Setting Up Utilities in Gilmer, Texas

Gilmer sits outside the ERCOT grid, so Texas's deregulated market doesn't apply — the state's Power to Choose site returns no plans for ZIP 75644. What makes Gilmer unusual is that two no-choice utilities share the area: SWEPCO, the investor-owned utility for much of Northeast Texas, and Upshur Rural Electric Cooperative, which has been headquartered in Gilmer since 1937 and serves more than 51,000 meters across ten counties.

Which one you get is determined by your address, not your preference. Call either office with your service address before move-in day — whichever utility owns the lines at your home is your provider, at regulated or co-op rates, and that's also who you call about outages.

Natural gas in Gilmer comes from CenterPoint Energy. The City of Gilmer runs the water system inside town, with an after-hours emergency line for leaks; rural addresses are usually on a water supply corporation like Pritchett WSC. Residential trash is arranged through the city — confirm the current hauler and your pickup day when you open the water account.

Optimum covers roughly three-quarters of Gilmer with cable and expanding fiber. Outside that footprint, fixed-wireless providers and satellite options like Starlink pick up the rural routes. Availability is address-specific, so the most reliable check is the FCC National Broadband Map.