Reliant is a widely recognized Texas retail brand. NRG has owned Reliant since 2009. The PUCT certificate is #10007. WattKarma is not Reliant's website. We compare plans available in your ZIP. That list may include Reliant, other NRG brands, or neither. We will not invent a Reliant ¢/kWh to fill this page.
Reliant has been an NRG retail brand since 2009. PUCT certificate #10007. The NRG Texas retail set we will name is Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, Cirro, and NRG. We do not have standalone pages for Direct Energy, Green Mountain, or Cirro — so we do not invent them as click targets.
Gexa Energy is not an NRG brand. Gexa is NextEra Energy (PUCT #10027, acquired June 2005). Do not shop Reliant as if Gexa were the sister plan. The NRG sibling we do compare here is NRG.
Reviewed September 10, 2026. Ownership is a fact. The EFL is still the shop.
In Texas, a Reliant plan must publish an Electricity Facts Label. The EFL shows an average price at 500 kWh, 1,000 kWh, and 2,000 kWh. The 1,000 kWh column is the number most ads lean on. It is not always the number you will pay in a mild month or a cooling-season month.
At 500 kWh, base charges and minimum-usage fees can dominate — apartments and low-AC months live here. At 1,000 kWh, a usage credit can make a plan look cheaper than it is when you miss the credit band. At 2,000 kWh, Texas summer, those credits can dilute. Read all three columns, the term length, and the early termination fee before you enroll.
Ohio does not issue a Texas EFL. If you are shopping Ohio, the honest benchmark is the Price to Compare on the utility bill — not a Reliant ¢/kWh typed on this page. Maryland allows supply choice, but online shopping on this site is not fully wired. We do not invent a Reliant enrollment there.
We will not publish a sample Reliant rate here. Live ¢/kWh require your ZIP. Method last reviewed September 10, 2026.
This is not a Reliant landing page and not a cloned sales site. WattKarma is a licensed energy broker: Texas PUCT #BR220202, Ohio PUCO #22-104905E, and Maryland MD PSC #IR-5469. We compare the retail electric providers that actually appear in your ZIP catalog.
If you enroll through us, the provider pays us a commission. You are not charged a broker fee to compare. That commission does not change the published EFL price or the contract you sign. Our incentive is to show real options — not to push Reliant or to hide Reliant.
Reliant may be in your results. Reliant may be missing. If it is missing, we show who is there instead of inventing a Reliant card or a sample ¢/kWh. That is the honest shop. Enter a ZIP or call 855-952-WATT (9288).
A comparison page is not a promise that we always have Reliant, that Reliant is cheapest, or that the parent company means a better or worse rate. Ownership is a fact. Price is a ZIP result. Delivery and outages stay with the TDU — Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas, TNMP, or LP&L in Texas — not with Reliant and not with WattKarma.
Reliant plans can carry usage credits, term products, and deposit rules like any other REP. Read the band on a credit. Read 500 kWh if you live in an apartment. Read 2,000 kWh before a Houston or Dallas August.
If you are trying to stay inside the NRG family, compare Reliant next to NRG in the same ZIP — and still compare them to non-NRG REPs. Loyalty to a parent is not a rate.
We only link sister brands that share the same parent company. We do not invent a family.
Last reviewed September 10, 2026. How we compare plans.