TCAP Releases Report for 10-Year Anniversary of Deregulation
So, after 10 years of electric deregulation: how has Texas fared? A new report from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power provides answers.
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...
Texans under deregulation have paid $3,100 more for electricity
The short end of the stick: Texans in deregulated areas have paid substantially more for electricity than Texans outside deregulation.
Complaints Decline, But Still Three Times Higher than Pre-Dereg Years
Electricity complaints remain more than 300 percent higher than pre-deregulation levels. By far, billing complaints remain the most common.
Policy Spotlight: Texans to Pay $6.5 billion in electric deregulation costs
The then-PUC chairman forecast in 1999 that Texans would not be liable for more than about $5 billion in stranded costs. It’s now clear that stranded costs will exceed those predictions by at least 30 percent.