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Newcomers 2007

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Texas residents have choices for electric power

2464 or www.firstchoicepower.com.

fee and deposits are applied to the final

migo Energy -- (888) 469-2644 or

From staff reports

F

www.amigoenergycom.

.

Gexa Energy Corp. -- (866) 961-9399 or

bill.

Most household services such as water,

The cooperative is located at 22770

www.gexaenergycom.

.

Cirro Corp. -- 1-800-692-4776 or www.

garbage and recycling are provided by

Farm-to-Market 2484. The phone num-

Green Mountain Energy -- (866) 301-

cirroenergycom.

.

the cities; however, retail electricity ser-

ber is 634-1274.

Direct Energy -- (888) 305-3828 or

3120 or www.greenmountain.com.

Fees and rates for electric retail pro-

directenergycom/texas/signup.

.

Reliant Energy -- (866) 735-4268 or

vice in Texas is deregulated to give new-

viders vary

.

www.reliant.com.

ECONnergy Energy Company Inc. --

comers choices.

Hamilton County Electric Cooperative

Starlight Electric -- (866) 744-6366 or

(888) 601-2178 or www.econnergycom.

.

Area electric services are provided

by Bartlett Electric Cooperative or

-- PO. Box 753, Hamilton, TX 76531-0753 --

.

Electric Now -- (866) 353-2669 or www.

www.starlightelectric.com.

any of 13 retail electric providers as

supplies power to parts of Coryell County

electricnow.com.

TXU Energy -- (866) 225-5898 or www.

part of the state's electric deregula-

and Copperas Cove. Office hours are 8

Entergy Solutions Ltd. -- (866) 368-

txuenergycom.

.

tion program. TXU Electric Delivery

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

.

3749 or www.entergysolutions.com.

To compare prices, visit www.powerto

owns, operates and maintains the ar-

To set up service, call (254) 386-3123.

First Choice Power Inc. -- (866) 469-

choose.org.

A deposit based on the average

ea's power lines.

monthly use at the residence usually

Bartlett Electric provides electric ser-

vice to residents in south Killeen and

is required and the customer must be

south of the city limits. Some Harker

at the residence to provide the deposit

Heights residents living near Stillhouse

at the time the service is switched on.

Bill payments can be made at the Gates-

Hollow Reservoir also are eligible.

To apply for service, a resident must

ville Annex in Gatesville from 10:30

complete an application for membership

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Fri-

day Membership and connection fees

.

and pay a $25 membership fee. A deposit

are included in the first bill.

equal to one-sixth of the annual usage at

the residence or a letter of credit from

Contact information for local energy

a previous utility company also is re-

companies:

A

quired. A $25 connection fee is charged

ACN Energy Inc. -- (800) 348-6496 or

on the first electric bill. The membership

www.acnenergycom.

.

Home entertainment services

compete for local business

throughout Central Texas

tionwide long distance is available for

rom staff reports

$39.95 a month.

Great home entertainment and com-

For connection and the most cur-

munication are easy to find with the

rent pricing, call Time Warner at

range of cable, Internet and home

634-3145. Customer service in Span-

phone options available in the Fort

ish is available.

Hood area.

For more information, visit www.

Time Warner Cable, which pro-

hottimewar ner.com.

For satellite service, Cove Satel-

ides service to Killeen, Harker

Heights, Nolanville, Copperas Cove

lite TV, 3481 Farm-to-Market 1113 in

and Fort Hood, offers a variety of ca-

Copperas Cove, can be reached at

ble, phone and Internet packages.

542-4919. The family-owned and op-

Cable starts at $9.95 per month.

erated store opened in 1984.

remium channels, such as HBO,

The company sells Dish Network

Showtime, The Movie Channel, Starz

and services residences within a 50-

and Cinemax, are available for addi-

mile radius.

tional monthly fees.

It offers a variety of program-

Time Warner Cable also offers dig-

ming packages, including numer-

ital video recorders, a high-defini-

ous foreign channels. Dish net-

tion package, sports package and the

work frequently offers promotional

Nuestra Tele package.

packages.

Road Runner High Speed Internet

It also has a program where cus-

is three times faster than DSL and

tomers can talk with the CEO of

100 times faster than dial-up. Wireless

Dish to answer questions about Dish

networking is available on up to four

Network.

The company also services C-band,

computers for an additional monthly

fee. Home phone with unlimited na-

DSS and foreign satellites.