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TCAP REPORT: Reversing Positive Trend, Electricity Complaints Increase
Breaking a generally declining trend, the number of electricity-related complaints filed with Texas regulators jumped by nearly one-third during the last fiscal year and they now stand at a new three-year high, according to a new report from the Texas Coalition for...
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Texas 2018 Mid-Term Election Round-Up: Texas House, Senate & More
MID-TERM ELECTION RESULTS Statewide voter turnout was 52.5% as 8.29 million Texans voted in the General Election. As a comparison, just 4.6 million Texans voted in the 2014 General Election which was the last presidential mid-term election. Here is a quick recap of...
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BLOG: ERCOT Reports Sufficient Capacity for Coming Winter and Spring
Thumbs up. That the sign from ERCOT, which reported on Thursday that Texas generators should keep up with electricity demand during the winter and spring of 2019. ERCOT, also known as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, is the organization that oversees the...
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BLOG: Oncor To Buy InfraREIT; Sempra To Acquire Sharyland Stake
empra Energy and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (Oncor) announced today that they have entered into agreements whereby they will acquire Sharyland Utilities, LP (Sharyland) and InfraREIT, Inc. (InfraREIT). InfraREIT owns and leases...
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BLOG: ERCOT Has “More than Sufficient” Reserves from Economic Perspective
The ERCOT energy market — like any wholesale energy market — needs a constant supply of reserve generating capacity to ensure it operates reliably. But how much reserve capacity? A system with too much may cost too much to operate. A system with too little runs the...
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BLOG: Dallas Morning News Releases Investigative Report on Atmos Explosions
The Dallas Morning News on September 23 published "Time Bomb," an ambitious two-part investigation into the safety record of Atmos Energy. The report was authored by journalists Cary Aspinwall and Holly K. Hacker. The first part, entitled "How Atmos Energy's Natural...
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BLOG: (UPDATED) In Wake of Ultimatum, PUC Removes Offers from PowertoChoose
Three days after Public Utility Commission chair issued an ultimatum on the matter, the agency has removed 221 plans from the state's powertochoose.org website for not meeting its Spanish-language requirements. The agency's Customer Protection Division took the action...
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BLOG: Cities, States Help Work Toward Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets
Cities and mayors have emerged as a key force in reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new nationwide survey. A joint effort of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, the survey of nearly 160 American cities...
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BLOG: ERCOT Projections Show Sufficient Power in Texas for Coming Months
Texas should have enough power to keep the lights on this fall and winter according to reports issued today by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state’s primary power grid. The quasi-governmental organization on Thursday released both its final Seasonal...
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Announcement: TCAP Electric Deregulation Report Available in Print
It was with the promise of better prices and choices that state lawmakers in 1999 adopted the Texas electric deregulation law. Newly minted electric companies would compete for customers. In theory, market forces would keep a lid on bills. How has Texas fared since...
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