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New Braunfels Utilities service area

Commercial Electricity
in New Braunfels

On New Braunfels Utilities's lines in New Braunfels, you cannot choose a retail supplier. Check how your bill works and which other business locations you can shop.

For New Braunfels 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

    New Braunfels Utilities

  • County

    Comal County

  • How rates are set

    Regulated tariff

New Braunfels businesses buy electricity from New Braunfels Utilities, which serves New Braunfels as a regulated utility without retail supplier choice. That means there is no supplier contract to shop here, 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). A business with locations in deregulated Texas territory can still shop those accounts.

New Braunfels is in Comal County, South Texas. New Braunfels is served by New Braunfels Utilities, the city-owned utility, so most New Braunfels businesses buy electricity on NBU's commercial rates and cannot shop a retail supplier; a New Braunfels company with locations in deregulated Texas can still put those accounts out to bid.

New businesses opening in New Braunfels88 filings in the last 90 days, by type
  • Restaurants & Food Service23 filings
  • Retail & Shopping Centers19 filings
  • Professional Offices11 filings
  • Healthcare & Medical Clinics3 filings
  • Warehouses & Distribution3 filings
  • Gyms & Fitness Centers1 filings
  • other businesses28 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

New Braunfels business electricity questions

Can a business in New Braunfels choose its electricity provider?

No. New Braunfels is served by New Braunfels Utilities, a regulated utility without retail supplier choice, so there is no supplier contract to shop. Rates are set through the utility's own tariff process, not by a retail supplier's contract.

What can a New Braunfels business do about its electricity costs?

Ask New Braunfels Utilities 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 New Braunfels?

Not for New Braunfels accounts on New Braunfels Utilities. Voltcheckr LLC is a PUCT-registered electricity broker (BR260102) for the deregulated ERCOT markets, and we help New Braunfels companies with locations elsewhere in Texas.