Cypress, Texas electricity: CenterPoint wires and 86,151 competitive homes

Cypress is a mailing name, not a city: 86,151 competitive home meters use it across 2 ZIP codes in Harris, Fort Bend counties. ZIP-wide Census figures stand in for a population.

Reviewed by Brent Ward, founder, on 2026-10-19. Updated October 19, 2026.

Cypress at a glance: 86,151 Cypress-addressed homes, all wired by CenterPoint (ERCOT, Oct. 5, 2026). Cypress's 86,148 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.

Cypress wires and choice

CenterPoint outages: centerpointenergy.com/outage. CenterPoint

Cypress's 86,148 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.

Moving to Cypress

Local numbers for setting up a home in Cypress, each checked on the official source. More contacts, and a printable list, are on Cypress helpful move-in information.

Public schools: Cypress-Fairbanks ISD.
Driver license: Texas DPS Driver License Office: Spring Mega Center (Houston Metro Area), 512-424-2600.

A move to Cypress comes with a short list of start-service calls: your other utilities. Put electricity on that list early, so you can compare plans and see the estimated electricity costs before your start date.

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If your electricity bill in Cypress came in higher than you expected, upload or enter it and see whether another plan could lower your electricity costs, or whether staying where you are makes more sense.

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Cypress electricity, in numbers and sources

The Handbook of Texas places Cypress on U.S. Highway 290, about twenty miles northwest of Houston in northwestern Harris County, and describes the community proper as unincorporated. Cypress is a mailing name with no city limits or Census population of its own. [Handbook of Texas]
Heating fuel, Cypress homes (ACS 2020-2024): electricity 32.3% (±2), utility gas 66.0%, propane 1.1%; Harris County overall: 55.4% electric. [ACS]
Of Cypress homes paying a power bill, 36.2% report $250 or more a month and 12.3% under $100 (Harris County: 26.5% at $250+). [ACS]
Cypress-addressed home meters on Oct. 5, 2026: 86,151 active, 5,429 inactive, 2,455 de-energized, so 8.4% were not in use (ERCOT). [ERCOT]
New home meters, Oct. 7-18, 2026, Cypress ZIP codes: 35 (top: 77433, 31); vacant-to-active: 108. [ERCOT]
77433 carries 51,826 of 86,148 Cypress-addressed homes (60%); ratio across the whole ZIP 1.48, from 51,826 home meters in all and 34,982 households. [ERCOT; ACS]

Cypress homes: heating fuel, bills, housing

Cypress	Estimate
Heat with electricity	32.3%
Heat with utility gas	66.0%
Bill $250 or more	36.2%
Built 2010 or later	42.4%
Renter households	18.7%

ACS 2020-2024, ZIP codes where most homes use a Cypress address. Bill rows are shares of homes that pay an electric bill.

Cypress meters and households

Count	Cypress
Households, ZIP-wide	67,863
Active home meters	86,151
Inactive home meters	5,429
De-energized home meters	2,455
Active small-business meters	8,749
Active large-business meters	16
ZIP codes listed	2
Split ZIP codes	0
Counties	Harris / Fort Bend

ERCOT report 203, Oct. 5, 2026 (Cypress postal city) and Census. CSV · Method

Cypress plan prices, October 19, 2026

Median fixed-rate Power to Choose listings. CenterPoint (173 listings): 14¢ / 13.2¢ / 13¢ per kWh at 500 / 1,000 / 2,000 kWh, delivery 6.5333¢ + $4.90/mo included. Not a quote.

Cypress ZIP codes, row by row

Not every address in these ZIP codes has retail choice; check your exact address.

ZIP code	Cypress homes	All ZIP homes	Cypress share	ZIP households	Meters per household	Flags
77433	51,826	51,826	100%	34,982	1.48	none
77429	34,322	34,322	100%	32,881	1.04	none

Cypress split ZIP codes: none.

Towns around Cypress

From Cypress	Town (2,000+)	Homes vs Cypress	Wires	Per household	Competitive homes
9 mi	Jersey Village	0.0×	CenterPoint	n/a	0
10 mi	Tomball	0.5×	CenterPoint	8.55	44,571
15 mi	Katy	1.9×	CenterPoint	20.92	166,148
16 mi	Waller	0.1×	CenterPoint	5.61	6,447
17 mi	Hedwig Village	0.0×	CenterPoint	n/a	0
17 mi	Magnolia	0.4×	CenterPoint	21.50	34,759

Cypress businesses

8,765 Cypress-addressed business meters; 16 large-class meters across its main ZIP codes (ERCOT). Request a business rate review.

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Cypress questions

Can Cypress homes choose an electric provider?

Mostly. ERCOT counts 86,151 competitive Cypress home meters, all on CenterPoint's system, against 67,863 households. An address lookup settles it.

Why are some Cypress electric bills so high in winter?

32.3% of Cypress homes heat with electricity (ACS 2020-2024, margin ±2) and 66.0% with utility gas; 36.2% of bill-paying homes report $250 or more a month. Electric-heat homes should compare plans at winter usage.

What ZIP code do most Cypress electricity customers have?

77433 (51,826 Cypress homes on the competitive market). Across the full ZIP: 1.48 meters per household, 51,826 home meters in all.

Who handles Cypress power outages?

Outages go to CenterPoint (centerpointenergy.com/outage), the wires utility for 86,151 Cypress competitive homes.

How do I set up power at a new Cypress home?

Check the address is on CenterPoint's wires, choose a plan and a start date. Cypress had 7,884 idle home meters (inactive or de-energized) on Oct. 5, 2026, so many move-ins reconnect an existing meter.

Near Cypress

Wires and counties: CenterPoint · Harris · Fort Bend. Nearby pages: Brookshire (20 mi) · Katy (15 mi) · Magnolia (17 mi) · Spring (20 mi) · Tomball (10 mi) · Waller (16 mi)

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