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SmartMeterTexas website comes under PUC review
The extra bells and whistles – and who, ultimately, pays for them – has taken center stage in an ongoing debate over the state’s under-utilized SmartMeterTexas website for electric consumers. The website, in theory, can help Texans save money by providing them with...
Typhoon Power: Device Captures Massive Wind Bursts
Imagine giant spinning egg beaters that produce electricity, but enough for an entire nation. That’s how Japanese inventor Atsushi Shimizu describes his new invention, an odd-shaped wind turbine designed to harness the power of tropical cyclones. “For decades, Japan...
Utilities Warn Pokemon Go Players: Don’t Get Zapped!
Don’t want to get zapped? Then think twice before getting too close to utility equipment in your quest for Pikachu. That’s the message from electric utility operators after the berserk release this month of “Pokemon Go,” the new online app that has millions of...
PUC’s Nelson Pushes for PowerToChoose Reform
Change for the better could soon be coming to the state’s electric shopping website under reforms promoted by Public Utility Commission chairwoman Donna Nelson. The website, powertochoose.org, has been around since 2002, the very beginning of retail electric...
TCAP Report: Low-Cost Deals on Rise, But Average Electric Prices Historically Higher Under Deregulation
Residents in Houston and Dallas can choose among a growing number of competitive electricity deals with prices that meet or beat prices in deregulation-exempt areas of the state, according to a new report from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power. What remains...
Who is the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP)?
FOR MEMBERS, BY MEMBERS The Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP) is proud to be governed by a 15-member board of directors from 15 different political subdivisions -- including representatives from each of ERCOT’s four zones. TCAP is a for-members, by-members...
PUC Chair Puts Retail Electric Providers on Notice
One-cent electricity? Probably not. But that’s what Public Utility Commission chair Donna Nelson spied on the state’s powertochoose website — and it’s got her angry. “It has come to my attention that some of the REPs are working the powertochoose website,” said the...
TCAP Report: Electric Complaints Fall to Post-Deregulation Low
Electricity complaints filed with regulators have dropped to a new post-electric deregulation low, according to a new report by the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power. All told, Texans during the 2015 fiscal year filed 6,973 electricity-related complaints or...
Regulators Approve Nearly 20 Percent Fee Hike for Electric Grid Operator
Regulators this week hiked by nearly 20 percent the fee that supports the state’s principal electricity grid operator. In a 3-0 vote Thursday, the Texas Public Utility Commission agreed to raise the “System Administration Fee” From 46.5 cents to 55.6 cents per...
NEW Snapshot Report: Electricity Prices in Texas
For the first-time ever, residential electricity prices in areas of Texas with deregulated retail electric service have remained below the national average for two consecutive years, according to a new report from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power. The analysis...
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