Texas is "somewhat deregulated", we had no options in Austin because municipal owned utilities were exempt from deregulation. Most states do not have "deregulated" markets for utilities.

Our bill for the house in Austin after we moved up here and only going back about once a month while trying to sell it was about $50.00 a month with our electricity and water adding up to about 2.00 a month, the fees were just ridiculous. We had one option in Aurora, Xcel and it is significantly cheaper than Austin Energy and Texas Gas Service combined plus we don't have 6-8 months of summer and running the A/C 24 hours a day which helps with the bill.