By Kyra Buckley, Houston Public Media
Houstonians have hundreds of choices when signing up for an electricity plan. There are around 40 different retail electricity providers offering plans based on things like budget, family size, and increasing in popularity, plans backed by renewable energy.
However, even if you’re signed up for a renewable energy plan, your home is nonetheless powered by a mix of gas, coal, nuclear, wind and solar energy.
“We can’t separate electrons into buckets and deliver specific electrons to somebody’s house,” says Rebecca Bridges, Chief Marketing Officer for ElectricityPlans.com.