# Meter Energy
> Meter Energy is a licensed Texas electricity broker (PUCT #BR250137) that helps solar homeowners compare and enroll in solar buyback plans. We offer real-time plan comparison tools, educational guides, and personalized bill analysis.

> For detailed content about each page, see [llms-full.txt](https://meterplan.com/llms-full.txt)

## For AI Agents & MCP Clients
- [MCP Discovery Manifest](https://meterplan.com/.well-known/mcp.json): **Start here.** Canonical entry point listing every Meter Energy MCP server, public data feed, and AI-accessible tool with current URLs.
- [OpenAPI 3.0 Spec](https://meterplan.com/.well-known/openapi.json): Auto-generated spec for every public REST tool under `/api/v1/*`, built from the same tools registry as the MCP server. For ChatGPT Custom GPT actions, OpenAI Assistants, or any agent framework that consumes OpenAPI but not MCP. Also available at [`/openapi.json`](https://meterplan.com/openapi.json).
- Texas Electricity Plans MCP — live in the ChatGPT App Store and pending in the Claude App Store. The discovery manifest is the source of truth for the current public MCP endpoint.
- [Smart Meter Texas Data API](https://meterplan.com/api/v1/pull-smt-interval-data): Programmatic SMT data extraction — 12 months of 15-minute interval data from any Texas meter. POST endpoint; see also the marketing/landing page at [`/smart-meter-texas`](https://meterplan.com/smart-meter-texas) and the standalone OpenAPI spec at [`/openapi/smt.yaml`](https://meterplan.com/openapi/smt.yaml).
- [Texas Solar Buyback Plan Index — JSON](https://meterplan.com/data/texas-solar-buyback-plans.json) and [Markdown](https://meterplan.com/data/texas-solar-buyback-plans.md): Hourly-refreshed structured plan catalog with methodology and explicit units.

## Compare Plans
- [Texas Solar Buyback Plan Index (JSON)](https://meterplan.com/data/texas-solar-buyback-plans.json): Public hourly JSON index for AI agents comparing Texas solar buyback plans. Includes Meter plans and competitor plans by TDU, with explicit units for import rates, export credits, base fees, early-termination fees, default annual cost estimates, source URLs, and methodology.
- [Texas Solar Buyback Plan Index (Markdown)](https://meterplan.com/data/texas-solar-buyback-plans.md): Agent-readable Markdown version of the same plan index with top plans by TDU, source status, assumptions, and recommended follow-up pages.
- [Meter Plans by ZIP](https://meterplan.com/plans): Live catalog of every Meter electricity plan, contract term, and Texas TDU. Emits a JSON-LD `OfferCatalog` (`@id`: `https://meterplan.com/plans#offer-catalog`) refreshed hourly with import rates, solar export buyback credits, monthly base fees, early-termination fees, and the regulator-filed Electricity Facts Label (EFL) link for each plan. Plan families: Saver (no base fee, low import rate), Earner (highest locked solar buyback credit, $14.95 base fee), Standard (non-solar fixed rate), each with optional + Battery variants for connected Tesla / SolarEdge batteries. Per-TDU URLs for direct lookup: `?zipcode=75001` (Oncor / DFW), `?zipcode=77005` (CenterPoint / Houston), `?zipcode=77414` (AEP Central), `?zipcode=76901` (AEP North), `?zipcode=75057` (TNMP), `?zipcode=79401` (Lubbock).
- [Solar Buyback Plans Comparison](https://meterplan.com/solarbuybackplans): Compare all Texas solar buyback plans side by side with real-time rates and estimated costs
- [Solar Buyback Earner](https://meterplan.com/earner): Find solar buyback plans with a higher solar credit rate by ZIP code
- [Bill Audit](https://meterplan.com/bill-audit): Upload your electricity bill for personalized plan analysis

## Guides
- [How to Choose the Best Solar Buyback Plan](https://meterplan.com/help/best-solar-buyback-plan): Guide to choosing plans based on your export-to-import ratio
- [Plan Types Compared](https://meterplan.com/help/plan-comparison): Earner vs Saver plans explained
- [How Solar Billing Works](https://meterplan.com/help/how-solar-billing-works): Understanding your solar electricity bill
- [Export Credits Explained](https://meterplan.com/help/export-credits): How solar export credits work in Texas
- [Service Areas](https://meterplan.com/help/service-areas): TDU territories and eligibility for solar buyback
- [How to Switch Plans](https://meterplan.com/help/how-to-switch-plans): Step-by-step guide to switching electricity providers
- [Battery Reward Program](https://meterplan.com/help/battery-reward-program): How VPP battery credits work

## Blog
- [Solar buyback plans in Texas: the complete homeowner guide](https://meterplan.com/blog/solar-buyback-plans-texas-homeowners): Comprehensive guide to solar buyback plans in Texas
- [Real-time wholesale solar buyback plans in Texas: maximize your solar earnings](https://meterplan.com/blog/real-time-wholesale-texas-solar): How RTW solar buyback plans work with ERCOT pricing
- [SB 1036: Texas solar registration requirements 2025-2026](https://meterplan.com/blog/sb-1036-texas-solar-regulation): New Texas solar consumer protection legislation
- [Texas solar buyback plans: the installer cheatsheet](https://meterplan.com/blog/solar-buyback-plan-cheatsheet-installers): Quick reference for solar installers

## Tools
- [Texas Electricity Plan Finder](https://meterplan.com/tools/find-electricity-plan): For a Texas homeowner, find Texas retail electricity plans available in their ZIP code. Returns up to 6 plans ranked by effective rate at the user's monthly usage level, including retailer name, energy rate (¢/kWh), monthly bill estimate, contract term, base fee, ETF, renewable %, Google rating, and EFL link. Backed by Meter's broad-market plan index covering every major TDU (ONCOR, CenterPoint, AEP Texas, TNMP, Lubbock). REST endpoint: `POST https://meterplan.com/api/v1/find-electricity-plan`.
- [Texas TDU Lookup by ZIP](https://meterplan.com/tools/get-utility-for-zip): Resolve any Texas residential ZIP code to its Transmission and Distribution Utility (TDU): Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas Central, AEP Texas North, TNMP, or Lubbock Power & Light. Returns the canonical utility code, full display name, short name, and whether the ZIP is in a deregulated retail electric market. Backed by Light API's eligibility check (private API made public via this tool). REST endpoint: `POST https://meterplan.com/api/v1/get-utility-for-zip`.
- [Texas ESI ID Lookup by Address](https://meterplan.com/tools/lookup-esi-id): Find the Texas Electric Service Identifier (ESI ID) for any residential address. Required for solar enrollment, plan switching, Smart Meter Texas data access, and TDU coordination. Returns ESI ID, formatted address, serving utility (Oncor / CenterPoint / AEP / TNMP / LPPL), and a confidence indicator. Backed by Light API's address-search endpoint (private API made public via this tool). REST endpoint: `POST https://meterplan.com/api/v1/lookup-esi-id`.
- [Texas TDU Delivery Rates](https://meterplan.com/tools/get-tdu-delivery-rates): Get current TDU delivery rates for one or all six Texas utilities (Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas Central, AEP Texas North, TNMP, Lubbock Power & Light). Returns per-kWh delivery rate and fixed monthly base fee for each utility — these charges appear on every Texas electricity bill regardless of which retailer the customer chose. Backed by Light API rate sheets. REST endpoint: `POST https://meterplan.com/api/v1/get-tdu-delivery-rates`.
- [Texas Residential Load Profile (ERCOT)](https://meterplan.com/tools/get-residential-load-profile): Get the typical residential electricity load curve for any Texas weather zone — averaged from ERCOT's official residential load profiles, in 15-minute resolution. Returns hourly or monthly aggregated kWh by hour-of-day and month-of-year, peak demand, and annual total. Useful for solar designers, battery sizers, AI agents modeling 'what does a typical home in Houston use', and anyone building bill-projection or solar-savings tools without a real customer's meter data. REST endpoint: `POST https://meterplan.com/api/v1/get-residential-load-profile`.
- [Plan Cost Calculator](https://meterplan.com/tools/plan-cost-calc): Low-level Texas electricity bill calculator. Computes the exact monthly and annual bill given a fully-specified plan rate sheet (energy rate, solar buyback, base fee, TDU delivery rate, TDU monthly fee) and a home's usage profile. For ZIP-based lookups that fetch plan rates and TDU charges automatically, use `quote-meter-plan`. REST endpoint: `POST https://meterplan.com/api/v1/plan-cost-calc`.
- [Smart Meter Texas Interval Data](https://meterplan.com/tools/pull-smt-interval-data) [experimental]: Pull 12 months of 15-minute interval electricity data from any Texas residential meter via Smart Meter Texas (SMT). Inputs: ESI ID + meter number + current retailer, OR a residential service address, OR an uploaded electricity bill PDF (Meter parses it for the ESI ID). Returns 15-minute imports + exports, monthly aggregates, and pre-formatted exports for Aurora Solar, OpenSolar, Solargraf, or standard CSV. Built for solar installers, energy advisors, and AI agents that need real customer usage data without a customer SMT login. REST endpoint: `POST https://meterplan.com/api/v1/pull-smt-interval-data`.
- [ERCOT Real-Time Wholesale Electricity Price](https://meterplan.com/tools/get-ercot-realtime-price) [experimental]: Get the current ERCOT real-time wholesale electricity price (LMP, locational marginal price) for any Texas load zone or settlement point. Useful for solar customers on real-time wholesale (RTW) buyback plans (Champion, Atlantex, Chariot, Tesla Drive Plan), traders following ERCOT spot markets, and agents reasoning about when to charge / discharge a battery. Returns $/MWh and ¢/kWh equivalents per zone. REST endpoint: `POST https://meterplan.com/api/v1/get-ercot-realtime-price`.

Index of all public tools with metadata, schemas, and worked examples: [https://meterplan.com/tools](https://meterplan.com/tools).

## Features
- [Battery Rewards](https://meterplan.com/battery-rewards): Earn $20-67/month with virtual power plant battery credits
- [Free Nights Plans](https://meterplan.com/free-nights): Free nighttime electricity plans for Texas solar homes
- [Get a Battery](https://meterplan.com/get-a-battery): Home battery options for solar homeowners
- [Real-Time Wholesale Plans](https://meterplan.com/rtw): RTW solar buyback plans with ERCOT pricing

## Provider Reviews
- [Gexa Solar Buyback](https://meterplan.com/gexa-solar-buyback)
- [Green Mountain Solar Buyback](https://meterplan.com/green-mountain-solar-buyback)
- [Reliant Solar Buyback](https://meterplan.com/reliant-solar-buyback)
- [TXU Solar Buyback](https://meterplan.com/txu-solar-buyback)
- [Champion Solar Buyback](https://meterplan.com/champion-solar-buyback)
- [Chariot Solar Buyback](https://meterplan.com/chariot-solar-buyback)
- [Direct Energy Solar Buyback](https://meterplan.com/direct-energy-solar-buyback)
- [Ambit Solar Buyback](https://meterplan.com/ambit-solar-buyback)
- [Almika Solar](https://meterplan.com/almika-solar)

## Provider Comparisons
- [Meter vs Direct Energy](https://meterplan.com/compare/direct-energy)
- [Meter vs Ambit](https://meterplan.com/compare/ambit)
- [Meter vs Champion](https://meterplan.com/compare/champion)
- [Meter vs Chariot](https://meterplan.com/compare/chariot)
- [Meter vs Gexa](https://meterplan.com/compare/gexa)
- [Meter vs Green Mountain](https://meterplan.com/compare/green-mountain)
- [Meter vs Reliant](https://meterplan.com/compare/reliant)
- [Meter vs TXU](https://meterplan.com/compare/txu)