Compare electricity rates in Garland

Garland is a northeastern suburb of Dallas with a population of just under 235,000. With the motto “Texas Made Here,” Garland certainly embraces the Lone Star State spirit, including its deregulated energy market.

With a majority of the city located in Dallas County and part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, many of Garland’s residents can take advantage of energy choice, otherwise known as the power to choose where your electricity comes from. To see if you’re one of them, enter your ZIP code above.

How has deregulation affected Garland?

Here’s what the latest statistics from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show:

• Texas residential electricity rates are nearly 9.5 percent lower than the national average.
• Texas commercial electricity rates are nearly 26 percent lower than the national average.
• Texas industrial electricity rates are nearly 23 percent lower than the national average.
• Texas generates the most electricity of any state from wind.
• Texas generates the fifth-highest amount of electricity from solar energy.

The Texas legislature passed a bill to deregulate the majority of the state’s energy market in 2002. Where previously a utility company had a monopoly over the energy industry in its area, energy deregulation allows many different providers to compete for business and possibly drive down costs.

Now, signing up for an energy plan is like shopping for anything else. With Choose Energy’s 24/7 marketplace you can enter your ZIP code and compare prices and plans from a variety of trusted energy providers. That way Garland residents can be sure they’re getting the plan that works for them and their home.

Oncor Electric Delivery is the appointed utility company for Garland. Oncor maintains the energy infrastructure in Garland, so this is who you call when you experience a power outage no matter where your electricity comes from.

Oncor is also the company who sells energy to consumers without energy choice. For consumers who benefit from energy choice, though, the relationship works a bit differently. While Oncor still delivers the electricity and maintains the lines, the energy comes from and is sold by the residents’ chosen energy provider. Choose Energy has entered into cooperative agreements with trusted companies including Constellation Energy, Reliant Energy and TriEagle Energy to provide this service. Enter your ZIP code above to see all the providers available to you.

As renewable energy comes to the forefront of national discussions, there are more ways than ever before for Garland residents to join in. Texas is already known as a leader of the green energy revolution, ranking first in wind power and fifth in solar power. If renewable energy is important to you, consider a plan with a green energy supplier like our partners Amigo Energy and Green Mountain Energy.