It always feels good to give, and Reliant customers have the power to do just that without doing much more than switching on a light with Reliant’s Choose To Give plan. When you enroll in a Choose To Give plan, your energy use helps fund charitable organizations in Texas, and Reliant has just added Texas Children's Hospital to the list!

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It’s a big day at KPRC 2!

With Reliant’s new, Choose to Give, program all you need to do some good is turn on a light. Reliant Director of Community Relations, Leanne Schneider visited Houston Life to share the details.

Mayor Sylvester Turner is holding a news conference on Monday to provide information on the 2023 Beat the Heat program.

People are invited to wear jeans on Wednesday for Denim Day during Sexual Assault Awareness month.

The power behind giving back and doing good in the community.

Reliant’s Flextra Credits plan features more than a week of free electricity every month, extra savings through bill credits, and dynamic digital management tools.

Reliant employees are teaming up with the Astros Foundation to give out books, backpacks and other items to students Tuesday.

Mayor Sylvester Turner, Reliant and the Harris County Precinct 2 Office will hold a news conference to announce the launch of the Beat the Heat program for this summer.

Reliant not only helps keep the lights on, but also helps in giving back to the community.

As volunteers continued to work hard on Wednesday, a new homeowner received a nice surprise when he was presented with keys to a home from Houston Habitat for Humanity.

Mayor Sylvester Turner kicked off the holiday season Tuesday by announcing the event line-up for the 102nd Reliant Lights Mayor’s Holiday Spectacular.

Reliant is teaming up with Rebuilding Together Houston to help seniors stay cool this summer.

HOUSTON – Smart appliances and thermostats are supposed to help users save money because you can adjust and control devices even when you’re not at home. But one Houston woman says her smart thermostat cost her thousands of dollars in sky-high electric bills. What happened“I would never have dreamed that it was my thermostat,” Nichole Medrano told consumer expert Amy Davis. When Medrano moved into her apartment 3 years ago, she hired Vivint Security to install cameras, a smart doorbell and a smart thermostat. A Reliant representative told us the thermostat was communicating with the furnace and turning it on every 15 minutes.

HOUSTON – Following February’s winter storm, many Texans had plenty to worry about including concerns in electricity rates rising. MYTH #2: Energy providers are going to pass through costs to residential customers to make up for soaring wholesale prices. Customers who have chosen term electricity plans are protected from increases in their energy costs for the duration of their contract. Reliant Truly Free Weekends Offers free electricity every weekend, from 8 p.m. Friday to 12 a.m. Monday. Reliant Truly Free Nights Offers free electricity every night, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.For more information make sure to visit Reliant.com or call 1-866-222-7100.

HOUSTON – Throughout the month of March, the Houston Rockets and the Rockets Women’s Organization are partnering up with Reliant for the fifth annual ‘HTX Reads Book Drive,’ benefiting the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation. This year Houstonians can support childhood literacy virtually by texting “BookDrive” to 91999, or visiting bushhoustonliteracy.org/bookdrive. In addition to donating money or books, Houstonians are encouraged to celebrate National Read Aloud Month by making reading with their children a daily habit and using #HTXReads when sharing photos on social media. Watch as Lauren Kelly chats with Julie Baker Finck, President, Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, Felicia Stone, Houston Rockets Women’s Organization, and Leanne Schneider, Director Of Community Relations at Reliant about how you can support this wonderful event.

Reliant, the Texans and the Houston Touchdown Club are teaming up to give $25,000 in grant assistance to Greater Houston area high school football programs. Each school will receive a grant that is worth $3,500. The grant will consist of PPE, Footballs, Athletic Training Supplies, and additional funs for the other needs of each respective program. Video Courtesy of the Houston Texans. Subscribe to VYPE on YouTube for more video content!

KPRC 2 has launched the Stronger Houston, a series of reports that started this week focusing on how the inequities impact those who live in the Houston area. This week, the focus is on the disparity in the way COVID-19 impacts the communities of Gulfton and Bellaire. Nonprofit organizations around the community are figuring out a way to pivot to operate to continue to make a difference where its most important, said Reliant President Elizabeth Killinger. Symphony CEO John Mangum says while its not quite like being in Jones Hall the live stream production brings you right into the action. Jones Hall, Home of the Houston Symphony (Houston Symphony)