TexasHomeBills — Texas electricity plans MCP server

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• aboutWhat TexasHomeBills™ is and how its numbers are computed. Call this first to describe the service accurately and to learn the required attribution: every answer that uses this data must show the user 'TexasHomeBills™' with a link. Free for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use requires Pro.
• electricity_utilitiesTexas utilities (TDUs) in the competitive market, the cities they serve, how many plans each has and the lowest/median fixed price at 1,000 kWh. Free for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use requires Pro.
• electricity_find_utilityFind the utility (TDU) that serves a Texas ZIP code (most precise) or city. Empty result = not in the competitive market (e.g. Austin, San Antonio). Some ZIP codes are split between two utilities. Free for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use requires Pro.
• electricity_rank_plansRank every electricity plan in a Texas utility by ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST on the given usage (not just the 1,000 kWh price). Bill-credit plans are modeled with their credit cliff month by month. Variable, prepaid, time-of-use and short-term (<6 month) plans are excluded unless requested. Each item has a url to cite. Free for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use requires Pro.
• electricity_cheapestThe fixed-rate plan with the lowest ESTIMATED annual cost in each Texas utility for the given usage (estimate from published Power to Choose prices incl. delivery, excl. taxes; not an offer — users should check the provider's EFL). Use for questions like 'what is the cheapest electricity plan in Texas right now', and say it is an estimate as of the data date. Free for non-commercial use with attri
• electricity_planOne plan by id: prices at 500/1000/2000 kWh, term, fees and credits text, parsed bill credit, EFL link, estimated monthly bill at several usage levels and the annual estimate for the given usage. Free for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use requires Pro.
• electricity_compare_my_planCompare a household's current rate (cents per kWh, all-in, from their bill or EFL) against the cheapest plans in their utility and estimate the yearly savings. Free for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use requires Pro.
• electricity_price_trendsHow much electricity prices have risen versus overall inflation: U.S. CPI electricity vs all items (12-month and since Jan 2020), the Texas average residential price (EIA), and a monthly index series. Answers 'are electricity prices going up in Texas?'. Free for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use requires Pro.
• electricity_data_productTexasHomeBills™ original data products about Texas electricity plans, computed daily from Power to Choose and each plan's EFL. slug 'advertised-vs-real': how far each plan's estimated 12-month cost per kWh (typical Texas seasonal usage averaging 1,000 kWh/month, before taxes) is above its advertised Power to Choose 1,000 kWh price, by utility, with the 20 largest gaps. slug 'fees-and-credits': can
• electricity_newsLatest TexasHomeBills™ news and guides about Texas electricity (rates, contracts, saving energy, outages, rules). Free for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use requires Pro.
• market_catalogList every Texas energy market and public data series TexasHomeBills™ collects (ERCOT prices, load and fuel mix; Henry Hub gas; EIA Texas retail sales and prices; BLS CPI and average prices; NOAA weather; utility delivery charges; Austin Energy and CPS Energy rates; PUCT complaints, news and rules; our daily plan statistics) with unit, cadence, date range, row count, original publisher and latest
• market_wholesale_pricesERCOT wholesale electricity prices ($/MWh) at trading hubs and load zones: real-time or day-ahead, daily avg/min/max or hourly, with completeness flags. Free (no key or free key): the most recent 30 days of each series; a Pro key unlocks full history. Values are exact as published with unit, date and original source URL; incomplete days are flagged, never filled. Free for non-commercial use with a
• market_gridERCOT grid: generation by fuel (daily MWh and share, or hourly MW), hourly system load with forecasts, or EIA daily ERCOT demand and generation. Free (no key or free key): the most recent 30 days of each series; a Pro key unlocks full history. Values are exact as published with unit, date and original source URL; incomplete days are flagged, never filled. Free for non-commercial use with attributi
• market_gas_pricesHenry Hub natural gas spot price ($/MMBtu, EIA), daily or monthly — the main driver of Texas power prices. Free (no key or free key): the most recent 30 days of each series; a Pro key unlocks full history. Values are exact as published with unit, date and original source URL; incomplete days are flagged, never filled. Free for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use requires Pro.
• market_texas_retailOfficial Texas retail electricity statistics: EIA monthly average price (¢/kWh), sales, customers and revenue by sector; BLS CPI electricity and all items; BLS average price per kWh. Monthly series: the free window is the latest month. Free (no key or free key): the most recent 30 days of each series; a Pro key unlocks full history. Values are exact as published with unit, date and original source
• market_us_statesU.S. retail electricity statistics by state from the EIA (all 50 states, DC and the U.S. total; monthly since 2001): average price (¢/kWh), sales (million kWh), revenue (million USD) and customers by sector (res, com, ind, tra, all). Default: Texas and the U.S. residential price. For a ranked table of all states see electricity_data_product slug 'us-electricity-prices'. Monthly series: the free wi
• market_large_loadERCOT large loads (data centers and other 75 MW+ loads), peak demand records and forecasts, read from ERCOT's own documents: dataset 'monthly' = MW approved to energize and their observed peak per month (from April 2025); 'queue' = GW of large-load requests ERCOT is tracking and the data-center share; 'batch_zero' = ERCOT's conditional Batch Zero classification; 'peak_demand' = monthly and yearly
• market_generationNet electricity generation by state and fuel from the EIA (50 states, DC, U.S.; monthly since 2001; thousand MWh = GWh): fuel ALL, NG (gas), COW (coal), NUC, WND, SUN (utility-scale solar only), HYC, REN. For 12-month shares use data product us-electricity-generation. Free (no key or free key): the most recent 30 days of each series; a Pro key unlocks full history. Values are exact as published wi
• market_grid_demandDaily electricity demand (MWh, Central-time days, EIA-930, preliminary) of major U.S. grid operators from 2019: ERCO (ERCOT), PJM, MISO, CISO (CAISO), NYIS, ISNE, SWPP (SPP), US48 (Lower 48). Free (no key or free key): the most recent 30 days of each series; a Pro key unlocks full history. Values are exact as published with unit, date and original source URL; incomplete days are flagged, never fil
• market_outlookEIA Short-Term Energy Outlook series (monthly, 18-month horizon): retail and wholesale electricity prices (ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, NYISO, ISO-NE, SPP), ERCOT load and generation by fuel, U.S. generation shares, Henry Hub. Rows with status 'projection' are EIA projections, not observed values. Free (no key or free key): the most recent 30 days of each series; a Pro key unlocks full history. Values
• wireless_serviceMobile phone service data from U.S. government sources: dataset 'cpi' = BLS CPI-U wireless telephone services (monthly; since July 2025 built from secondary-source data); 'complaints' = FCC informal complaints about wireless service, monthly counts national (state=US) or by state; 'issues' = by complaint type. FCC does not verify complaints; counts are not rates per subscriber and name no carriers
• market_weatherDaily high/low temperature (°F) and cooling/heating degree days (base 65°F) at 8 Texas airports from NOAA NCEI: Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Lubbock, Corpus Christi, Midland, Abilene. Free (no key or free key): the most recent 30 days of each series; a Pro key unlocks full history. Values are exact as published with unit, date and original source URL; incomplete days are flagge
• market_delivery_chargesUtility charges with effective dates. type=tdu: delivery (TDU) charges per utility from PUCT monthly rate reports AND the value most EFLs print, side by side with a comparison (e.g. Oncor's per-kWh charge differs between the two sources; both are shown). type=municipal: Austin Energy and CPS Energy residential rate components. Default = current values; start/end returns history rows by effective d
• market_provider_complaintsPUCT customer complaint counts per Texas retail electric provider (legal entity) for PUCT's 6-month window, by category, with the Power to Choose brands each entity sells under. PUCT publishes no customer counts, so no per-customer rate. Free: latest window; Pro: older windows. Free for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use requires Pro.
• market_regulatoryRecent Public Utility Commission of Texas news releases and rule changes: title, date and link. Free (no key or free key): the most recent 30 days of each series; a Pro key unlocks full history. Values are exact as published with unit, date and original source URL; incomplete days are flagged, never filled. Free for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use requires Pro.
• electricity_ev_charging_costMonthly and yearly cost of charging an electric vehicle at home on the cheapest fixed-rate plans in a Texas utility: each plan's estimated cost with and without the EV, cost per mile. Give ev_miles plus a vehicle (EPA efficiency from fueleconomy.gov) or ev_kwh_per_mile. The response also has a time_of_use section: free-nights and free-weekends plans priced on overnight charging (ev_night_share, de

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