Setting Up Utilities in Hallsville, Texas

Hallsville sits on the I-20 corridor between two SWEPCO cities, and the utility's major transmission lines run right through the area — when vegetation knocked out a line between Longview and Hallsville in 2019, 85,000 East Texas customers lost power. The practical point for movers: this is SWEPCO's regulated, non-ERCOT territory, and Power to Choose returns no plans for ZIP 75650.

So there's no rate shopping. You set up service directly with SWEPCO, and SWEPCO is who you call about outages. Rural routes outside town may instead belong to an electric cooperative — confirm by address before move-in.

Natural gas in Hallsville comes from CenterPoint Energy. The City of Hallsville runs water distribution and wastewater, treating sewage at its own plant on the east side of town; homes outside the city limits are often served by West Harrison Water Supply Corporation instead. Residential trash is arranged through the city — confirm the current hauler when you open your water account at City Hall.

Providers report home internet service inside Hallsville city limits over cable at 100% of homes, licensed fixed wireless at 87% of homes, fiber at 12% of homes, and DSL over copper phone lines at 2% of homes, out of 1,913 homes and apartments, according to FCC National Broadband Map data as of December 31, 2025.

At least 100% of homes have a reported wired or fixed-wireless option of 100/20 Mbps or faster, and at least 9% have a reported gigabit (1,000/100 Mbps) option.

Sparklight reports service to 100% of homes inside Hallsville city limits, the widest reported coverage of any provider other than the satellite companies and the 5G home-internet carriers. Fiber is reported at 12% of homes.

Availability is address-specific: check your exact address on the FCC National Broadband Map before signing up.