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Oncor Electric Delivery Company
Oncor is the largest TDU in Texas, serving over 10 million customers across 400+ cities in North, Central, and West Texas. As the transmission and dis...
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric
CenterPoint Energy serves the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fourth-largest city in the United States. With over 2.6 million metered customers...
AEP Texas Central Company
AEP Texas Central serves South Texas including the Corpus Christi area. The utility delivers electricity to residential and commercial customers in th...
AEP Texas North Company
AEP Texas North serves West Texas communities including Abilene, San Angelo, and parts of the Permian Basin. The utility covers a large geographic are...
Texas-New Mexico Power Company
Texas-New Mexico Power (TNMP) serves scattered service territories across Texas, including parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Central Texas, and the...
Lubbock Power & Light
Lubbock Power & Light recently joined the Texas deregulated market in 2023. LP&L serves the Lubbock metropolitan area in the Texas Panhandle, bringing...
Delivery charges make up around 40% of your bill. You can't control these fees—only your energy rate is something you can shop for. Delivery charges change every March (usually down) and September (usually up).
TDU delivery charges (also called TDSP charges) pay for the poles, wires, and meters that deliver electricity to your home. These rates are regulated by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and passed through to you without markup—every provider charges the same delivery rate for your area.
Why your "fixed rate" bill still changes: Whether you have a bundled rate (single price) or unbundled rate (separate energy + delivery), your total bill changes when delivery rates change. Fine print typically states: "The price you pay each month will reflect the transmission and distribution utility charges in effect for your monthly billing cycle."
Your utility handles power line maintenance, meter reading, and outage response regardless of which provider you choose. The only thing that changes when you switch is your electricity rate and billing company.
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