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Hondo Electric System or Medina Electric Cooperative service area

Commercial Electricity
in Hondo

On Hondo Electric System or Medina Electric Cooperative's lines in Hondo, you cannot choose a retail supplier. Check how your bill works and which other business locations you can shop.

For Hondo addresses on these utility lines, retail supplier choice is not available. Have other locations in deregulated Texas? We can help compare those accounts.

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At a glance

  • Serving utility

    Hondo Electric System or Medina Electric Cooperative

  • County

    Medina County

  • How rates are set

    Regulated tariff

Addresses in Hondo are served by Hondo Electric System, a municipal utility that has not opted into retail competition, or by Medina Electric Cooperative, an electric cooperative that has not opted into retail competition, so a Hondo business on either utility's lines has no supplier contract to shop, and no broker can change the rate. For market context, the average Texas commercial account paid 8.47¢ per kWh all-in (EIA, 07/2026). If your bill names a different delivery utility, send it or the service address and Voltcheckr confirms eligibility before quoting. A business with locations in deregulated Texas territory can still shop those accounts.

Hondo is in Medina County, South Texas. Addresses in Hondo, in Medina County, are served by Hondo Electric System, the city-owned utility, or by Medina Electric Cooperative, and neither has opted into retail competition, so a Hondo business buys power on its utility's tariffs and cannot shop a retail supplier; a Hondo company with locations in deregulated Texas can still put those accounts out to bid.

New businesses opening in Hondo6 filings in the last 90 days, by type
  • Restaurants & Food Service4 filings
  • Retail & Shopping Centers2 filings

Texas Comptroller sales tax, mixed beverage and tobacco permits, TABC applications and licenses, and city and county building permits, public records, counts only, as of October 7, 2026

Hondo business electricity questions

Can a business in Hondo choose its electricity provider?

No. Addresses in Hondo are served by Hondo Electric System, a municipal utility that has not opted into retail competition, or by Medina Electric Cooperative, an electric cooperative that has not opted into retail competition, so there is no supplier contract to shop. Rates are set through each utility's own tariff process, not by a retail supplier's contract. If your bill names a different delivery utility, send it or the service address and Voltcheckr confirms eligibility before quoting.

What can a Hondo business do about its electricity costs?

Ask your utility (Hondo Electric System or Medina Electric Cooperative) which commercial tariff and demand structure your account is on, since a rate-class change or a demand-management step can lower a bill where a supplier switch cannot. A business with other locations in deregulated Texas territory can shop those accounts through Voltcheckr.

Does Voltcheckr broker electricity in Hondo?

Not for Hondo accounts on Hondo Electric System or Medina Electric Cooperative. Voltcheckr LLC is a PUCT-registered electricity broker (BR260102) for the deregulated ERCOT markets, and we help Hondo companies with locations elsewhere in Texas.