Hockley, Texas electricity: CenterPoint wires and 14,216 competitive homes

Hockley is a mailing name, not a city: 14,216 competitive home meters use it across 1 ZIP code in Harris, Montgomery, Waller counties. ZIP-wide Census figures stand in for a population.

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

Hockley at a glance: 14,216 Hockley-addressed homes, all wired by CenterPoint (ERCOT, Oct. 5, 2026). Hockley's 14,216 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.

Hockley wires and choice

CenterPoint outages: centerpointenergy.com/outage. CenterPoint

Hockley's 14,216 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.

Moving to Hockley

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

Public schools: Waller ISD.
Driver license: Texas DPS Driver License Office: Hempstead, 512-424-2600.

A move to Hockley 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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Hockley electricity, in numbers and sources

Hockley, about thirty-six miles northwest of Houston on State Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 290, dates to 1835 and is unincorporated, per the Handbook of Texas. The Hockley mailing area reaches well beyond that old townsite. [Handbook of Texas]
Heating fuel, Hockley homes (ACS 2020-2024): electricity 54.1% (±7), utility gas 29.7%, propane 12.5%; Harris County overall: 55.4% electric. All-electric homes feel winter rates more. [ACS]
Of Hockley homes paying a power bill, 33.9% report $250 or more a month and 9.4% under $100 (Harris County: 26.5% at $250+). [ACS]
ERCOT status split for 17,699 Hockley home meters (Oct. 5, 2026): active 14,216, inactive 1,561, de-energized 1,922; idle share 19.7%. [ERCOT]
ACS 2020-2024: 8.9% of Hockley housing units vacant (±3). Vacant homes keep meters that are not counted as households. [ACS]
New home meters, Oct. 7-18, 2026, Hockley ZIP codes: 13 (top: 77447, 13); vacant-to-active: 80. [ERCOT]
77447 carries every one of Hockley's placed homes; ratio across the whole ZIP 1.71, from 14,218 home meters in all and 8,296 households. [ERCOT; ACS]

Hockley homes: heating fuel, bills, housing

Hockley	Estimate
Heat with electricity	54.1%
Heat with utility gas	29.7%
Bill $250 or more	33.9%
Built 2010 or later	56.4%
Renter households	14.0%

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

Hockley meters and households

Count	Hockley
Households, ZIP-wide	8,296
Active home meters	14,216
Inactive home meters	1,561
De-energized home meters	1,922
Active small-business meters	1,058
Active large-business meters	4
ZIP codes listed	1
Split ZIP codes	0
Counties	Harris / Montgomery / Waller

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

Hockley 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.

Hockley ZIP codes, row by row

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

ZIP code	Hockley homes	All ZIP homes	Hockley share	ZIP households	Meters per household	Flags
77447	14,216	14,218	100%	8,296	1.71	none

Hockley split ZIP codes: none.

Towns around Hockley

From Hockley	Town (2,000+)	Homes vs Hockley	Wires	Per household	Competitive homes
6 mi	Waller	0.5×	CenterPoint	5.61	6,447
9 mi	Prairie View	0.0×	—	0.00	5
14 mi	Tomball	3.1×	CenterPoint	8.55	44,571
14 mi	Magnolia	2.4×	CenterPoint	21.50	34,759
15 mi	Hempstead	0.0×	CenterPoint	0.10	183
16 mi	Katy	11.7×	CenterPoint	20.92	166,148

Hockley businesses

1,062 Hockley-addressed business meters; 4 large-class meters across its main ZIP codes (ERCOT). Request a business rate review.

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Hockley questions

Is electricity deregulated in Hockley?

Mostly. ERCOT counts 14,216 competitive Hockley home meters, all on CenterPoint's system, against 8,296 households. An address lookup settles it.

Do Hockley homes heat with electricity?

54.1% of Hockley homes heat with electricity (ACS 2020-2024, margin ±7) and 29.7% with utility gas; 33.9% of bill-paying homes report $250 or more a month. Electric-heat homes should compare plans at winter usage.

What ZIP code do most Hockley electricity customers have?

77447: 14,216 Hockley-addressed competitive homes; ratio 1.71 across the ZIP (14,218 home meters in all, 8,296 households).

Who handles Hockley power outages?

Outages go to CenterPoint (centerpointenergy.com/outage), the wires utility for 14,216 Hockley competitive homes.

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

Check the address is on CenterPoint's wires, choose a plan and a start date. Hockley had 3,483 idle home meters (inactive or de-energized) on Oct. 5, 2026, so many move-ins reconnect an existing meter.

Near Hockley

Wires and counties: CenterPoint · Harris · Montgomery · Waller. Nearby pages: Brookshire (18 mi) · Fulshear (23 mi) · Katy (16 mi) · Magnolia (14 mi) · Tomball (14 mi) · Waller (6 mi)

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