Cheapest Spring electricity rates — July 2026
Spring is in CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's delivery area. Whichever retailer you sign with, CenterPoint owns the poles and wires and its regulated delivery charge lands on every bill, so the comparison below already includes it.
Ranked for a Spring year, not a round number
Plans here are ordered by what twelve months cost rather than by the price at one usage point, using the ERCOT residential load profile for the Coast weather zone that Spring sits in. That profile puts a state-average home's 13,798 kWh a year where Spring actually uses it: a peak near 1,761 kWh in August against roughly 724 kWh in February.
The yearly total is much the same across Texas — it's the shape that differs, and the shape is what the advertised rate hides. Rates are quoted at exactly 1,000 kWh, so a plan whose price depends on where usage lands (a bill credit that only triggers above that mark, a fee that only applies below one) can look cheap at the quoted point and cost more across a real year. A plain fixed-rate plan charges the same whenever the kilowatt-hours arrive, and for those the ranking barely moves. It moves here: the plan that wins on the advertised 1,000 kWh number, SimpleSaver 12, is not the cheapest once a full Spring year is priced.
| Plan | Term | Per month | Per year | Effective rate | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Nights 11 CHARIOT ENERGY ★ 1.0 | 11 mo | $120 | $1,439 | 10.4¢ | 2 flagged |
| Bright Nights 12 CHARIOT ENERGY ★ 1.0 | 12 mo | $121 | $1,452 | 10.5¢ | 2 flagged |
| No Gimmicks 11 Budget Power ★ 1.0 | 11 mo | $121 | $1,457 | 10.6¢ | none |
| True Value 12 TRUE POWER ★ 1.0 | 12 mo | $121 | $1,457 | 10.6¢ | none |
| Frontier Power Saver 10 FRONTIER UTILITIES ★ 2.0 | 10 mo | $121 | $1,457 | 10.6¢ | none |
| Gexa Eco Choice 10 GEXA ENERGY ★ 4.0 | 10 mo | $121 | $1,457 | 10.6¢ | none |
| Companion + Perks 10 Companion Energy ★ 2.0 | 10 mo | $121 | $1,457 | 10.6¢ | none |
| No Gimmicks 12 Budget Power ★ 1.0 | 12 mo | $123 | $1,470 | 10.7¢ | none |
| Sustainable Living Bundle - 5 JUST ENERGY ★ 2.0 | 5 mo | $123 | $1,471 | 10.7¢ | none |
| Sustainable Lifestyle - 5 AMIGO ENERGY ★ 3.0 | 5 mo | $123 | $1,471 | 10.7¢ | none |
| Sustainable Home Bundle - 5 TARA ENERGY ★ 4.0 | 5 mo | $123 | $1,471 | 10.7¢ | none |
| Sustainable Simply Days - 5 AMIGO ENERGY ★ 3.0 | 5 mo | $123 | $1,477 | 10.7¢ | none |
| Balanced Days Bundle - 5 TARA ENERGY ★ 4.0 | 5 mo | $123 | $1,477 | 10.7¢ | none |
| Sustainable Days Bundle - 5 JUST ENERGY ★ 2.0 | 5 mo | $123 | $1,477 | 10.7¢ | none |
| Basic 12 Veteran Energy ★ 3.0 | 12 mo | $124 | $1,484 | 10.8¢ | none |
| No Gimmicks Green 12 Budget Power ★ 1.0 | 12 mo | $124 | $1,484 | 10.8¢ | none |
| Speedy 12 Express Energy ★ 3.0 | 12 mo | $124 | $1,484 | 10.8¢ | none |
| Octo Simple 12 Octopus Energy ★ 3.0 | 12 mo | $124 | $1,484 | 10.8¢ | none |
| SoFed Better Rate - 10 SOUTHERN FEDERAL POWER LLC ★ 5.0 | 10 mo | $124 | $1,492 | 10.8¢ | none |
| SoFed Better Rate - 5 SOUTHERN FEDERAL POWER LLC ★ 5.0 | 5 mo | $124 | $1,492 | 10.8¢ | none |
| Digital Choice 12 RHYTHM ★ 3.0 | 12 mo | $125 | $1,496 | 10.8¢ | 1 flagged |
| No Bull 12 Energy Texas ★ 3.0 | 12 mo | $125 | $1,496 | 10.8¢ | 1 flagged |
| Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 10 Ranchero Power ★ 5.0 | 10 mo | $125 | $1,506 | 10.9¢ | none |
| Ranchero Smart & Fixed - 5 Ranchero Power ★ 5.0 | 5 mo | $125 | $1,506 | 10.9¢ | none |
| Bright Nights 24 CHARIOT ENERGY ★ 1.0 | 24 mo | $127 | $1,521 | 11.0¢ | 2 flagged |
| True Value 24 TRUE POWER ★ 1.0 | 24 mo | $127 | $1,526 | 11.1¢ | none |
| Smart Secure 10 AE TEXAS ★ 3.0 | 10 mo | $127 | $1,526 | 11.1¢ | none |
| No Contract Advantage Ranchero Power ★ 5.0 | 1 mo | $128 | $1,533 | 11.1¢ | none |
| Variable Advantage SOUTHERN FEDERAL POWER LLC ★ 5.0 | 1 mo | $128 | $1,533 | 11.1¢ | none |
| Companion + Perks 12 Companion Energy ★ 2.0 | 12 mo | $128 | $1,539 | 11.2¢ | none |
The 30 cheapest of 168 plans sold in Spring. See all 168 on the CenterPoint page, or rank them at your own usage. Prices updated 2026-07-30T07:35:43.984886+00:00.
What the numbers mean
"Per month" is the yearly total divided by twelve, not the cost at any one usage level — a real Spring August costs far more than a real February, and the average is what you can budget against. "Effective rate" is that yearly total divided by the year's kWh, which is the only cents-per-kWh figure that survives contact with a seasonal bill. "Catches" counts the pricing gimmicks detected in each plan's Electricity Facts Label: bill-credit bullseyes, minimum-usage fees, required autopay or hardware. Open any plan for the full breakdown.
Your own home is not the state-average home. If you know your real usage, enter it on the comparison tool and every plan re-ranks against your actual bills.
Same answer nearby
Plans are sold per delivery area, and priced against the weather zone's usage shape. These cities share both with Spring, so the ranking above is their ranking too: Houston, Katy, Sugar Land, Pasadena, The Woodlands, Cypress, Baytown.
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