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

_Updated October 19, 2026. Data: ERCOT Oct 5, 2026; Census ACS 2020-2024; Power to Choose Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT._

**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.

## Moving to Cypress

Local numbers for setting up a home in Cypress, each checked on the official source. More contacts: https://powerhopper.energy/texas-electricity/cypress/move-in-information

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

## Facts
- 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. (Source: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cypress-tx-harris-county)
- Heating fuel, Cypress homes (ACS 2020-2024): electricity 32.3% (±2), utility gas 66.0%, propane 1.1%; Harris County overall: 55.4% electric. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- 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+). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- 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). (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- New home meters, Oct. 7-18, 2026, Cypress ZIP codes: 35 (top: 77433, 31); vacant-to-active: 108. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- 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. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)

## Homes: heating fuel, bills, housing (ACS 2020-2024, ZIP codes where most homes use a Cypress address)
- 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%

## Meters and households
- 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

## Plan prices (Oct 19, 2026 medians)
CenterPoint (173 listings): 14¢ / 13.2¢ / 13¢ per kWh at 500 / 1,000 / 2,000 kWh, delivery 6.5333¢ + $4.90/mo included.

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

| ZIP | Homes with this address | All ZIP homes | Households | Ratio | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77433 | 51,826 | 51,826 | 34,982 | 1.48 | none |
| 77429 | 34,322 | 34,322 | 32,881 | 1.04 | none |

## Businesses
8,765 business meters. Business rate reviews: /business.

## 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.

## Sources
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203): full extract as of Oct 5, 2026; daily files Oct 7-18, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: meters by status and premise type, by postal city: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25040, B25132, B25024, B25034, B25035, B25018, B19013, B25003, B25002, B25004 (90% margins of error): https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B25003 households, B01003 population): https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- Census Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county relationship files: https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/
- EIA-861 (2024) utility service territories by county: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/
- PUCT Power to Choose residential offer export, Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT: https://www.powertochoose.org/en-us/Plan/ExportToCsv
- PUCT: Choosing an Electric Plan: https://www.puc.texas.gov/consumer-help/electricity/electric-plan/
- PUCT broker directory (BR260201): https://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/electric/directories/brk/alpha_brk/
- CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/
- CenterPoint delivery tariff (effective October 1, 2026): https://ftp.puc.texas.gov/public/puct-info/industry/electric/rates/tdr/tdu/CenterPoint_Rate_Report.pdf
- Handbook of Texas Online (TSHA): Cypress, TX (Harris County) (Mauri Lynn Smith; rev. Oct. 6, 2020): https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cypress-tx-harris-county
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25040, B25132, B25024, B25034, B25035, B25018, B19013, B25003, B25002, B25004 (90% margins of error): https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25040, B25132, B25024, B25034, B25035, B25018, B19013, B25003, B25002, B25004 (90% margins of error): https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT daily TDSP ESIID Extract files, Oct 7-18, 2026, via Power Hopper's Oct 18 ZIP study: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/

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