# Robinson, Texas electricity: Oncor wires and 4,902 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 4,902 active residential meters with a Robinson address, all on Oncor's wires (October 5, 2026). Nearly every Robinson address in our data is on Oncor's wires and can pick a retail provider.

## Moving to Robinson

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

- **Water and utility billing:** utility billing (start, transfer or stop water service), 254-662-1415.
- **Natural gas:** Atmos Energy: customer service, 888-286-6700.
- **Public schools:** Robinson ISD, Waco ISD.
- **Driver license:** Texas DPS Driver License Office: Waco-CDL Testing Only, 512-424-2600.

## Who delivers electricity in Robinson?
ERCOT counts 4,902 active residential meters with a Robinson address, all on Oncor's wires (October 5, 2026).

## Can every address in Robinson choose?
No split flag on any ZIP code that holds Robinson's 4,900 competitive homes; most streets here can shop.

## What is different about Robinson?
- The Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate for Robinson is 13,028 people, up 4.8% on the 2020 estimates base of 12,435. The largest one-year change was +259 people, from July 2021 to July 2022. July 1 estimates in between: 12,657 (2021), 12,916 (2022), 12,959 (2023), 12,958 (2024). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Robinson covers 30.6 square miles of land and 0.3 square miles of water (Census 2025 Gazetteer). That works out to about 425 residents and 134 occupied households per square mile of land, with roughly 3.2 residents for every Robinson 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/)
- Robinson-addressed homes make up 0.1% of the 3,564,530 residential meters on Oncor's competitive system. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Move-ins show up as vacant-to-active switches in ERCOT's daily files: 35 of them in the ZIP codes most Robinson homes use, Oct. 7-18, 2026. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Vacancy signal: 7.4 percent of residential meters in Robinson's core ZIP codes were de-energized on October 5, 2026 (1,655 off, 20,825 on), per ERCOT. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Most Robinson electricity customers live in 76706: 4,695 homes, or 96 percent of the 4,900 with a Robinson address; the full ZIP comes to 1.13 meters a household. (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 19 cities and towns that reach into McLennan County, Robinson places 3 for competitive homes on its postal city; the next one up is Hewitt, at 6,633. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- By the Census Bureau's 2025 estimates, Robinson is the number 3 city or town by population among the 21 that reach into McLennan County, one place ahead of Bellmead (10,592 residents). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Mailing cities on the 16,835 competitive home meters in 76706, Robinson's main ZIP code: Waco 12,139, Robinson 4,695. 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)
- Apartments matter most in 76706: the ACS 2020-2024 puts 32.4 percent of its homes in buildings of five or more units, more than any other Robinson core ZIP. Tenants there usually open their own electricity account. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Income spread across Robinson's core ZIP codes (ACS 2020-2024): 76655 at a $99,917 median, 76706 at $41,656. Bills over $250 a month: 44.7 percent of households in the first, 27.4 percent in the second. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Robinson's land splits across 2 main ZIP codes, led by 76706 (83%) and 76655 (16%), per the Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/)

## By the numbers
- Population (July 1, 2025 estimate): 13,028
- Population (2020 estimates base): 12,435
- Occupied households (ACS 2020-2024): 4,094
- Active residential meters with a Robinson address: 4,902
- Active business meters with a Robinson address: 746
- Residential meters per Census household: 1.2
- Delivery utilities (homes): Oncor 4,902
- Counties: McLennan
- ZIP codes touching Robinson: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76706 | Waco 72%, Robinson 28% | 36% | 16,835 | 14,907 | 1.13 | Near-full coverage.  |
| 76655 | Lorena 84%, Golinda 6%, Robinson 5% | 7% | 3,990 | 3,778 | 1.06 | Near-full coverage. Mostly outside Robinson city limits. |

## Business electricity in Robinson
746 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
**Is Robinson deregulated for electricity?** Yes, where Oncor's wires reach the house, which in Robinson is most of the city: 4,902 homes with a Robinson mailing address were on the competitive market on October 5, 2026, 1.2 for each Census household. No Robinson ZIP code carries a split flag, but only an address lookup is certain.
**Where do most Robinson electricity customers live?** That is 76706, home to 4,695 of the competitive meters with a Robinson address. ZIP-wide: 16,835 ERCOT meters, about 14,907 Census households, 1.13 per household.
**Are electric bills high in Robinson?** 76655 has the highest share of $250-plus monthly electric bills among Robinson's core ZIP codes (44.7 percent of households, ACS 2020-2024); 76706 has 27.4 percent. Bigger and all-electric homes push the share up.
**I'm moving to Robinson. How do I set up electricity?** Confirm the address is on Oncor's wires, then pick a plan and a start date. In 76706, 26.5% of residents moved in the past year (ACS); 25 meters in 76706 went vacant-to-active Oct. 7-18, 2026.
**Why does my Robinson home have a Waco address?** 76706 covers part of Robinson, but the Postal Service names most of it Waco: that postal city is on 72 percent of the ZIP's 16,835 competitive home meters, Robinson on 28 percent. Your mailing city is not your city limits; the service address decides the utility.
**Who restores power in Robinson after an outage?** Oncor, at oncor.com/outages: it carries power to all 4,902 Robinson-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 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
- 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/
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file: https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/

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