''Gexa Energy'', headquartered in
Houston, Texas, is a retail electricity provider which sells electricity service to residential and commercial customers in all deregulated markets in Texas.
The company is a subsidiary of
NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (NEER) is a wholesale electricity supplier based in Juno Beach, Florida. NEER is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy (), a Fortune 200 company. Prior to 2009, NextEra Energy Resources was known as FPL Energy.
NextEra ...
. Based in
Juno Beach,
Florida
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, NextEra Energy Resources is a subsidiary of
NextEra Energy
NextEra Energy, Inc. is an American energy company with about 58 GW of generating capacity (24 GW of which were from fossil fuel sources), revenues of over $18 billion in 2020, and about 14,900 employees throughout the US and Canada. It is the ...
, Inc.
Overview
The
Public Utility Commission of Texas
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC or PUCT) is a state agency that regulates the state’s electric, water and telecommunication utilities, implements respective legislation, and offers customer assistance in resolving consumer complaints ...
approved Gexa Energy as a retail electric provider in 2001.
Gexa Energy entered the Texas deregulated electricity market in 2002. The company services residential and commercial customers in Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, Midland, Harlingen, Odessa, Lubbock, Waco and all Texas markets where electricity service has been deregulated. Gexa Energy was acquired by NextEra Energy, Inc. formerly FPL Group, in 2005. Gexa operates as a subsidiary of
NextEra Energy Resources
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC (NEER) is a wholesale electricity supplier based in Juno Beach, Florida. NEER is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy (), a Fortune 200 company. Prior to 2009, NextEra Energy Resources was known as FPL Energy.
NextEra ...
. NextEra markets under the NextEra Energy Services brand in Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia.
Gexa Energy has an A+ rating with the
Better Business Bureau
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and has won the Winner of Distinction Award for Excellence 8 times in a row since 2011. Gexa was also named the winner of the 2019 Pinnacle award. In August 2019, Gexa Energy announced that all of its residential plans will be powered by
100% renewable energy
100% renewable energy means getting all energy from renewable resources. The endeavor to use 100% renewable energy for electricity, heating, cooling and transport is motivated by climate change, pollution and other environmental issues ...
at no additional cost to customers.
See also
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Deregulation of the Texas electricity market
The Texas electricity market is deregulated, meaning that there is competition in the generation and distribution of electricity. Power generators in the Texas Interconnection, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, participate in an ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.GexaEnergy.com
Texas "Power To Choose" informational website
Companies based in Houston
Electric power companies of the United States
NextEra Energy