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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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BLOG: AEP Texas Seeks $415 Million Hike for Hurricane Restoration
AEP Texas wants to increase electric rates by $415 million — money the utility says it needs to cover the costs for repairing electric lines, poles and transmission facilities around the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey. The south Texas utility made the request in...
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BLOG: Tax Changes lead to One Third of a Billion Dollars in Reduced Rates
One third of one billion dollars — that’s the value of rate reductions so far approved by Texas electric utility regulators as a consequence of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Adopted last December, the federal tax law reduced corporate liability from 35 percent to 21...
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BLOG: TCAP State-by-State Survey Reveals Feature Lacking in PowerToChoose
The state’s electricity shopping website has been in the news lately, and not for the right reasons. Consumers, consumer groups and media watchdogs have called foul after electric retailers began using the site to promote misleading offers. The three-member Texas...
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BLOG: PUC Authorizes Fixes for Texas Electricity Shopping Website
The Texas Public Utility Commission directed staff on Thursday to make changes to the state’s electricity shopping website after receiving complaints that companies were using it to promote misleading offers. The site, powertochoose.org, lists retail electricity deals...
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BLOG: Newspaper Calls for Action on Tax Cuts in Home Electric Bills
At the urging of cities and regulators, the state’s regulated electric utilities have committed to pass along savings from last year’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. But will home customers ever benefit? That’s the big question posed recently by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram....
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BLOG: Citing Ratepayer Risk, PUC Rejects Expensive Wind Project
A multi-billion-dollar multi-state renewable energy project has lost a key vote at the Texas Public Utility Commission — a development that had led to the cancellation of what otherwise would have been the nation’s largest wind facility. The proposed 2,000-megawatt...
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