Electricity providers in Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth just crossed a million residents, and all that new construction sits in Oncor's deregulated territory — where dozens of providers compete and every one of them delivers over the same Oncor wires.
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Written and reviewed by the Base Power team · Last updated May 27, 2026
Quick answer
Fort Worth is deregulated and served by Oncor, so you choose your retail electric provider from a long list while Oncor owns the wires and delivers power to every home regardless of who you pick. Because the delivery charges and outage response are identical across providers, what you're really comparing is the energy rate and the plan design. Many Fort Worth plans use tiered rates or bill credits that make the advertised number look lower than what you'll pay. Base keeps it to one flat energy rate (advertised at 8¢/kWh) plus Oncor's pass-through delivery and a flat monthly membership.
How it works
What you're actually choosing in Fort Worth
The most useful thing to know when you shop for a provider in Fort Worth is that your provider doesn't own a single wire. Oncor — the largest utility in Texas — owns and maintains the poles, wires, and meter, delivers your power, and restores it after an outage, for every home in its territory no matter whose name is on the bill. Choosing or switching a retail provider never changes your reliability or your delivery charges.
What it does change is the company that sets your energy rate, designs your plan, and bills you. Fort Worth has been the fastest-growing big city in Texas, and all that demand is why more than 100 licensed providers compete across Oncor territory. The competition is real — but so is the wave of look-alike plans built to win the comparison screen rather than your actual bill.
The wires
Fort Worth is served by Oncor Electric Delivery
Whoever you pick as your retail provider, Oncor still owns and maintains the poles, wires, and meter — and restores your power after an outage. Its delivery charges are set by the PUCT and passed through by every provider without markup, so they're identical no matter whose name is on your bill.
Oncor Electric Delivery
Serves the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex and much of North and West Texas.
- Report an outage
- Oncor outage map · 888-313-4747
- Finding your ESID
- Oncor ESIDs are typically 17-digit numbers that begin with 1044372.
The hard part
The plan-type maze
Open Power to Choose for a Fort Worth ZIP and the cheapest-looking plans are usually bill-credit or tiered plans whose advertised rate only holds inside a usage window. For a home running AC through North Texas's 100°F summers, landing outside that window is a real risk. Base's answer is to remove the guessing: one flat energy rate at any usage, Oncor's delivery passed through without markup, and a flat monthly membership, so the rate you're quoted is the rate you pay.
Fixed-rate
One energy rate for the whole term. The simplest option — but check whether a bill credit is baked in, which makes it act like a bill-credit plan.
Bill-credit
A low advertised rate that depends on a monthly credit you only get inside a usage band (often around 1,096 kWh). Miss the band and the effective rate jumps.
Tiered
A headline rate that only applies in one usage range and changes outside it — easy to misread as a flat rate.
Free nights or weekends
Free power during set hours, paid for by a higher rate the rest of the time. Worth it only if a real share of your usage lands in the free window.
Variable / month-to-month
No contract, but the rate can move with the market — variable rates spiked for some Texans during past market events.
Flat (one rate, any usage)
What Base does: one energy rate (advertised at 8¢/kWh) at any usage, plus Oncor delivery passed through and a flat monthly membership — no threshold to miss.
Three steps
How to choose a provider in Fort Worth
- 1
Ignore the headline rate
The 'as low as' number on the comparison screen is rarely what a real home pays. Look at the all-in cost at your actual monthly usage on each plan's Electricity Facts Label (EFL).
- 2
Know your plan type
Fixed, tiered, bill-credit, or time-of-use — each behaves differently at your usage. A flat plan is the easiest to predict because the rate doesn't depend on hitting a band.
- 3
Check the term and the exit fee
Note the contract length and any early termination fee before you sign, and confirm whether a deposit is required. Switching is easy; your new provider coordinates it with Oncor.
Compare offers on Power to Choose (the official PUCT marketplace), pull the Base EFL, or enter your address to see your exact Base rate.
A simpler option
Why Fort Worth homeowners pick Base
For the wave of new Fort Worth homeowners shopping the Texas market for the first time, Base skips the plan-shopping entirely — one flat rate at any usage, a flat membership, and an optional home battery that pairs naturally with a brand-new roof.
One flat energy rate (advertised at 8¢/kWh) at any usage, Oncor delivery passed through without markup, and a flat $19–$29/mo membership — no teaser rates and no bill-credit games. Base also offers an optional whole-home battery as a separate product that backs up your own home during an outage.
You can obtain important standardized information that will allow you to compare this product with other offers. Contact Base Power at 512-518-1009 or basepowercompany.com.
Researching a specific provider?
Honest reviews of the big Texas providers
We dug into who owns each major provider, how its plans are structured, what it charges, and what customers actually say — balanced, sourced, and updated. Start with whoever you're weighing in Fort Worth.
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Local context
Choosing power in Fort Worth
Fort Worth officially crossed a million residents in 2024, passing Austin to become the 4th-largest city in Texas — and it added more new residents since 2020 than any other major Texas city. That growth means a wave of new single-family homes and a crowded retail market, which is exactly why looking past the headline rate to the all-in cost pays off here.
Those new, often all-electric homes also pair naturally with solar and a home battery. Worth being precise: a battery is a separate product that backs up your own home during an outage — it doesn't change Oncor's wires service, which is identical for every provider you could choose.
Fort Worth electricity provider FAQs
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Skip the plan-shopping. Enter your address for an all-in rate — one flat energy charge, pass-through delivery, and a flat membership, with no teaser pricing or bill-credit games.
Sources
- Power to Choose — the official PUCT marketplace
- Public Utility Commission of Texas
- Fort Worth Report — population passes 1 million (2024)
- Power to Choose — official PUCT marketplace
- ChooseEnergy — Oncor service area (provider count)
Plan documents: Electricity Facts Label (EFL) · Terms of Service & Your Rights as a Customer. Products and pricing are offered to qualified customers in Texas only.