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San Marcos Electric Utility or Pedernales Electric Cooperative service area

Commercial Electricity
in San Marcos

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

For San Marcos 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

    San Marcos Electric Utility or Pedernales Electric Cooperative

  • County

    Hays County

  • How rates are set

    Regulated tariff

Addresses in San Marcos are served by San Marcos Electric Utility, a municipal utility that has not opted into retail competition, or by Pedernales Electric Cooperative, an electric cooperative that has not opted into retail competition, so a San Marcos 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.

San Marcos is in Hays County, Central Texas. Addresses in San Marcos, in Hays County, are served by San Marcos Electric Utility, the city-owned utility, or by Pedernales Electric Cooperative or Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, and none has opted into retail competition, so a San Marcos business buys power on its utility's tariffs and cannot shop a retail supplier; a San Marcos company with locations in deregulated Texas can still put those accounts out to bid.

New businesses opening in San Marcos47 filings in the last 90 days, by type
  • Restaurants & Food Service10 filings
  • Retail & Shopping Centers8 filings
  • Professional Offices4 filings
  • Warehouses & Distribution3 filings
  • Gyms & Fitness Centers1 filings
  • other businesses21 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 Marcos business electricity questions

Can a business in San Marcos choose its electricity provider?

No. Addresses in San Marcos are served by San Marcos Electric Utility, a municipal utility that has not opted into retail competition, or by Pedernales 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 San Marcos business do about its electricity costs?

Ask your utility (San Marcos Electric Utility or Pedernales 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 San Marcos?

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