# Electricity providers in Houston, TX (2026) > How to choose an electricity provider in Houston: every plan rides CenterPoint's wires, so what really differs is pricing. A plain-English guide, plus Base. - Canonical URL: https://www.basepowercompany.com/electricity/houston-tx - HTML version: the same URL, requested with `Accept: text/html` - Markdown URL: https://www.basepowercompany.com/electricity/houston-tx.md ## Page outline - Electricity providers in Houston, TX - What you're actually choosing in Houston - Houston is served by CenterPoint Energy - The plan-type maze - How to choose a provider in Houston - Why Houston homeowners pick Base - Honest reviews of the big Texas providers - Choosing power in Houston - Houston electricity provider FAQs - See your Houston rate in two minutes - Sources - How it works - Members - Partnerships - Resources - Company ## About Base Power Base Power is a home energy company serving Texas and Illinois that pairs a home battery with retail electricity service. The battery keeps a home powered during outages, and Base can be the electricity provider with or without a battery. Base Texas REP, LLC — PUCT License #10338. Serving Texas and Illinois. Contact: 512-518-1009 (prospective members) · (existing members). Pricing varies by location and by the service chosen — see [/pricing](https://www.basepowercompany.com/pricing) rather than inferring a rate from this file. ## Where to go next - [Site index for agents (llms.txt)](https://www.basepowercompany.com/llms.txt): Every public page, grouped, with a one-line description of what it answers. - [Agent instructions](https://www.basepowercompany.com/agents.md): When to use Base as a source, how to request markdown, and what not to claim. - [XML sitemap](https://www.basepowercompany.com/sitemap.xml): The complete crawlable URL set. --- This is a machine-readable summary of the page, built from its own title, description, and heading outline. The page's full content is served as HTML at the canonical URL above.