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Blog: Industrial and Commercial Electric Prices, Inside and Outside Competition
Unlike residential customers, commercial and industrial customers during 2017 paid comparatively less under electric deregulation.
ERCOT Market Report: Lower Power Reserves Don’t Mean Unmanageable Risk
A Virginia-based consulting firm, Potomac Economics, serves as ERCOT’s Independent Market Monitor.
New TCAP Report: Electric Deregulation Price Gap in Texas Nearly Gone
The persistent price gap between deregulated and non-deregulated electric prices for Texas residential consumers has almost vanished.
PUC Delays Consideration of Expensive ERCOT Changes
The proposal has drawn opposition from groups all across the political spectrum — in great part because of its staggering price tag.
How Much Power Does America Expend Roasting its Turkeys?
The bigger the bird, the more cooking time. And the more cooking time, the greater the energy usage.
POLICY DEEP DIVE: Transmission Line Losses and the ERCOT Market
The proposal would provide extra revenues for some generators, but potentially increase consumer costs.
TCAP REPORT: Reversing Positive Trend, Electricity Complaints Increase
Breaking a generally declining trend, the number of electricity-related complaints filed with Texas regulators jumped by nearly one-third during the last fiscal year and they now stand at a new three-year high, according to a new report from the Texas Coalition for...
Texas 2018 Mid-Term Election Round-Up: Texas House, Senate & More
MID-TERM ELECTION RESULTS Statewide voter turnout was 52.5% as 8.29 million Texans voted in the General Election. As a comparison, just 4.6 million Texans voted in the 2014 General Election which was the last presidential mid-term election. Here is a quick recap of...
ERCOT Reports Sufficient Capacity for Coming Winter and Spring
Thumbs up. That the sign from ERCOT, which reported on Thursday that Texas generators should keep up with electricity demand during the winter and spring of 2019. ERCOT, also known as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, is the organization that oversees the...
ERCOT Has “More than Sufficient” Reserves from Economic Perspective
The ERCOT energy market — like any wholesale energy market — needs a constant supply of reserve generating capacity to ensure it operates reliably. But how much reserve capacity? A system with too much may cost too much to operate. A system with too little runs the...
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A Retreat From Electric Competition
