Kingwood, Texas electricity: CenterPoint wires, 1 split ZIP code to check

Kingwood is a mailing name, not a city: 22,866 competitive home meters use it across 2 ZIP codes in Harris, Montgomery counties. ZIP-wide Census figures stand in for a population.

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

Kingwood at a glance: 22,866 Kingwood-addressed homes, all wired by CenterPoint (ERCOT, Oct. 5, 2026). 1 split ZIP code (77339) holds 13,767 of Kingwood's 22,865 placed homes (60%); those addresses need a lookup.

Kingwood wires and choice

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1 split ZIP code (77339) holds 13,767 of Kingwood's 22,865 placed homes (60%); those addresses need a lookup.

Moving to Kingwood

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

Water and utility billing: utility billing (start, transfer or stop water service), 713-371-1400.
Natural gas: CenterPoint Energy: gas customer service (Houston area), 713-659-2111.
Public schools: Humble ISD.
Driver license: Texas DPS Driver License Office: Humble (Houston Metro Area), 512-424-2600.

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Kingwood electricity, in numbers and sources

Kingwood began as a Friendswood Development Company (an Exxon subsidiary) and King Ranch project on the East Fork of the San Jacinto River; the Handbook of Texas says that by 2000 the City of Houston had annexed it. Kingwood is a mailing name, not a separate city. [Handbook of Texas]
Heating fuel, Kingwood homes (ACS 2020-2024): electricity 37.3% (±3), utility gas 61.1%; Harris County overall: 55.4% electric. [ACS]
Of Kingwood homes paying a power bill, 34.0% report $250 or more a month and 14.4% under $100 (Harris County: 26.5% at $250+). [ACS]
ERCOT status split for 24,633 Kingwood home meters (Oct. 5, 2026): active 22,866, inactive 1,609, de-energized 158; idle share 7.2%. [ERCOT]
77339 carries 13,767 of 22,865 Kingwood-addressed homes (60%); ratio across the whole ZIP 0.78, from 13,767 home meters in all and 17,639 households. [ERCOT; ACS]

Kingwood homes: heating fuel, bills, housing

Kingwood	Estimate
Heat with electricity	37.3%
Heat with utility gas	61.1%
Bill $250 or more	34.0%
Built 2010 or later	14.0%
Renter households	33.4%

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

Kingwood meters and households

Count	Kingwood
Households, ZIP-wide	27,292
Active home meters	22,866
Inactive home meters	1,609
De-energized home meters	158
Active small-business meters	1,957
Active large-business meters	3
ZIP codes listed	2
Split ZIP codes	1
Counties	Harris / Montgomery

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

Kingwood 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.

Kingwood ZIP codes, row by row

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

ZIP code	Kingwood homes	All ZIP homes	Kingwood share	ZIP households	Meters per household	Flags
77339	13,767	13,767	100%	17,639	0.78	split
77345	9,098	9,098	100%	9,653	0.94	none

Kingwood split ZIP codes: 77339.

Towns around Kingwood

From Kingwood	Town (2,000+)	Homes vs Kingwood	Wires	Per household	Competitive homes
3 mi	Humble	3.1×	CenterPoint	11.74	70,199
12 mi	Roman Forest	0.0×	—	n/a	0
13 mi	Patton Village	0.0×	—	n/a	0
14 mi	Oak Ridge North	0.0×	CenterPoint	n/a	0
15 mi	Splendora	0.0×	—	n/a	0
16 mi	Shenandoah	0.0×	—	n/a	0

Kingwood businesses

1,960 Kingwood-addressed business meters; 3 large-class meters across its main ZIP codes (ERCOT). Request a business rate review.

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Kingwood questions

Can Kingwood homes choose an electric provider?

Mostly. ERCOT counts 22,866 competitive Kingwood home meters, all on CenterPoint's system, against 27,292 households. Split: 77339. An address lookup settles it.

Why are some Kingwood electric bills so high in winter?

37.3% of Kingwood homes heat with electricity (ACS 2020-2024, margin ±3) and 61.1% with utility gas; 34.0% of bill-paying homes report $250 or more a month. Electric-heat homes should compare plans at winter usage.

Which ZIP code covers most of Kingwood?

77339 (13,767 Kingwood homes on the competitive market). Across the full ZIP: 0.78 meters per household, 13,767 home meters in all.

Who handles Kingwood power outages?

Outages go to CenterPoint (centerpointenergy.com/outage), the wires utility for 22,866 Kingwood competitive homes.

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

Check the address is on CenterPoint's wires, choose a plan and a start date. Kingwood had 1,767 idle home meters (inactive or de-energized) on Oct. 5, 2026, so many move-ins reconnect an existing meter.

Near Kingwood

Wires and counties: CenterPoint · Harris · Montgomery. Nearby pages: Channelview (19 mi) · Crosby (15 mi) · Dayton (19 mi) · Houston (19 mi) · Humble (3 mi) · Spring (8 mi)

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Sources

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