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Snapshot Report: 2019 PUC Complaint Data
Updated October, 2019
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Electric Deregulation in Texas: A Market Chronicle
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Blog: ERCOT Reports Sufficient Power in Texas for Winter, Spring; Wind and Solar Advance
Texas remains on track to add more than 5,000 MW of new wind capacity in 2020 — the most ever added annually.
BLOG: Vistra’s New Acquisitions Further Consolidate Texas Retail Electric Market
NRG and Vistra could end up controlling about 75 percent of the competitive Texas market, according to published reports.
BLOG: Texas Regulators Set Energy Efficiency Utility Charges for 2021
One charge on your home electric bill that may have escaped your notice is for something called the “EECRF.” This discrete charge pays your local utility for costs it incurs for creating energy efficiency programs.
Blog: PUC Questions Contract with Texas Reliability Monitor
The Texas Reliability Entity — also known as the “Texas RE” — is charged with monitoring and enforcing ERCOT compliance with federal electric reliability standards from the North American Electric Regulatory Corporation. The Texas RE also serves as the PUC’s Reliability Monitor for the ERCOT region.
BLOG: East Texas Utility Scrambles to Restore Power After Hurricane
Although it made landfall outside the state, Hurricane Laura knocked out power for hundreds of thousand customers within Texas and wreaked havoc on the local utility.
BLOG: ERCOT Predicts Sufficient Electricity for Fall, Winter
The supply of electricity in Texas this fall and winter should keep up with demand, according to recent reports.
BLOG: Texas Regulators Consider Emerging Electric Vehicle Issues
By potentially shifting a portion of the state’s very large energy needs from transportation onto the electric system, electric vehicles present challenges to Texas’s utility framework.
Blog: Distribution System Adjustments to Increase Electric Rates
Several major utilities filed applications at the PUC to adjust charges associated with their electric distribution systems.
Blog: Summer Energy Consumption, Renewable Use on the Rise in Texas
Texans set a new peak electricity demand record for the month of July by consuming 73,962 megawatts of power between 4 and 5 p.m. on July 13.
BLOG: Electric Deregulation Bill Charges to Phase Out Soon
Cumulatively, the charges have totaled more than $6.6 billion. Utility customers — both home users or businesses — have had them included with their transmission and distribution rates.
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March 2014
A Retreat From Electric Competition
