Feb 2, 2015 | Legislative Watch
Here’s a note of warning to low-income Texans: your summertime electric bills might soon be going up. That’s because a popular bill discount program will disappear in 2015 unless the Texas Legislature takes action. The program has helped hundreds of thousands of...
Jan 8, 2015 | Legislative Watch
What can energy consumers expect this year as the Texas Legislature convenes for its 84th regular session? Will lawmakers pass laws to lower bills or will they take actions that have the opposite effect? The session begins January 13. Here are a few issues that...
Dec 19, 2014 | Legislative Watch
Operating Outside Free Market, Houston’s CenterPoint Maximizes Profits by Lobbying Against Oversight Houston’s CenterPoint Energy is at again. The big monopoly with a reputation for bad ideas has successfully lobbied for a rule change at the Texas Railroad...
Nov 25, 2014 | Legislative Watch
Has Oncor systematically shortchanged its electric distribution system? That’s the question from Public Utility Commission Kenneth Anderson, who wrote in a recent memo that repeated outages in North Texas have him left wondering whether the company is doing enough to...
Nov 17, 2014 | Legislative Watch
Oncor, the state’s largest electric monopoly, wants to invest billions of dollars in energy storage technology — a proposal that could lead to the placement of refrigerator-sized batteries behind shopping malls and in residential neighborhoods. But the ambitious plan...
Oct 23, 2014 | Legislative Watch
CenterPoint to seek 2015 rate increase, lobbyists have pushed for less stringent oversight Houstonians appear to be paying too much for electricity — tens of millions of dollars too much. Texas regulators report that Houston’s CenterPoint Energy collected $46.5...
