Beyond the state site
Power to Choose alternatives — rank by your real bill instead.
The state's site lists every plan; it just sorts them by a rate most homes never hit. These are the alternatives Texans actually use — what each does well, and what each one costs you.
New to this? Start with our full Power to Choose Texas guide and live plan rankings.
The field
Four ways to shop the same market.
ChooseMyPower
This site.Live plans from 18+ Texas providers, ranked by real monthly cost at your usage — TDU delivery charges and base fees included, bill-credit plans flagged with the price you'd pay if you miss the threshold. Not the full state registry, but every plan we list gets the honest math. Free to use; we earn a flat referral fee that's identical across providers, so ranking has nothing to do with who pays more.
Best for: Ranking plans by what your home will actually pay.
Compare plans nowComparePower
The largest independent Texas comparison-and-enrollment site — and the company behind this one.Usage-based sorting with bill estimates from your actual kWh history, plus checkout that finishes enrollment in minutes. Over 80,000 customer reviews. Same flat-fee model.
Best for: Shopping and enrolling in one sitting.
Visit ComparePowerPaid concierge services
Subscription plan-pickers.For roughly $10 a month — about $120 a year — a concierge service picks a plan, enrolls you, and re-shops at renewal. What the fee buys is not having to think about it. The comparison itself is the same one you can run here, free, in a couple of minutes.
Best for: Never thinking about electricity again — if that's worth $120 a year.
powertochoose.org itself
The official PUCT site.Still the most complete official record — every licensed provider is required to list every plan there. Use it to verify a plan exists and read its EFL. Just don't trust the default sort: it leans on the flat 1,000 kWh advertised rate and the fee providers pay to be listed.
Best for: Verifying a plan against the official record.
Disclosure: ChooseMyPower and ComparePower are operated by the same company. We list them because they're ours — and we've said exactly how each makes money, which is more than most of this market will tell you.
Judge any comparison site
Three questions that expose who a site really works for.
How does it rank?
If the sort order is the advertised rate, you're looking at marketing. The ranking you want is total monthly cost at YOUR usage.
How does it get paid?
Referral fees are normal. What matters is whether the fee is flat across providers (ranking stays honest) or varies (ranking follows the money). Sites that won't say — assume it varies.
Does it flag bill credits?
A plan advertising 6¢ that costs 20¢ if you use 900 kWh is the single biggest trap in this market. A comparison site that doesn't flag the shape isn't protecting you from it.
FAQ
Common questions about the alternatives.
Is there a better site than Power to Choose?
Better depends on the job. For the complete official record, powertochoose.org is unbeatable — every licensed plan is required to be there. For finding the plan that costs least at your home's actual usage, an independent site that ranks by true cost (like this one) does the math the state tool doesn't.
Are Power to Choose alternatives free?
Most comparison sites, including ChooseMyPower and ComparePower, are free — they earn a referral fee from the provider when you enroll, at the same rate you'd get going direct. Paid concierge services charge a monthly subscription instead. Nothing here requires payment to see rankings.
What's the catch with free comparison sites?
The fee model. If a site earns more from some providers than others, its "best plan" can quietly follow the payout. Ask — or read their disclosure page. We publish ours: a flat referral fee, identical across every provider we list, so there's no reason to favor one.
See what you'll actually pay
Enter your ZIP. We'll show the plans on your meter, sorted by real cost at your home's usage.
How enrollment works
You pick the plan here. Enrollment finishes on our secure checkout — same rate, no markup. If you'd rather skip the ZIP entry, Live Link pulls your real usage from Smart Meter Texas in about 30 seconds. Same plans, same checkout, less typing.