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Pre Buy Electric was one of the only electric companies in Texas that would approve all applicants for their electric service with no deposit amount. A Texas electric customer would pre pay for their electricity and would insure their electric service remained on. PreBuy Electric failed to meet their financial power payment obligation to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas in May of 2008 and is no longer in business. Prebuy Electric used to do business from the website: www.prebuyelectric.com. The company had about 9,000 residential customers and a handful of commercial customers in Texas.

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 Their electric rate information on their site is out of date from back in October 2007 and in order to get a updated price you need to email or call the company.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.

The mission of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is to direct and ensure reliable and cost-effective operation of the electric grid and to enable fair and efficient market-driven solutions to meet Texas customers’ electric service needs.

This Texas government site provides consumer information on what exactly the Texas PUC does to assist in regulating the utilities like our retail electricity we buy for our homes and businesses. After exhausting trying to resolve your issue with the retail electric provider you can go to the PUCT's website and issue a formal complaint against the Texas Retail Electric Provider that has wronged you. It is good to exhaust all resources and keep a record of any evidence and communications you have had with the electric company in order to succesfully win a case against an electric company. If the case is heard and accepted you may need to hire a lawyer to pursue the matter further.

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.

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.

Amigo Energy was founded in 2003 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Houston based energy management firm Fulcrum Power Services LP. Fulcrum had annual revenue of $410 million in 2006 and now allows Amigo to serve large and medium sized commercial electric customers throughout Texas with good pricing, accurate billing, and an in house developed back office. About 50 percent of Amigo's customer base is Hispanic.

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.

Champion Energy Services is partially owned by Lehman Brothers company but has been bought out by a large investor in the Texas energy market. Champion was bought out prior to Lehman's financial disaster and remains a strong 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.

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.