Texas Residential Energy Advisor

Is Your Texas HomeOverpaying for Electricity?

Most are. Enter your ZIP or upload a bill.We show the real Texas total — TDU delivery, fees, and bill-credit traps included.

I catch the traps in your bill!

I catch the traps in your bill!

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Residential providers we shop for you

Why Voltcheckr

Not a listing site. We do the math for you.

We Catch the Traps

Bill credits that only apply between 999 and 1,001 kWh. Minimum usage fees. Early termination penalties. Teaser rates that jump after month three. We flag them in plain English before they hit your wallet.

Priced to Your Actual Usage

Upload your bill and we read your real kWh. We rank plans against what your home actually uses, not the catalog rate priced for a hypothetical 1,000 kWh home.

Plain-English Plan Cards

Every plan shows the total average price at 500, 1,000, and 2,000 kWh with the supplier (REP) offering it clearly labeled. Those three tiers are the ones the PUCT requires so residential plans can be compared apples to apples.

See it first

From your bill to your report.

Sample data. Your real report is priced with live rates for your ZIP.

Example Energy Co.Sample bill
Account number•••• •••• 5678
Service address123 Example Lane
Billing periodMar 3 – Apr 2
Usage this period1,050 kWhwe read this
Average rate16.2¢/kWhwe read this
Contract end dateNov 14we read this
Total due$170.10

Here's what we pull off your bill — automatically.

Sample Power & Light12-mo fixedSample report
14.0¢/kWhall-in · $147.00/mo

At your 1,050 kWh usage

Advertised at exactly 1,000 kWh: 12.8¢ → +1.2¢ higher at your usage

See the math

Supplier energy (9.5¢ × 1,050 kWh)$99.75
Utility delivery (3.9¢ × 1,050 kWh)$40.95
Utility base charge$3.95
Supplier base fee$2.35
All-in monthly total$147.00

Zappy's Trap Alert: the advertised 12.8¢ needs a bill credit that only pays between 999–1,000 kWh. At 1,050 kWh you'd miss it.

Sample numbers. Your report prices live plans for your ZIP.

How it works

Switch in three steps.

1

Upload your bill or share your ZIP

We read your usage and utility zone from your bill.

2

We shop the providers in your TDU zone

Real rates, no guesses.

3

Switch right here in minutes

We handle the rest. Your power doesn't blink.

Market Context

U.S. Residential Rates Up 36% Since 2020

EIA
18.0¢
¢/kWh (2026)
↑ 36%
since 2020
+4.0%
yr/yr

Source: EIA — U.S. residential avg retail rate (2020–2024 actual; 2025–2026 EIA STEO).

Same wires. Same outage response.

Your local utility still owns the lines, fixes the outages, and reads your meter. Switching suppliers changes the name on your bill, not your service.

Plan basics

What you're choosing.

Fixed rate

Best for most homes

Locks your kWh price for the whole contract. No surprises if the market jumps.

Variable rate

Short stints only

Moves with the wholesale market. Useful when prices are dropping, risky if you stop watching.

Most fixed plans run 6, 12, 24, or 36 months. Longer term means more rate stability and less flexibility.

Built for Renters and Homeowners.

Independent. PUCT-Registered.

The Texas retail electricity market has hundreds of residential plans, dozens of providers, and enough fine print to fill a book. In theory that's good for you, in practice it's exhausting. We do the work, we read your bill, compare the plans that actually fit your usage, and show the honest total before you sign anything.

Unlike a rate-sorted listing, we rank plans by the all-in total at your usage — the number the EFL fine print actually produces.

Whether you own or rent, live in a house or an apartment, and whichever TDU delivers your power, your plan should work for your life, not the other way around.

“Two identical homes on the same street can pay different rates just because they picked different plans. That difference is real money every month.”

— Voltcheckr Team

How we get paid: Suppliers pay us a referral commission when you switch through Voltcheckr. You never pay us directly, and suppliers cannot buy better placement in our rankings.

Your bill, no jargon

How to read your bill.

Four things to look at before you upload it.

1

kWh used

How much electricity your home used last month. Like miles on a car.

2

Average rate

Your bill divided by kWh used. This is the number we shop.

3

Contract end date

The day you can switch without a fee. Usually near the top of the bill.

4

Supply vs delivery

Supply is the energy itself, and we can lower it. Delivery is the wires, and nobody can change it.

Your privacy is our priority.

Your bill is used only to prepare your quote. We never sell your data.

Used only to prepare your quote
No spam or follow-ups
Never sold to third parties
You stay in control

Texas is our specialty.

Voltcheckr is built for the Texas retail electricity market — the Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas, and TNMP delivery territories, EFL fine print, and PUCT consumer rules.

Business outside Texas? Our commercial desk still helps business accounts in other deregulated markets.

Common questions

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