{
  "title": "Texas Retail Electric Provider Counts: PUCT Certificates vs. Power to Choose Brands",
  "slug": "texas-retail-electric-provider-counts",
  "version": "1.0",
  "published": "2026-11-10",
  "last_verified": "2026-11-10",
  "period": "As of Nov 10, 2026",
  "publisher": "Power Hopper Research Team, powerhopper.energy",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 for Power Hopper-created compilation and analysis. Underlying data: PUCT, credited to the source.",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "Source: Power Hopper Research Team, powerhopper.energy, Texas Retail Electric Provider Counts: PUCT Certificates vs. Power to Choose Brands, November 10, 2026.",
  "methodology_url": "https://powerhopper.energy/media/methodology#texas-retail-electric-provider-counts",
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "as_of",
      "description": "Date"
    },
    {
      "name": "measure",
      "description": "What is counted"
    },
    {
      "name": "value",
      "description": "Count"
    },
    {
      "name": "unit",
      "description": "Unit of the count"
    },
    {
      "name": "definition",
      "description": "Definition"
    },
    {
      "name": "source_url",
      "description": "Source"
    },
    {
      "name": "source_file_sha256",
      "description": "SHA-256 of the retained source"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "as_of": "2026-11-10",
      "measure": "PUCT retail electric provider certificates",
      "value": 143,
      "unit": "distinct REP certificate numbers",
      "definition": "Distinct certificate numbers in the PUCT alphabetical Retail Electric Provider directory (all certificate options). One certificate can carry several brand or DBA names.",
      "source_url": "https://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/electric/directories/rep/alpha_rep.aspx",
      "source_file_sha256": "0f39391260e36ecbac0e2987528f49b3cc3f62c0c046eeffdd4f835489fd46bd"
    },
    {
      "as_of": "2026-11-10",
      "measure": "Provider brands listing on Power to Choose",
      "value": 44,
      "unit": "distinct RepCompany names in the export (all languages)",
      "definition": "Distinct provider names in the Power to Choose plan export. Names are brands, not certificates, and include only providers that list plans on the site.",
      "source_url": "https://www.powertochoose.org/en-us/Plan/ExportToCsv",
      "source_file_sha256": "23b1fd7b1856125feb6b0ea38691d6bf013901532a14ac305446dc7baeda7013"
    },
    {
      "as_of": "2026-11-10",
      "measure": "Provider brands listing English-language plans on Power to Choose",
      "value": 42,
      "unit": "distinct RepCompany names in English rows",
      "definition": "Same as above, limited to English-language plan rows (the rows used for the plan price medians).",
      "source_url": "https://www.powertochoose.org/en-us/Plan/ExportToCsv",
      "source_file_sha256": "23b1fd7b1856125feb6b0ea38691d6bf013901532a14ac305446dc7baeda7013"
    }
  ]
}