Houston Metro is CenterPoint Energy territory inside ERCOT Houston load zone. CenterPoint delivers the power and maintains the wires whoever supplies it, so competitive supply carries no reliability consequence — only a lower price.
CenterPoint Energy delivers power across the Houston metro and maintains the poles and wires, but it does not sell the electricity — that comes from a competitive retail supplier you choose. The Houston load zone prices separately from the rest of ERCOT, and it runs hot: coastal humidity keeps summer cooling load high well into the evening, and the zone carries heavy industrial demand from the ship channel that shifts settlement prices in ways the North zone never sees. For a commercial buyer this is the most liquid retail market in the country, with dozens of suppliers competing for load of almost any size.
Texas opened to competition in 2002, but the terms are set territory by territory, not statewide. CenterPoint Energy's distribution rates, its default supply price and its rate schedules are all set independently of the other utilities in Texas — which is why an offer that is genuinely competitive in one part of the state can be mediocre here. Everything on this page is scoped to CenterPoint Energy specifically.
Which schedule you are on sets the shape of the bill before a single kilowatt-hour is priced.
| Schedule | Typically covers |
|---|---|
| Secondary Service Less Than 10 kW | small storefronts and offices |
| Secondary Service Greater Than 10 kW | most mid-size commercial accounts |
| Primary Service | facilities taking power at distribution primary voltage |
| Transmission Service | large industrial sites metered at transmission voltage |
Schedule names, demand thresholds and eligibility rules change with each rate case, and the schedule an account was originally placed on is frequently no longer the one that fits it. We verify yours against the actual bill rather than assuming — that check is free, and it is where a meaningful share of the savings on this page comes from.
Refining, petrochemicals, port logistics, medical campuses and a very large office base dominate commercial load here. Each sector carries a different load shape on CenterPoint, and the strategy changes with it.
Manufacturing facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 500,000+ kWh/month on a 24/7 baseload with peak production hours profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Manufacturing Energy in Houston Metro →Healthcare facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 800,000+ kWh/month on a constant high load with minimal fluctuation profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Healthcare Energy in Houston Metro →Warehouse & Logistics facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 400,000-1,500,000 kWh/month on a 24/7 operations with shift-based peaks profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Warehouse & Logistics Energy in Houston Metro →Retail facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 100,000-500,000 kWh/month on a high during business hours, lower overnight profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Retail Energy in Houston Metro →Hospitality facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 200,000-700,000 kWh/month on a variable based on occupancy and season profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Hospitality Energy in Houston Metro →Data Centers facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 2,000,000+ kWh/month on a consistent extreme baseload profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Data Centers Energy in Houston Metro →Education facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 300,000-1,000,000 kWh/month on a academic calendar-driven fluctuations profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Education Energy in Houston Metro →Property Management facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a business hours peak for commercial, evening for residential profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Property Management Energy in Houston Metro →Food Service facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 50,000-200,000 kWh/month on a meal period peaks with constant refrigeration baseload profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Food Service Energy in Houston Metro →Automotive facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 80,000-300,000 kWh/month on a business hours concentration with some 24/7 operations profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Automotive Energy in Houston Metro →Municipal & Government facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a varies widely by facility type profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Municipal & Government Energy in Houston Metro →Agriculture facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a highly seasonal with weather dependency profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Agriculture Energy in Houston Metro →Technology facilities in the Houston Metro typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a extended hours with always-on equipment profile, billed on CenterPoint commercial schedules.
Technology Energy in Houston Metro →CenterPoint Energy serves Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Brazoria, Galveston Counties.
Different utility, different rates. If your facilities span more than one of these, they need more than one strategy.
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