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New report rates best electric companies and renewable energy plans

Choose Texas Power has ranked its top electric providers, most affordable green energy providers and more. Photo via unspalsh.

Choose Texas Power—a marketplace that allows users to view and compare electricity plans, providers and rates in the state—has compiled its Best Texas Electric Companies report.

The data-driven list considers pricing, providers and consumer trends, and rates for companies listed on its marketplace. The report was updated earlier this month.

Choose Texas Power rated the Texas energy companies using its proprietary data and online reviews, and gave each company a score from zero to five based on customer service, accessibility and plan variety.

Houston-based Express Energy tied for first place on the list with DFW-based TXU Energy, 4Change Energy and Veteran Energy. Eight other Houston-area companies made the 10. The companies all received a rating of 5 out of 5.

The full list includes:

  • Houston-based Gexa Energy (4.9)
  • Irving-based TriEagle Energy (4.9)
  • Houston-based Frontier Utilities (4.8)
  • Spring-based Atlantex Power (4.6)
  • Houston-based Rhythm Energy (4.6)
  • Houston-based Green Mountain Energy (4.5)
  • Houston-based Reliant Energy (4.3)
  • Houston-based Direct Energy (4.2)
  • Houston-based APG&E Energy (4.2)
  • Houston-based Discount Power (4)
  • Plano-based Cirro Energy (4)
  • Fort Worth-based Payless Power (3.9)

Choose Texas Power also broke down the best companies for specific customer needs.

  • Best for affordable green energy: Gexa Energy
  • Best for 100% renewable energy: Rhythm Energy
  • Green energy plans for low usage: Green Mountain Energy
  • Best for smart home upgrades: Discount Power
  • Best for straightforward energy plans: TriEagle Energy
  • Best for plan variety: TXU Energy
  • Best for simple contract terms: Express Energy

Find the full report here.

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SLB and Nevada-based Ormat Technologies are aiming to scale enhanced geothermal systems. Photo courtesy SLB

Houston-based energy technology company SLB and renewable energy company Ormat Technologies have teamed up to fast-track the development and commercialization of advanced geothermal technology.

Their initiative focuses on enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). These systems represent “the next generation of geothermal technology, meant to unlock geothermal energy in regions beyond where conventional geothermal resources exist,” the companies said in a news release.

After co-developing EGS technology, the companies will test it at an existing Ormat facility. Following the pilot project, SLB and Nevada-based Ormat will pursue large-scale EGS commercialization for utilities, data center operators and other customers. Ormat owns, operates, designs, makes and sells geothermal and recovered energy generation (REG) power plants.

“There is an urgent need to meet the growing demand for energy driven by AI and other factors. This requires accelerating the path to clean and reliable energy,” Gavin Rennick, president of new energy at SLB, said in a news release.

Traditional geothermal systems rely on natural hot water or steam reservoirs underground, limiting the use of geothermal technology. EGS projects are designed to create thermal reservoirs in naturally hot rock through which water can circulate, transferring the energy back to the surface for power generation and enabling broader availability of geothermal energy.

The U.S. Department of Energy estimates next-generation geothermal, such as EGS, could provide 90 gigawatts of electricity by 2050.

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