# Richland Hills, Texas electricity: Oncor wires and 3,791 competitive homes

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

**In short:** ERCOT counts 3,791 active residential meters with a Richland Hills address, all on Oncor's wires (October 5, 2026). Nearly every Richland Hills address in our data is on Oncor's wires and can pick a retail provider.

## Moving to Richland Hills

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

- **Water and utility billing:** utility billing (start, transfer or stop water service), 817-616-3820.
- **Trash pickup:** Republic Services: trash and recycling, 817-332-7301.
- **Natural gas:** Atmos Energy: customer service, 888-286-6700.
- **Public schools:** Birdville ISD.
- **Driver license:** Texas DPS Driver License Office: Hurst, 512-424-2600.

## Who delivers electricity in Richland Hills?
ERCOT counts 3,791 active residential meters with a Richland Hills address, all on Oncor's wires (October 5, 2026).

## Can every address in Richland Hills choose?
No split flag on any ZIP code that holds Richland Hills's 3,791 competitive homes; most streets here can shop.

## What is different about Richland Hills?
- Richland Hills counted about 8,529 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, against 8,615 in the 2020 base, a change of -1.0%. The largest one-year change was +147 people, from July 2023 to July 2024. July 1 estimates in between: 8,505 (2021), 8,430 (2022), 8,396 (2023), 8,543 (2024). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Richland Hills covers 3.1 square miles of land (Census 2025 Gazetteer). That works out to about 2,721 residents and 1,027 occupied households per square mile of land, with roughly 2.6 residents for every Richland Hills household. (Source: https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Oncor share: 0.1% of its 3,564,530 competitive residential meters carry a Richland Hills address. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Vacancy signal: 1.1 percent of residential meters in Richland Hills's core ZIP codes were de-energized on October 5, 2026 (79 off, 6,951 on), per ERCOT. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- One ZIP code, 76118, holds almost every Richland Hills-addressed competitive home (3,777); it also carries 2,927 Fort Worth addresses and 245 Haltom City addresses. Taken whole, 76118 has 1.16 competitive meters per Census household: 6,951 meters, 6,011 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/)
- Among the 39 cities and towns that reach into Tarrant County, Richland Hills places 25 for competitive homes on its postal city; the next one up is Forest Hill, at 4,550. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- By the Census Bureau's 2025 estimates, Richland Hills is the number 26 city or town by population among the 42 that reach into Tarrant County, one place ahead of River Oaks (7,467 residents). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Mailing cities on the 6,951 competitive home meters in 76118, Richland Hills's main ZIP code: Richland Hills 3,777, Fort Worth 2,927, Haltom City 245. A mailing city is not a city limit, so the service address, not the postal name, settles which utility serves a home. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Electric bills over $250 a month: 34.0 percent of households in 76118, Richland Hills's main ZIP code, per the ACS 2020-2024; the same survey puts median household income there at $94,530 and the renter share at 26.9 percent. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Choice is broad around Richland Hills: even Colleyville, the bottom of its six nearest towns on this measure, has 0.92 competitive homes per household; North Richland Hills (4 mi) is the biggest at 30,494. (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/)

## By the numbers
- Population (July 1, 2025 estimate): 8,529
- Population (2020 estimates base): 8,615
- Occupied households (ACS 2020-2024): 3,219
- Active residential meters with a Richland Hills address: 3,791
- Active business meters with a Richland Hills address: 649
- Residential meters per Census household: 1.18
- Delivery utilities (homes): Oncor 3,791
- Counties: Tarrant
- ZIP codes touching Richland Hills: 2
- Split ZIP codes (flagged below): 0

## Plan prices (median ¢/kWh at 500 / 1,000 / 2,000 kWh)
- Oncor: 14.1 / 13.4 / 13.2; delivery 6.8673¢/kWh + $4.06/mo

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

| ZIP | Postal cities | Land in city | Competitive homes | Households | Ratio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76180 | North Richland Hills 99% | 1% | 17,597 | 15,352 | 1.15 | Near-full coverage. Mostly outside Richland Hills city limits. |
| 76118 | Richland Hills 54%, Fort Worth 42%, Haltom City 4% | 31% | 6,951 | 6,011 | 1.16 | Near-full coverage.  |

## Business electricity in Richland Hills
649 active business meters. Power Hopper compares offers from retail electric providers and direct suppliers; for high-consumption businesses we can run a competitive bid. No savings or bidder count is promised. Businesses in Texas retail-choice areas can request a rate review online.

## Questions
**Can Richland Hills residents pick their own electric company?** Yes, where Oncor's wires reach the house, which in Richland Hills is most of the city: 3,791 homes with a Richland Hills mailing address were on the competitive market on October 5, 2026, 1.18 for each Census household. No Richland Hills ZIP code carries a split flag, but only an address lookup is certain.
**Which Richland Hills ZIP code has the most homes on the competitive market?** That is 76118, home to 3,777 of the competitive meters with a Richland Hills address. ZIP-wide: 6,951 ERCOT meters, about 6,011 Census households, 1.16 per household.
**What do Richland Hills electricity plans cost per kWh?** On October 19, 2026, the median fixed-rate Power to Choose listing on Oncor's wires was 13.4¢ per kWh at 1,000 kWh a month (170 listings); Oncor's delivery charge of 6.8673¢ per kWh plus $4.06 a month is included. A median is not a quote.
**I'm moving to Richland Hills. How do I set up electricity?** 8.5% of 76118 residents moved within a year (ACS), and 2 meters in 76118 turned from vacant to active Oct. 7-18, 2026. Check that your Richland Hills address is on Oncor's wires, then choose a plan and start date.
**How many households in Richland Hills can shop for electricity?** ERCOT's October 5, 2026 extract lists 3,791 competitive residential meters with a Richland Hills mailing address and 649 business meters; ACS 2020-2024: 3,219 occupied Richland Hills households.
**Who do I call in Richland Hills when the power goes out?** Oncor, at oncor.com/outages: it carries power to all 3,791 Richland Hills-addressed competitive homes, whatever retail provider bills them.

## 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
- 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/
- Oncor Electric Delivery: https://www.oncor.com/
- Oncor delivery tariff (effective October 4, 2026): https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Documents/59249_105_1676040.PDF
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census Bureau 2025 Gazetteer Files, Texas places (land and water area): https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: 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 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/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- 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/
- 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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