) in Texas. They have consistently provided competitive electric power service to residential, commercial and industrial (C&I) businesses in Texas for several years. They have wide access to wholesale power supply sources and tremendous experience in commodity marketplaces. Although there have been issues in the past as they were bought and sold by several companies they have now settled down and the in house customer service platform they have now ensures you will receive accurate and straightforward billing.

Spark Energy is a Retail Electric Provider based out of Houston Texas. They began business back in 2002 when Texas deregulated and have maintained a strong and growing position in the Texas Electricity market.

You can use this Texas government site to learn about electric competition in Texas and obtain information to help you make informed decisions about your electricity service and Retail Electric Provider.

Reliant is the incumbent Retail Electric Provider in the Houston Texas area and at one time owned both the retail electric division that sells the energy to residences and commercial businesses and the pole and wires company that owns and services the electric lines. Texas deregulated the Texas electric market back in 2002 and broke off Reliant from the pole and wires company Centerpoint. They are now rebranded as Reliant Energy and Centerpoint now only provides pole and wire transmission and distribution services. Reliant has worked out a deal with Texas ERCOT to be the POLR or Provider Of Last Resort. What this means is if you were to sign up with an electric company that later on goes bankrupt during the course of the electricity agreement you would be switched back to Reliant Energy with no interruption in service. This POLR setup created by the ERCOT deregulation organization has become a benchmark in how to do deregulation in other states and continues to effectively provide for continued uninterrupted electric service as new energy companies come and go in the Texas retail energy market.

TXU Energy is the incumbent retail electric provider in the North region of Texas, Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. When Texas deregulated the retail electric market TXU broke off of their pole and wires company to only sell retail electricity along with their power generation division. Oncor Electric Delivery became the name of what was previously called TXU Electric Delivery which services and owns the meters, poles and wires. The Texas state government ERCOT have worked out an agreement with TXU Energy that if any Retail Electric Provider in this region were to go bankrupt and the electric customers would be automatically switched to the POLR or TXU as way to insure continued electricity service to those affected. Because of the great work by ERCOT and the POLR system Texas is the benchmark state on how deregulation should be done.

Tara Energy started business back in 2002 just as "Electricity Deregulation" in Texas was beginning. Tara Energy is located in the energy hub, Houston Texas and is a licensed Retail Electricity Provider (REP). Tara sells electric service to commercial and residential customers in Texas. Lately they have offered a competitive residential electric rate with a few other providers beating them by only a small fraction. Tara Energy's commercial contract is objectionable as they have labeled a couple of additional charges in their contract "official names" and many pass these off as being a part of the TDSP charges that are normally past through on a 1 to 1 basis by the pole and wires company. These additional charges if added into the commercial "energy only" rate would show their rate to be uncompetitive but since they section these charges out unlike most other energy providers in Texas you may think you are getting a better electric rate then you really are.

Occidental Energy Marketing, Inc. (OEMI), Oxy’s marketing division, provides comprehensive crude oil, natural gas and power marketing and related risk management services in Texas. OEMI is one of the top 10 natural gas marketers in North America, with trading volume exceeding 4.5 billion cubic feet per day. They are just beginning to offer commercial businesses in Texas the option to buy energy from them. They currently only accept energy customers that are using atleast 2 megawatt hours of electricity or more a year. Their company is large and the entry into the Texas commercial electricity market will be slow but they promise to deliver accurate billing and competitive prices.