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Electricity Complaints Skyrocket under Deregulation
From a RechargeTexas.com press release issued 7/25: July 25, 2011 – Austin, TEXAS – Electricity complaints have skyrocketed under the Texas electric deregulation law — from fewer than 2,100 received each year by the state’s Public Utility Commission to an average of...
Electric Cooperative vs Deregulation: Who Pays More?
On June 18th, Donna Nelson, a member of the Public Utility Commission, paid a surprise visit to the board of the Pedernales Electric Cooperative. Her message: it’s time for the PEC to deregulate. The PEC delivers electricity to more than 200,000 accounts in Central...
Electric Deregulation Still Failing to Deliver For Texans
There’s a lot been made about the relationship between natural gas prices and how much we all pay for electricity. That’s because a large portion of the energy sold in the Lone Star State comes from gas-fired electricity plants. So when the price of natural gas goes...
Nothing to brag about: Texans continue paying more for power than residents in neighboring states
Although electricity prices in Texas have decreased somewhat from a peak a few years back, they still remain higher than they were during the decade before deregulation. They also don't compare so well to prices in neighboring states. Consider, for example, the...
Tale of Two Cities: Houston and San Antonio
Electricity still too expensive under Texas electric deregulation law That electricity rates have gone down in recent months is great news without a doubt. But that doesn’t mean that flaws in our state’s deregulated system have been corrected. Consider, for example,...
Legal Q&A: How do Texas cities get electricity?
source: Texas Town & City and the Texas Municipal League
Republished here with permission from Texas Town & City and the Texas Municipal League Legal Q&A By Scott Houston TML General Counsel Note: Cities have various interests relating to how they and their citizens get electric service, how cities with municipally...
Dallas Morning News: ERCOT Lacks Accountability
The pervasive lack of accountability at ERCOT, the organization that manages the Texas power grid, has drawn the attention of one of the state’s leading newspapers. In an April 7 editorial, The Dallas Morning News endorsed two important bills that would help reform...
New report shows Texas’ largest cities continue to have some of the highest utility costs in the country
According to Whitefenceindex.com, consumers in Houston and Dallas are paying higher electric bills than residents in many of the nation’s top cities. The WhiteFence Index compares monthly utility costs for 20 major U.S. cities. Their comparison tool shows that during...
Report: $15.5 Billion in Excess Electric Costs under Texas Electric Deregulation
New Study from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power: $15.5 Billion in Excess Electric Costs under Texas Electric Deregulation Coalitions Representing More Than 150 Cities Send Letter Calling for Action by Texas Legislature. AUSTIN, Texas--Excessive electricity...
Hey North Texans: Oncor would like some more to become even MORE profitable
Today Oncor Electric Delivery is asking state regulators for permission to increase your electric bill… Again. The state’s largest electric transmission company is requesting an increase that would total $350 million in additional revenue each year. Broken down,...
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