For transport-rate commercial customers consuming 5,000+ Mcf annually, we shop licensed Texas natural gas suppliers across the Atmos, CenterPoint, Texas Gas Service, and CPS territories — building fixed, NYMEX-indexed, hybrid, and trigger-hedge contracts that match your load profile and risk tolerance.
Upload your billTexas commercial gas buyers can choose from four pricing structures — each with a different mix of price certainty, market exposure, and active management. The right structure depends on your consumption volume, seasonal load shape, and tolerance for NYMEX volatility.
NYMEX-indexed commercial gas contracts tie your monthly commodity rate directly to the Henry Hub settle price, plus a transparent basis differential to your delivery point — typically Houston Ship Channel, Katy Hub, or Waha depending on your LDC territory. When the national gas market is soft, your bills drop immediately; when winter storms or pipeline constraints push the curve up, your costs follow. There's no fixed-price premium baked in, which is why indexed pricing often delivers the lowest long-run cost — but only for businesses prepared to absorb monthly variance. We pair every indexed contract with NYMEX curve monitoring and trigger guidance so you know exactly when to lock part or all of your load.
A fixed-price commercial gas contract locks in your $/MMBtu rate — commodity plus basis — for the entire term, typically 12, 24, or 36 months. Your monthly bill still reflects how much gas you consume, but the rate itself never moves regardless of what happens at Henry Hub, in winter storage, or in regional pipeline markets. For most Texas commercial operators this is the simplest and safest path: predictable budgeting, no surprise February price spikes from cold-weather demand, and clean line-item accounting. The trade-off is a small premium over the prevailing NYMEX strip, because the supplier is absorbing the market risk on your behalf. We negotiate strip timing, contract clauses, and volume tolerance bands so you're locking in at the right moment, not just any moment.
Hybrid commercial gas contracts blend fixed-price and NYMEX-indexed pricing under a single agreement, letting you lock in a portion of your expected consumption at a fixed $/MMBtu while floating the remainder against the monthly Henry Hub settle. You get price certainty on your baseline load — protecting against winter spikes — while still capturing market upside on the variable portion. Hybrid structures are typically configured as 50/50, 70/30, or custom splits, and many contracts include the option to convert floating volume to fixed mid-term if the curve moves in your favor. This is the structure most often used by sophisticated commercial buyers and energy managers who want to actively manage cost risk rather than commit fully to one strategy.
Trigger contracts and managed-hedge programs combine the upside of NYMEX-indexed pricing with the discipline of pre-committed price targets. You set the levels at which you're willing to lock — for example, 25% of annual volume at $3.50/MMBtu, another 25% at $3.25 — and the supplier executes those fixed-price blocks automatically when the forward curve trades through your trigger. You ride the index until the market hands you a price worth locking, then capture it without having to watch the screen every day. This is how serious commercial gas buyers and large energy users manage volatility — combining market exposure with rules-based hedging that removes emotional timing from the equation. We design the trigger ladder, set realistic targets based on the NYMEX curve, and monitor execution end-to-end.
A three-step commercial natural gas procurement process designed to take energy off your plate — so you can focus on running your business.
Upload your most recent natural gas bill so we can see consumption volume, LDC territory, and current rate structure.
We run your consumption against licensed Texas gas suppliers and present the best fixed, NYMEX-indexed, hybrid, and trigger options for your operation.
Pick your plan, sign electronically, and we coordinate enrollment, transport, and ongoing renewal monitoring end-to-end.
Specialized commercial natural gas procurement for the Texas operations that consume the most therms — and where rate decisions move the P&L.
Commercial natural gas procurement across every major Texas local distribution company territory. Your LDC owns the pipes and bills for distribution — we shop the commodity portion of your gas bill.
Answers to the questions Texas businesses ask most about commercial natural gas rates, contracts, and the procurement process.
Commercial natural gas contracts in Texas are negotiated based on your business's annual consumption (Mcf or MMBtu), load shape, and which local distribution company (LDC) delivers your gas. Unlike residential customers who pay the regulated utility default rate, transport-rate commercial customers can choose their gas supplier on the commodity portion of the bill. The LDC — Atmos Energy, CenterPoint Energy, Texas Gas Service, or CPS Energy — still owns the pipelines and bills for distribution charges, but you negotiate the molecule price separately with a licensed marketer.
Most Texas commercial gas contracts run 12, 24, or 36 months. Shorter terms make sense in a falling NYMEX market when you expect lower prices ahead. Longer terms protect against winter price spikes and pipeline-constraint events. Many mid-size operators land on 24 months because it smooths seasonal volatility without locking in too long when the curve shifts. We model multiple term scenarios before signing so you can see the trade-offs in dollars.
Fixed plans lock the full $/MMBtu price for the entire term. NYMEX-indexed plans tie your monthly commodity rate to the Henry Hub settle plus a transparent basis differential — you capture market upside but absorb downside. Hybrid plans lock part of your load and float the remainder. Trigger and managed-hedge programs let you pre-set price targets that automatically execute fixed-price blocks when the market hits your level, combining indexed pricing with disciplined risk management.
Read our full breakdown of fixed vs. variableWe're compensated directly by the supplier you ultimately sign with — not by you. The fee is a small adder per MMBtu, fully disclosed, and built into the price the supplier quotes. You pay nothing out of pocket for our market shopping, contract review, or ongoing renewal management. Because we work with multiple licensed Texas gas suppliers, we have no incentive to push one over another — our job is finding you the best fit.
Read why Texas businesses use energy brokersYes — Texas suppliers offer future-dated contracts that begin the day after your current term ends, with no early termination penalty. The sweet spot for shopping a new commercial natural gas contract is 4 to 9 months before your current contract expires. That gives us time to monitor the NYMEX curve, identify favorable pricing dips, and lock in a rate before your current supplier auto-renews you onto a higher hold-over rate.
Learn the best time to renewA Letter of Authorization gives us permission to request your historical natural gas usage from your local distribution company (Atmos, CenterPoint, Texas Gas Service, or CPS). It is not a contract. It does not commit you to switching suppliers or paying anything — it just lets us pull the 12-month consumption history we need to get accurate quotes from suppliers. You can revoke it at any time.
NYMEX Henry Hub is the benchmark futures contract for U.S. natural gas, settling each month based on physical delivery at the Henry Hub in Louisiana. Most Texas commercial gas contracts reference the monthly NYMEX settle as the commodity baseline. Indexed customers pay the settle plus a basis differential each month; fixed customers lock in a forward NYMEX strip plus basis for the term length. Understanding where the curve is — and where it's likely heading — is central to timing your contract well.
Basis is the price differential between Henry Hub (the national benchmark) and the regional delivery hub that serves your meter — typically Houston Ship Channel, Katy Hub, or Waha. Basis reflects pipeline transportation cost and regional supply-demand balance, and it shifts month to month based on weather, storage levels, and LNG export activity. Your contract should disclose basis transparently as a separate line item rather than burying it in the headline rate — we make sure every quote we present breaks it out clearly.
Not necessarily. Multi-site businesses can usually consolidate all locations served by the same LDC under a single master commercial natural gas agreement, which simplifies billing and gives you one renewal date. Locations across different LDC territories may still need separate agreements, but a single supplier can often handle all of them through coordinated contracts. We handle aggregated procurement for restaurant groups, multi-family operators, hospitality chains, and manufacturing groups across Texas regularly.
If you don't sign a new contract before your current one expires, your supplier will roll you onto a month-to-month or default-tariff rate — which is almost always significantly higher than the negotiated rate you were paying. This is one of the most common and most expensive mistakes commercial gas buyers make. We track every client's contract end date and proactively re-shop the market in advance, so you're never caught flat-footed.
More on avoiding hold-over ratesDeep guides covering contract structures, renewal timing, and bill-reduction tactics that apply across electricity and natural gas.
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