Needville, Texas electricity: CenterPoint wires and 5,365 competitive homes
Needville, pop. 3,114, buys power over CenterPoint's lines; 5,365 homes here are on the competitive market.
Reviewed by Brent Ward, founder, on 2026-10-19. Updated .
Needville at a glance: 5,365 Needville-addressed homes, all wired by CenterPoint (ERCOT, Oct. 5, 2026). Needville's 5,363 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.
Needville wires and choice
CenterPoint outages: centerpointenergy.com/outage. CenterPoint
Needville's 5,363 placed homes sit in unsplit ZIP codes; a lookup still confirms each address.
Moving to Needville
Local numbers for setting up a home in Needville, each checked on the official source. More contacts, and a printable list, are on Needville helpful move-in information.
- Water and utility billing: utility billing (start, transfer or stop water service), 979-793-4253.
- Trash pickup: GFL Environmental: trash and recycling, 281-368-8397.
- Natural gas: CenterPoint Energy: gas customer service (Houston area), 713-659-2111.
- Public schools: Needville ISD.
- Driver license: Texas DPS Driver License Office: Rosenberg Mega Center (Houston Metro Area, 512-424-2600.
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Weather and electricity in Needville
Typical weather near Needville, from the nearest NOAA station with a complete 1991-2020 record: Thompsons 3 WSW, about 14 miles from the city center (station elevation 70 ft). These are normals for that station, not readings at your address. August is the warmest month on average, with a normal daily high of 93°F; January has the coolest average low, 43°F. Average daily highs reach 90°F or more in June to August. No month averages a daily low at or below freezing.
For electricity, the normals point to two seasons that can lift a household's usage: cooling-degree days (a measure of how far each day's mean temperature sits above 65°F) peak in August at 580 for the month, and heating-degree days (below 65°F) peak in January at 386. How much that matters to a bill depends on the home, its insulation, its heating fuel and the household, so use your own usage history, not a regional average, when you compare plans.
| Month | Avg high °F | Avg low °F | Precipitation (in) | Cooling degree-days | Heating degree-days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63 | 43 | 4.1 | 12 | 386 |
| Feb | 67 | 47 | 3.0 | 22 | 248 |
| Mar | 72 | 53 | 3.4 | 65 | 138 |
| Apr | 79 | 58 | 3.6 | 145 | 37 |
| May | 85 | 66 | 4.9 | 339 | 3 |
| Jun | 90 | 72 | 4.6 | 487 | 0 |
| Jul | 92 | 74 | 3.8 | 563 | 0 |
| Aug | 93 | 74 | 4.5 | 580 | 0 |
| Sep | 89 | 70 | 4.9 | 438 | 0 |
| Oct | 82 | 61 | 5.2 | 226 | 28 |
| Nov | 72 | 52 | 4.1 | 69 | 158 |
| Dec | 65 | 46 | 3.9 | 24 | 323 |
Historical weather records for Fort Bend County
The Texas Railroad Commission's county table lists a record low of 8°F (1989) and a record high of 108°F (2011), and a regional estimate of 18 consecutive hours as a typical longest freezing or frozen-precipitation period for Fort Bend County. These are historical county extremes, not Needville's monthly averages and not a forecast; the normals above describe ordinary months.
Reference only: the U.S. Energy Information Administration's 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey puts the average Texas household at about 13,440 kWh a year (about 1,120 kWh a month if spread evenly). That is a statewide average for 2020, not Needville, and not an estimate for your home. EIA source.
Sources: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, station USC00418996; Texas Railroad Commission, Historical Weather Data by County (2022).
Needville electricity, in numbers and sources
- Land: 2.0 sq mi; 1,551 residents and 621 households per sq mi; 2.50 people per Needville household. [Gazetteer; PEP; ACS]
- Heating fuel, Needville homes (ACS 2020-2024): electricity 49.9% (±15), utility gas 49.3%; Fort Bend County overall: 38.8% electric. [ACS]
- Of Needville homes paying a power bill, 31.0% report $250 or more a month and 14.4% under $100 (Fort Bend County: 32.8% at $250+). [ACS]
- Housing stock: 86.9% detached houses, 4.5% in 5+ unit buildings, 8.5% mobile homes; median year built 1976, 4.9% built 2010 or later. [ACS]
- Needville-addressed home meters on Oct. 5, 2026: 5,365 active, 1,374 inactive, 1,902 de-energized, so 37.9% were not in use (ERCOT). [ERCOT]
- 5,365 home meters use the Needville postal name, against 1,246 households inside city limits (4.31 per household): the mailing area runs well past the boundary. [ERCOT; ACS]
- 77461 carries every one of Needville's placed homes; ratio across the whole ZIP 1.33, from 5,363 home meters in all and 4,037 households. [ERCOT; ACS]
Needville homes: heating fuel, bills, housing
| Needville | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Heat with electricity | 49.9% |
| Heat with utility gas | 49.3% |
| Bill $250 or more | 31.0% |
| Built 2010 or later | 4.9% |
| Renter households | 45.5% |
| Median year built | 1976 |
ACS 2020-2024, the city (Census boundary). Bill rows are shares of homes that pay an electric bill.
Needville meters and households
| Count | Needville |
|---|---|
| Residents, July 2025 | 3,114 |
| Residents, 2020 base | 3,085 |
| Households (ACS) | 1,246 |
| Active home meters | 5,365 |
| Inactive home meters | 1,374 |
| De-energized home meters | 1,902 |
| Active small-business meters | 840 |
| Active large-business meters | 4 |
| Home meters per household | 4.31 |
| ZIP codes listed | 1 |
| Split ZIP codes | 0 |
| County | Fort Bend |
ERCOT report 203, Oct. 5, 2026 (Needville postal city) and Census. CSV · Method
Needville 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.
Needville ZIP codes, row by row
Not every address in these ZIP codes has retail choice; check your exact address.
| ZIP code | Needville homes | All ZIP homes | Needville share | ZIP households | Share of Needville land | Meters per household | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77461 | 5,363 | 5,363 | 100% | 4,037 | 100% | 1.33 | none |
Needville split ZIP codes: none.
Towns around Needville
| From Needville | Town (2,000+) | Homes vs Needville | Wires | Per household | Competitive homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 mi | Rosenberg | 3.6× | CenterPoint | 1.28 | 19,320 |
| 14 mi | Richmond | 16.7× | CenterPoint | 18.80 | 89,420 |
| 16 mi | East Bernard | 0.5× | CenterPoint | 2.62 | 2,661 |
| 17 mi | Wharton | 1.2× | CenterPoint | 1.91 | 6,513 |
| 18 mi | Sugar Land | 10.9× | CenterPoint | 1.52 | 58,411 |
| 19 mi | Weston Lakes | 0.0× | CenterPoint | n/a | 0 |
Needville businesses
844 Needville-addressed business meters; 4 large-class meters across its main ZIP codes (ERCOT). Request a business rate review.
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Needville questions
Is electricity deregulated in Needville?
Yes, on CenterPoint's wires: 5,365 Needville homes were on the competitive market Oct. 5, 2026 (4.31 per household). Confirm your address.
Why are some Needville electric bills so high in winter?
49.9% of Needville homes heat with electricity (ACS 2020-2024, margin ±15) and 49.3% with utility gas; 31.0% 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 Needville?
77461 (5,363 Needville homes on the competitive market). Across the full ZIP: 1.33 meters per household, 5,363 home meters in all.
Who do I call when the power is out in Needville?
Outages go to CenterPoint (centerpointenergy.com/outage), the wires utility for 5,365 Needville competitive homes.
Moving to Needville: how do I start electricity?
Check the address is on CenterPoint's wires, choose a plan and a start date. Needville had 3,276 idle home meters (inactive or de-energized) on Oct. 5, 2026, so many move-ins reconnect an existing meter.
Near Needville
Wires and county: CenterPoint · Fort Bend. Nearby pages: East Bernard (16 mi) · Fulshear (21 mi) · Richmond (14 mi) · Rosenberg (11 mi) · Sugar Land (18 mi) · Wharton (17 mi)
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Sources
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203): full extract as of Oct 5, 2026; daily files Oct 7-18, 2026
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B25040, B25132, B25024, B25034, B25035, B25018, B19013, B25003, B25002, B25004 (90% margins of error)
- Census Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county relationship files
- EIA-861 (2024) utility service territories by county
- PUCT Power to Choose residential offer export, Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT
- PUCT: Choosing an Electric Plan
- PUCT broker directory (BR260201)
- CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric
- CenterPoint delivery tariff (effective October 1, 2026)
- Census Bureau 2025 Gazetteer Files, Texas places (land and water area)
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