Aug 30, 2018 | Industry News
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...
Aug 7, 2018 | Industry News
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....
Jul 23, 2018 | Industry News
Purchasing power in Texas can be a complicated business. What terms of service are best? How do you know, really, what the small print means? Now just imagine the challenges that confront city officials as they purchase power — sometimes tens of thousands of...
Jul 18, 2018 | Industry News
Texans, for the second day in a row, set back-to-back records on Thursday for electric consumption. Sometime between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., system demand reached 73,259 megawatts, according to the state’s primary grid operator. That surpassed the previous record of...
Jun 27, 2018 | Industry News
The California-based company that recently acquired Oncor is under review for a potential credit downgrade — in part because of its purchase of the Texas utility. Oncor is the largest electric utility in Texas. In April it was acquired by California-based Sempra...
May 24, 2018 | Industry News
More than $360,000 — that’s how much Texas Coalition for Affordable Power members are now receiving back in government tax refunds thanks to special investigative work by one of TCAP’s expert energy consultants. Approximately half of TCAP’s 160 political subdivision...
