CenterPoint Energy

Investor-owned utility, regulated by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. The average Texas home pays about $164 a month for electricity (EIA, 2024).

CenterPoint Energy rate increase 2026: no pending rate case right now

Its last case adds about $2 a month, effective October 2, 2025. Recent decisions are below. See every case in Texas, or get an alert when the next one is filed.

Decided

Storm cost recovery (Beryl and 2024-25 storms)

Approved Rider or surcharge Decided Oct 2, 2025

+$2a month

2024 Houston Electric rate case

Settled Base rate case Decided Mar 13, 2025

-$1a month

How to have a say

Rate cases are decided by the Public Utility Commission of Texas, which takes written comments on every docket and holds public hearings on the big ones. Comment deadlines and hearing dates are on each case page above when we have them. The office that argues for households in these cases is the Office of Public Utility Counsel; its filings are the plain-English version of the utility's numbers.

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Other Texas utilities with cases

Entergy Texas investor-owned utility

1 pending about $26/mo if approved

Oncor investor-owned utility

2 on record

Corrections and tips: [email protected]. Every figure links to its source on the case page.