Whoever you buy from, the electricity is the same electricity and it arrives on the same wires. Your utility still owns the poles, still reads the meter and is still the one who restores your power in an outage; the retailer's name on the bill does not change any of that. What a retailer actually controls is what they charge you, how long they lock it, and how they treat you when something goes wrong.
Rating
Highest complaint rate in Texas
Five stars is the lowest complaint rate in Texas; one is the highest. The Public Utility Commission counts every informal complaint it investigates against a retailer, divides by how many customers that retailer has, and averages it over six months. This is the sheet published for January 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026, and it is republished periodically, so a rating can move.
Two things this does not mean. The Commission sorts every licensed retailer by complaint rate and then cuts the list into five groups of roughly equal size, so one star means bottom fifth of Texas retailers rather than a failing grade, and somebody lands there even in a year when everyone behaves well. And a complaint is counted whether or not the retailer turned out to be at fault.
Source: the Commission's complaint scorecard. We matched this company to the sheet because they are listed on the scorecard under this name.
| ★★★★★5/5 | Lowest complaint rate in Texas |
| ★★★★☆4/5 | Lower than average |
| ★★★☆☆3/5 | Average |
| ★★☆☆☆2/5 | Higher than average |
| ★☆☆☆☆1/5 | Highest complaint rate in Texas |
The company
- Licensed as
- Capital Energy PA, LLC
- License issued
- September 16, 2004 (the date on the state license, which can be older than the brand, because licenses change hands)
- Phone
- (888) 699-0747
- Website
- budgetpowertx.com
- Terms of service
- the contract they file with the state
- Plans on offer
- 26 plans, sold across 5 utility territories
How their prices land
Their cheapest plan against the cheapest plan anyone sells in the same area, both priced for the same reference house: 1,000 kWh in an average month, shaped across the year for that region, including utility delivery charges, before taxes.
| Utility area | Their cheapest, a year | Against the whole market |
|---|---|---|
| AEP Texas Central Corpus Christi and the coastal bend | $1,342 | $39 a year more than the cheapest plan here, which is Southern Federal Power LLC |
| AEP Texas North Abilene and the Big Country | $1,388 | $86 a year more than the cheapest plan here, which is Southern Federal Power LLC |
| CenterPoint Houston and the Gulf Coast | $1,253 | $25 a year more than the cheapest plan here, which is True Power |
| Oncor Dallas, Fort Worth and much of north Texas | $1,349 | $10 a year more than the cheapest plan here, which is True Power |
| Texas-New Mexico Power pockets around Houston, Lewisville and the Gulf | $1,471 | $22 a year more than the cheapest plan here, which is Energy Texas |
A reference house is nobody's house. The cheapest plan for you depends on how much you actually use and when, and the ranking changes with it, sometimes a lot. Run your own numbers.
Every plan they sell
Priced for the same reference house as above, in AEP Texas Central. The cancellation fee is what they charge to leave early.
| Plan | Term | A year | To leave early | Sold in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Gimmicks 11 | 11 mo | $1,342 | $100.00 | AEP Texas Central, AEP Texas North, CenterPoint, Oncor, Texas-New Mexico Power |
| No Gimmicks 11 - Texas New Mexico Power | 11 mo | $1,513 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $100 | Texas-New Mexico Power |
| Budget 12 | 12 mo | $1,856 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $100 | Texas-New Mexico Power |
| Budget 12 CNP | 12 mo | $1,556 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $100 | CenterPoint |
| Budget 12 ONC | 12 mo | $1,624 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $100 | Oncor |
| No Gimmicks 12 | 12 mo | $1,354 | $100.00 | AEP Texas Central, AEP Texas North, CenterPoint, Oncor, Texas-New Mexico Power |
| No Gimmicks 12 - Texas New Mexico Power | 12 mo | $1,513 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $100 | Texas-New Mexico Power |
| No Gimmicks 12 Renewal | 12 mo | $1,281 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $100 | CenterPoint, Oncor |
| No Gimmicks Green 12 100% renewable | 12 mo | $1,366 | $100.00 | AEP Texas Central, AEP Texas North, CenterPoint, Oncor, Texas-New Mexico Power |
| Prime 12 $125 bill credit at 1,000 kWh | 12 mo | $1,566 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $100 | CenterPoint, Oncor |
| Prime 12 - Texas New Mexico Power $125 bill credit at 1,000 kWh | 12 mo | $1,787 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $100 | Texas-New Mexico Power |
| No Gimmicks Green 13 100% renewable | 13 mo | $1,747 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $175 | CenterPoint |
| No Gimmicks Green 13 - Texas New Mexico Power 100% renewable | 13 mo | $1,925 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $175 | Texas-New Mexico Power |
| No Gimmicks Green 15 100% renewable | 15 mo | $1,729 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $125 | CenterPoint |
| Budget 18 CNP | 18 mo | $1,605 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $125 | CenterPoint |
| Budget 18 ONC | 18 mo | $1,710 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $125 | Oncor |
| Budget 24 CNP | 24 mo | $1,593 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $175 | CenterPoint |
| Budget 24 ONC | 24 mo | $1,686 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $175 | Oncor |
| Green Budget 24 CNP 100% renewable | 24 mo | $1,617 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $175 | CenterPoint |
| No Gimmicks 24 | 24 mo | $1,464 | $175.00 | AEP Texas Central, AEP Texas North, CenterPoint, Oncor, Texas-New Mexico Power |
| Budget 36 ONC | 36 mo | $1,735 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $250 | Oncor |
| Green Budget 36 CNP 100% renewable | 36 mo | $1,715 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $250 | CenterPoint |
| No Gimmicks 36 | 36 mo | $1,477 | $250.00 | AEP Texas Central, AEP Texas North, CenterPoint, Oncor, Texas-New Mexico Power |
| No Gimmicks 36 - Texas New Mexico Power | 36 mo | $1,623 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $250 | Texas-New Mexico Power |
| No Gimmicks 36 Renewal | 36 mo | $1,415 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $250 | CenterPoint |
| No Gimmicks 36-Copy | 36 mo | $1,575 | or any fees associated with terminating service? Yes $250 | AEP Texas North |
None of this tells you what to do
It tells you who they are. What you should actually pay depends on your own house, and that takes about twenty seconds.
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