Not to harp on elections but this is why us conservatives are afraid to see Texas turn to California.
1,100 square foot house
Winter about $100
Summer $387
And yet I currently have an electric co-op.
It's a shit show when they deregulated Houston. Much higher prices. Terrible service. All money is made on marketing and scamming. You can take advantage of it though by changing companies every 6 months to keep using introductory pricing...basically getting discounts on them overcharging everyone else.
Also Texas has some of the highest electricity prices in the country (for the type of electric and transmission equivalent) and its highest in the deregulated markets.
Cali cost isn't just due to your hippies (thats some of it). Some of its also just a popular place with high cost of living due to that simple supply and demand. People are willing to pay to be there.
Likewise, not all of Texas cheap electric is our doing. We are 15% higher than equivalent states.