# Hockley, Texas electricity: CenterPoint wires and 14,216 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._

**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.

## Moving to Hockley

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

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

## Facts
- 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. (Source: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hockley-tx)
- 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. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- 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+). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- 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%. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- ACS 2020-2024: 8.9% of Hockley housing units vacant (±3). Vacant homes keep meters that are not counted as households. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- New home meters, Oct. 7-18, 2026, Hockley ZIP codes: 13 (top: 77447, 13); vacant-to-active: 80. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- 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. (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 Hockley address)
- 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%

## Meters and households
- 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

## 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77447 | 14,216 | 14,218 | 8,296 | 1.71 | none |

## Businesses
1,062 business meters. Business rate reviews: /business.

## 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.

## 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): Hockley, TX (Diana J. Kleiner; rev. July 20, 2021): https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hockley-tx
- 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
- 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 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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