Plans we track

302 plans from 41 providers in the AEP Texas Central delivery area (Corpus Christi, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley): 263 we rank on a year of usage and 39 we list without a rank. Each was checked against its Electricity Facts Label on November 4, 2026. We find them on Power to Choose, the state’s shopping site, and on the providers’ own websites, which often sell more plans than they post there. Every plan also pays AEP Texas Central’s delivery charge of $3.24 a month plus 5.6898¢ per kWh (rates effective September 29, 2026). We add it to every plan the same way.

Listed but not ranked: 26 time-of-use plans ("free nights" and the like), priced by the time of day or week, which a monthly bill doesn't show; and 13 variable-rate plans, with a price that can change every month, so a year ahead can't be priced from today's rate. They carry a “Not ranked” badge below, with the label’s own numbers. Not listed: plans that need solar panels, a home battery, an electric vehicle or a smart thermostat, and plans whose label doesn’t add up when we check it. Prepaid plans and plans with delivery built into the price are labeled.

4Change Energy

11 plans · How 4Change Energy’s plans price out

• Maxx Saver Value 8

  8 months · Bill credit

  No direct sign-up link

  Pricing

  13.739¢/kWh energy · No base charge · $125 credit at 1,000+ kWh

  Advertised

  20.1¢ at 500 kWh · 7.3¢ at 1,000 kWh · 13.3¢ at 2,000 kWh

  Cancellation fee

  $20 for each month left (up to $160)

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• Cash Money 12

  12 months · Bill credit

Pricing

14.926¢/kWh energy · $9.95/month base charge · $45 credit at 1,000+ kWh

Advertised

23.3¢ at 500 kWh · 17.4¢ at 1,000 kWh · 19.0¢ at 2,000 kWh

Cancellation fee

$20 for each month left (up to $240)