242 Texas Commercial Electricity Plans Removed as July Repricing Cycle Extends Into a Third Week
In this morning's TxCP scrape, Texas retail electricity providers removed another 242 commercial plans from active offerings, marking the third significant single-day reduction since July 1. 93 new plans were added, but the net change leaves the active catalog at 580 plans, its lowest total in the third quarter so far.
Analysis of the July 13 Scrape
The 08:00 CT scrape captured 27 retail electricity providers across all five ERCOT-connected TDU territories. 242 plans were removed and 93 new plans were added, giving a net change of 149 fewer active offerings in one day. 21 plans were repriced. Eight REPs made no changes.
This leaves the TxCP catalog with 580 active commercial plans across the delivery areas of AEP Central, AEP North, CenterPoint, Oncor, and TNMP, spread across 32 REPs still fielding at least one offering.
Third Wave Since the Beginning of Q3
Today's reduction is not an isolated occurrence. It is the third wave in 13 days:
- July 1: 60 plans deactivated at the start of Q3 repricing.
- July 7: 300 plans removed, dropping the pool to 618.
- July 13: 242 plans removed, dropping the pool to 580.
Between July 7 and today, the catalog shed another 38 plans on net, and the pattern is now clear. What appeared to be a one-time Q3 catalog reset is becoming a rolling contraction, coinciding with peak summer demand and continued movement in ERCOT forward power prices.
Rate Bands After the Purge
The 580 remaining plans continue to sort into three sharply separated term buckets. Aggregate per-term rate bands from today's scrape:
- Short-term contracts (typically 3 to 12 months): median 12.5 cents per kWh across 375 plans.
- Mid-term contracts (13 to 24 months): median 7.2 cents per kWh across 91 plans.
- Long-term contracts (25 months and up): median 7.36 cents per kWh across 52 plans.
The short-versus-long gap is 5.14 cents per kWh, a 41 percent discount for buyers who commit to a longer term at current forward curves. Mid-term plans now price essentially in line with long-term plans, closing a gap that ran meaningfully wider in June.
Where Rates Are Firmest by Territory
Per-TDU median rates from the 580-plan set:
- CenterPoint (Houston area): 8.2 cents per kWh median across 134 active plans.
- AEP Central (Corpus Christi, Rio Grande Valley): 8.9 cents per kWh median across 108 plans.
- AEP North (Abilene, Wichita Falls): 9.26 cents per kWh median across 95 plans.
- TNMP (Fort Worth suburbs, Galveston, West Texas): 9.3 cents per kWh median across 107 plans.
- Oncor (Dallas, East Texas, Waco): 9.4 cents per kWh median across 136 plans.
CenterPoint remains the cheapest median territory. Oncor and TNMP sit at the top of the band on median, though both territories still offer floor rates in the 4 to 5 cent per kWh range on select long-term contracts.
Implications for a Commercial Shopper
Three takeaways for a Texas commercial electricity buyer in the second week of July:
- A plan seen on any comparison site earlier this month may already be off the shelf. Verify offering status before requesting a quote.
- The short-term premium is now 41 percent above long-term medians. Buyers with any tolerance for a longer commitment are pricing into a materially cheaper band.
- Territory matters more than usual. A CenterPoint-served facility now sits 1.1 to 1.2 cents per kWh below TNMP and Oncor medians at the same term length, a gap that compounds quickly on high-usage loads.
Plan pool churn of this magnitude is unlikely to reverse in the next scrape. Small commercial and multi-site operators shopping now should assume the catalog will continue rotating for at least another few weeks and plan sourcing decisions around that reality rather than around a static snapshot.
For a comprehensive view of Texas commercial rate structures across all contract lengths and territories, see the weekly market insights archive.