Powering Houston Business, From the Ship Channel to the Med Center
Houston's energy capital runs on more than oil and gas — refineries, hospitals, and port logistics all buy power on the open market. Knowing how the CenterPoint grid prices delivery is the first step to a smarter contract.
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- 6¢/kWh
- Zone average
- 6.5¢/kWh
- Suppliers
- 2brokered
- Terms
- 6–60months · CenterPoint
Commercial electricity in Houston.
No city in America consumes commercial power quite like Houston. The same metro that hosts the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex on earth, also anchors the petrochemical corridor along the Houston Ship Channel and the headquarters of the global energy industry. For a business in Harris County, electricity is rarely a rounding error — it is a line item worth managing deliberately.
What the CenterPoint zone means for your bill
Under Texas deregulation, the wires belong to CenterPoint Energy, which delivers electrons to every meter from downtown to Baytown. CenterPoint does not set your energy price — it charges a regulated delivery fee — but you, the business, choose the retail supplier who sells you the actual kilowatt-hours. That split is the heart of the Texas market.
The Gulf Coast carries real cost weight. Coastal load is dense and summer-peaked, and CenterPoint's delivery charges reflect the capacity needed to serve heavy industrial and air-conditioning demand through brutal August afternoons. Houston businesses also face meaningful 4CP exposure — the four summer coincident-peak intervals that drive transmission charges for larger accounts.
Industries that shape Houston demand
Refining and petrochemical plants run flat, around-the-clock loads that make them ideal candidates for long fixed-price contracts. Hospitals and the Med Center campus need ironclad reliability and budget certainty. Food processors, aerospace and NASA-adjacent suppliers, and port warehousing each have their own demand curve — and the right contract structure follows that curve, not a one-size template.
Matching a contract to your load
A business that operates two shifts prices very differently from a 24/7 plant. The practical questions are about load factor, peak timing, and contract length — and whether demand response or peak-shaving can blunt your 4CP charges. The live rates below reflect current offers; the strategy is what makes them work for a Houston operation.
Commercial electricity in Houston, answered.
What businesses ask before signing a commercial supply contract.