Electricity providers in Frisco, TX
One of the fastest-growing cities in America, Frisco is full of brand-new homes in Oncor's deregulated territory — dozens of providers compete, and every one 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
Frisco is deregulated and served by Oncor, so you choose your retail provider from a long list while Oncor owns the wires and delivers power to every home regardless of who you pick. Its housing stock is overwhelmingly new, which means a lot of first-time Texas shoppers facing a crowded market of bill-credit and tiered plans whose headline rate only holds in a usage band. 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 Frisco
When you choose a provider in Frisco, you're not choosing who keeps your lights on — Oncor owns and maintains the wires, delivers your power, and handles outages for every Frisco home regardless of your provider, and its delivery charges are passed through without markup. Your provider choice changes the energy rate, the plan structure, and the service, not your reliability.
Because Frisco's population has climbed more than 500% in two decades, much of the city is new construction — and many residents are shopping the Texas market for the first time. More than 100 licensed providers compete across Oncor territory, which is a lot of options to wade through, and a lot of look-alike plans designed to look cheapest on the comparison screen.
The wires
Frisco 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
For a new Frisco home, the plan-type maze is the main hazard: bill-credit plans hand back money only inside a usage window, tiered plans change rate outside one band, and time-of-use plans trade a higher daytime rate for free nights. A new, all-electric home with a big AC system can easily miss the target band through a North Texas summer. Base removes the threshold — one flat energy rate at any usage, Oncor's delivery passed through without markup, and a flat monthly membership.
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 Frisco
- 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 Frisco homeowners pick Base
Frisco's brand-new, all-electric homes are easy to predict on a flat plan — and a natural fit for an optional home battery on a modern roof. Base gives you both: one rate at any usage, plus backup that keeps your own home powered during an outage.
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 Frisco.
- Gexa Energy review NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE)
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Local context
Choosing power in Frisco
Frisco is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States — its population has climbed more than 500% in two decades to around 251,000, with new homes going up at a rapid clip across Collin and Denton counties. That makes it almost unique: nearly the entire city is modern construction, with modern roofs and panels.
Those new rooftops are a natural fit for solar and a home battery. To be precise: a battery is a separate product that backs up your own home during an outage — particularly easy to add when your home and roof are already new — and it doesn't change Oncor's wires service, which is the same for every provider.
Frisco 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
- World Population Review — Frisco, TX
- 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.