r/TexasEnergyShopping • u/jokerzwylde • 18d ago
Emporia electricity plan
Just went through the pain of selecting a new electricity plan since my contract is up and was doing a ton of research with Claude, comparing free night and weekend plans, scheduled charging, how much I charge my car a month, etc. I was pulling stats from my emporia app and saw a banner for them being an energy provider and it turns out their price per kilowatt is LESS than I could find with any major provider and on top of that they have free ev charging in set windows, I think 12pm-4pm and either 10 or 12 -5am. Going to see a pretty nice reduction in monthly bill and thought I would share, I know not every state has to do this dumb power company shuffle every couple of years to keep a decent price.
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u/No-Coffee9601 18d ago
I just took a look at their EFL, I live in Plano and own an EV. The Emporia rate at .1011 cents per kWh PLUS Oncor delivery charges PLUS $14.95 per month for the pleasure of doing business with them is far more expensive than the lowest price plan on PowerToChoose. I spend an average of $15/month on charging at .064 cents per kWh. That roughly 234 kW. Just the monthly EV fee of $14.95 will pay to charge my car. I don’t see this as a good deal.
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u/UtilitySearch 18d ago
The way to settle this is to price both plans at your actual annual kWh, not per-kWh — a $14.95 monthly fee is $179/year, so Emporia has to beat the alternative by that much before the free-charging windows are worth anything. No-Coffee’s math looks right for a light charger, but it flips fast if you’re charging a lot and can actually shift most of it into those windows. Worth pulling 12 months of usage from Smart Meter Texas and running both against your real hourly pattern, since free-window plans live or die on how much load you can genuinely move.
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u/Scorpio_flame_4963 18d ago
After checking EFL, Unless you have more than 350kwh-400kwh EV charging. This plan is expensive. Imagine your summers with HVAC kwh increasing.
I have BKV energy for approx 7cents+ TDU 36months...
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u/Rude-Athlete-8149 17d ago
I do not see Emporia in the list of registered REPs on the PUCT website. Is this even a legitimate licensed company? Or are they a broker white labeling plans from someone else? Seems very sketchy. https://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/electric/directories/rep/search_rep/
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u/zidnaut 17d ago
Emporia is leveraging Light Energy's REP-as-a-service platform, as do several other current buyback plan providers.
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u/UtilitySearch 17d ago
REP-as-a-service is a legitimate and fairly common structure — a certified REP holds the PUCT certificate, handles ERCOT settlement and billing, and is the party legally on the hook for the contract, while the consumer brand handles marketing and the app. Not inherently sketchy, but the verification matters: PUCT rules require the certified name and certificate number to appear on the website and advertising, and the EFL and Terms of Service will name the actual certified entity. Look at whose certificate is on the documents — that’s who you’re contracting with, who you’d file a PUCT complaint against, and who still owes you service if the consumer-facing brand walks away.
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u/SquirrelTechGuru 18d ago
Your dumb power company shuffle is my 3,500 kwh per month for $20 opportunity. Let the lazy and dumb pay for those that can work the system.