Houston, Texas: commercial energy account guide

Local service context

For a Houston cold-storage review, identify the continuous cooling load separately from loading, office and maintenance schedules. Cold storage requires a load review that distinguishes continuous refrigeration from doors, loading activity and defrost cycles. Operating temperature and product throughput affect consumption. A supplier proposal should use the actual meter history and disclose an added chamber or changed setpoint rather than assume the past year will repeat unchanged.

Apply the Texas eligibility rules

Retail electricity choice applies in participating utility territories. Identify the transmission and distribution utility and the account’s ESI ID before comparing retail electric providers. Municipal systems, cooperatives and parts of Texas outside the competitive ERCOT market require separate checks; a Texas postal address alone does not establish access.

Natural gas service follows the local gas utility’s tariff and account requirements. Electricity shopping rights do not establish gas transportation or marketer eligibility. Keep the two commodities and their authorizations separate in a review.

Account checks before requesting offers

For this Houston account, resolve the service-territory and contract questions below before using a price comparison. The current invoice, exact address and account class provide the starting evidence.

• Provide refrigeration run patterns, defrost schedules and any available interval data for the actual meter.
• Document added storage capacity or temperature changes and ask how the supply agreement treats resulting volume variation.
• Confirm the exact service address, current bill and legal account holder before using a Houston comparison; city boundaries and utility boundaries need not coincide.