May 12, 2011 | Legislative Watch
Is the Texas Legislature taking action that will increase what you pay for utility service? It certainly looks that way. Kate Galbraith has an interesting article in the The Texas Tribune that lists a number of big bills that will become bad news if they actually...
Apr 13, 2011 | Legislative Watch
Complexity of Texas electricity plans makes decision on electricity provider complicated and expensive DALLAS–House Bill 1006 and Senate Bill 948, currently pending in the Texas Legislature, would require all competitive electricity providers to offer a standard...
Mar 18, 2011 | Legislative Watch
Retail electric providers want powertochoose.com out of bills Think your retail electric providers are fighting for you at the Texas Capitol? Think again. In this month before a key legislative committee, representatives for the state’s largest retail electric...
Mar 16, 2011 | Legislative Watch
Mark Up (and up and up) from RechargeTexas.com on Vimeo. Bill to help electric competition and consumers draws industry fire Here”s a simple idea: if you get busted for fraud, you shouldn”t be allowed to keep the money. Sounds like common sense and it is....
Feb 23, 2011 | Legislative Watch
A report released this month, The Story of ERCOT, details the history of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). The report comes at an interesting time for ERCOT, which is under fire following the recent statewide, rolling blackouts. The Texas Public Utility...
Feb 14, 2011 | Legislative Watch
Ordinary Texans Lack Representation in Organization at the Center of the Recent Blackouts AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the organization now under fire for the recent blackouts in Texas, has a history of missteps,...
