Glacial Energy is a Retail Electricity Provider in the state of Texas providing reliable energy coupled with experienced customer services at the best price.

Texas Retail Electricity Market

Before deregulation in 1995, businesses, of all sizes, received their electric service from one company that generated the electricity, transmitted, and distributed it directly to the business. The generator also sold you and serviced your electricity account. Now the generator no longer transmits, distributes or sells electricity directly to the retail business market. The Public utilities commission continues to regulate the market insuring a safe and reliable supply of electricity.

Local Wire Companies

Local wire companies transmit and distribute the electricity the end users. They also provide emergency support for outages and safety and insure the reliability of of the poles and wires.

Retail Electricity Providers

Glacial Energy is a Retail Electricity Providers REP. REPs now buy electricity wholesale from the generator and then sell and service directly to businesses. The benefits of the 1995 deregulated market is better supply of, cleaner and more efficient power plants throughout Texas. This has resulted in a more competitive market that provides lower price, alternative energy options, better and more customized customer service.

Variable Rate Product Average Prices for Residential Customers

Month	Average Price (Cents per kWh)
2012-01-01	7.4
2011-12-01	7.9
2011-11-01	9.9
2011-10-01	13.0
2011-09-01	14.3
2011-08-01	9.0
2011-07-01	7.8
2011-06-01	8.0
2011-05-01	8.7
2011-04-01	9.2
2011-03-01	13.0
2011-02-01	9.2

*Please note that Glacial Energy provides a variable rate product – rates that fluctuate and change on a periodic basis. All rates above are accurate averages of these variable rates for those months as of date listed above.

Residential vs. Commercial - Average Prices for February 2012 (per kWh)

Residential = 7.4467 cents*
Commercial = 7.8461 cents*

*Per PUC rules, this calculation is based on customers’ Energy Charge plus all TDU charges passed through to customers.
*When the term "Energy Charge" appears on your bill, it means a charge based on the electric energy (kWh) consumed.

 

Enrollment Authorization

In order for a potential customer to enroll with Glacial Energy of Texas, Inc., an enrollment authorization form must be completed and submitted along with the other required paperwork. Please download and complete the forms below you require.

• Letter of Authorization - Month to Month
• Letter of Authorization - 12 Month
• Letter of Authorization - Month to Month (in Spanish)
• Letter of Authorization - 12 Month (in Spanish)

Service Areas

Glacial Energy provides services to commercial customers of the following utilities:

• CenterPoint Energy
• AEP Texas North
• AEP Texas South
• CPL
• Oncor

Click here for outage and emergency hotline information for these utilities.

More Information

• Learn more about our products and services.
• If you have more questions, check our FAQ.
• For information from the Texas Public Utilities Commission, click here.