TCAP Blog
TCAP’s mission and guiding tenets
In September 2011, the board of Texas Coalition for Affordable Power met to collaboratively create a mission statement and guiding tenets. Mission Statement — The vision of TCAP is to proactively and strategically promote an affordable market for power procurement through advocacy and education Guiding Tenets — Treat all members fairly regardless of size or kWh [...]
Randolph Moravec, Ph.D, named Executive Director of Texas Coalition for Affordable Power
AUSTIN, TX — Monday, October 3, 2011 – The Texas Coalition for Affordable Power, the largest city coalition of its kind in the state, has announced the appointment of Randolph Moravec, Ph.D, as its first executive director. TCAP is a coalition of 158 member cities and political subdivisions that pool their resources to purchase electricity [...]
Legal Q&A: How do Texas cities get electricity?
source: Texas Town & City and the Texas Municipal League
Republished here with permission from Texas Town & City and the Texas Municipal League Legal Q&A By Scott Houston TML General Counsel Note: Cities have various interests relating to how they and their citizens get electric service, how cities with municipally owned electric utilities provide service, and the prices that everyone pays for electricity. Cities [...]
Report: $15.5 Billion in Excess Electric Costs under Texas Electric Deregulation
New Study from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power: $15.5 Billion in Excess Electric Costs under Texas Electric Deregulation Coalitions Representing More Than 150 Cities Send Letter Calling for Action by Texas Legislature AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Excessive electricity prices under electric deregulation have cost Texans an additional $15.5 billion, according to a comprehensive new report on [...]
New Study Finds History of Mismanagement at ERCOT
Ordinary Texans Lack Representation in Organization at the Center of the Recent Blackouts AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the organization now under fire for the recent blackouts in Texas, has a history of missteps, mismanagement and broken deadlines, according to a new study released Monday to all members of the Texas Legislature. [...]
ERCOT CEO under fire for Blackouts
ERCOT CEO Trip Doggett is under fire. During a meeting Thursday of the Texas Public Utility Commission, he was made aware that his job may be on the line. As part of a routine review of ERCOT rules, Commissioner Donna Nelson proposed “adding language that says the commission at its own discretion and without ERCOT [...]
Texans deserve answers to questions raised by blackout
Wholesale electric prices spiked 3,000 percent The cold weather has been blamed for the blackouts that left thousands of Texans without heat and power this week. ERCOT, the organization that operates the Texas power grid, said it had lost about 7,000 megawatts of generation — a massive amount, the equivalent of more than two big [...]
Hey North Texans: Oncor would like some more to become even MORE profitable
Today Oncor Electric Delivery is asking state regulators for permission to increase your electric bill… Again. The state’s largest electric transmission company is requesting an increase that would total $350 million in additional revenue each year. Broken down, that’s about $60 annually for each of Oncor’s residential customers. The proposed hike comes on the heels [...]
CAPP/STAP Merger
January 1, 2011 – Cities Aggregation Power Project (CAPP) and South Texas Aggregation Project (STAP) merge to form TCAP The Texas Coalition for Affordable Power is a unique alliance formed for a singular purpose – to purchase electricity in bulk for municipal needs. TCAP is a non-profit city coalition that pools the energy needs of [...]
Biased Study Compares Electric Markets, Ignores Prices
Biased Study Compares Electric Markets, Ignores Prices
