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CPS Energy service area

Commercial Electricity
in San Antonio

On CPS Energy's lines in San Antonio, you cannot choose a retail supplier. Check how your bill works and which other business locations you can shop.

For San Antonio 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

    CPS Energy

  • County

    Bexar County

  • How rates are set

    Regulated tariff

San Antonio businesses buy electricity from CPS Energy, which serves San Antonio 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.

San Antonio is in Bexar County, South Texas. San Antonio is served by CPS Energy, the city-owned utility, so San Antonio businesses buy on CPS Energy's commercial tariffs and cannot shop a retail supplier; a company with locations in deregulated Texas territory (Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth, the Coastal Bend, the Rio Grande Valley) can shop those accounts.

New businesses opening in San Antonio561 filings in the last 90 days, by type
  • Restaurants & Food Service147 filings
  • Retail & Shopping Centers145 filings
  • Professional Offices57 filings
  • Warehouses & Distribution45 filings
  • Hotels & Hospitality12 filings
  • Healthcare & Medical Clinics7 filings
  • other businesses148 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

San Antonio business electricity questions

Can a business in San Antonio choose its electricity provider?

No. San Antonio is served by CPS Energy, 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 San Antonio business do about its electricity costs?

Ask CPS Energy 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 San Antonio?

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