Feb 8, 2010 | Industry News
Killeen residents continue giving Oncor an earful about their new advanced meters and high electric bills. Oncor has blamed a recent cold snap — and not the new meters – as the likely culprit for high bills. Lost in the debate, however, is the controversial...
Feb 3, 2010 | Industry News
Folks in Killeen appear to be a bit up in arms about their electric service. City officials there report numerous complaints in recent weeks — mostly from residents who have suffered poor service or who have received unexpectedly high electric bills....
Jan 27, 2010 | Industry News
Here’s a bit more bad news about prices under the state’s flawed deregulated system. According to recent figures from the Public Utility Commission web site, residents in the state”s largest city under deregulation (Houston) continue paying far more for...
Jan 27, 2010 | Industry News
“The Texas Public Policy Foundation, an Austin-based organization consistently cited by the electric industry to lend credence to anti-consumer policies, has released yet another misleading report about the dismal record of electric prices under deregulation. Here are...
Jan 11, 2010 | Industry News
A proposal designed not to limit the price of electricity – but to actually increase it during certain periods — could face Public Utility Commission scrutiny in 2010, according to some market watchers. Extremely costly to consumers, the proposal would create a...
Dec 14, 2009 | Industry News
Why are electric rates so much higher than rates in neighboring states? That’s the question tackled by reporter Jack Z. Smith in an article that ran recently in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Speaking to Smith, several experts blamed deregulation. “If you look around...
