The grid is an interesting and magical thing. It takes energy from generators (a mix of natural gas, coal, wind, solar and nuclear energy) and moves it along the poles and wires (that are maintained by your TDU) to your business. And voila! You can power your lights.

The wholesale price of electricity is set by the grid operator, ERCOT, and can change every five minutes depending on supply and demand. When there is excess energy on the gird, prices drop and can even go negative, which means you are getting paid to use electricity (awesome!). And when demand is high like on hot summer days, prices can spike. The highest the price can go to is $9/kWh (which has only ever happened 0.005% of the time.) Most of the time, though, 96% to be exact, it stays below the Texas Average of 6¢/kWh.

It is this wholesale cost of electricity + TDU delivery charges + taxes and fees that we pass along to you without mark up for a monthly membership.

We’re proud to introduce Griddy's 8-Point Inspection program – a free service that seeks to help our business members understand their TDU (transmission and distribution utilities) passthrough costs and how they can use that information to shift usage and save. Our 8-Point Inspection can save businesses in the hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of dollars a year.