The ERCOT grid right now
Loads when the page is online.
Live figures from ERCOT's public dashboards appear here: the grid condition ERCOT declares, demand against available capacity, and the fuel mix.
Source: ERCOT grid information dashboards, relayed unchanged and cached for about a minute. ERCOT does not guarantee compilations made from its raw data; neither does this page.
A ZIP is an area and can sit in more than one service area. The dot is the center of the ZIP; the bill confirms the utility.
- Investor-owned utility
- Electric cooperative
- City utility
- Outside ERCOT (hatched)
Boundaries: Public Utility Commission of Texas, UNOFFICIAL certified electric service area boundaries (IOU, MUNI, COOP_DIST layers), drawn from the PUCT ArcGIS layers on 2026-09-29. The PUCT describes these layers as unofficial; the certified boundaries are the county mylar maps at PUCT Central Records. ZIP centers: US Census Bureau, US Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer ZCTA National File (2024-08-21).
What these areas mean
Much of Texas has retail electric choice, but not all of it. Electric cooperatives and city utilities offer choice only if they opt in.
Texas Legislative CouncilUtilities Code Chapter 39
An electric cooperative's board of directors decides when or if the cooperative will offer customer choice.
Texas Legislative CouncilUtilities Code Chapter 41
The governing body of a city-owned electric utility decides when or if that utility will offer customer choice.
Texas Legislative CouncilUtilities Code Chapter 40
CenterPoint Energy, Oncor, TNMP, and AEP Texas are investor-owned utilities that operate the poles and wires, and the PUCT sets their delivery rates.
Public Utility Commission of TexasGuide to the Electric Rate Case Process for Investor-owned Utilities inside ERCOT
Those delivery utilities charge delivery rates to the retail electric provider, and the charges are passed through on the customer's bill.
Public Utility Commission of TexasGuide to the Electric Rate Case Process for Investor-owned Utilities inside ERCOT