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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.
BLOG: Citing Ratepayer Risk, Texas Regulators Reject Wind Proposal
SWEPCO had not shown the out-of-state wind facilities would result in lower costs for Texas customers, according to regulators.
Blog: Texas Regulators Extend COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program
The COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program applies only to residential customers in areas with retail electric deregulation.
Blog: Change at the Top for Houston’s CenterPoint Energy
CenterPoint serves as the primary electric transmission and distribution utility and natural gas utility for Houston, its surrounding areas and for a large swath of the Texas Gulf Coast.
Blog: Texas Law Ushered in City, State Cooperation in Utility Regulation
The 100-year-old Cox Act marked the beginning of city, state cooperation in utility regulation.
Blog: Texas Supreme Court to Consider ERCOT Sovereign Immunity
A state’s primary power grid operator faces a lawsuit that could determine whether it faces future legal liability.
Blog: Bumpy Ride for Texas-Based Utility Company CenterPoint
CenterPoint’s sale of a big natural gas retail asset closed earlier this month for substantially less than initially anticipated.
Blog: New Report from ERCOT Monitor Shows Well-Functioning Market, Higher Wholesale Prices
ERCOT continued to set new records for wind output. Wind resources produced a record of 19,672 megawatts on Jan. 21. On Nov. 25, wind provided a record 58 percent of total load.
Blog: Texas Cities Make Solar Energy Progress
The analysis also found that almost 90 percent of the surveyed cities nationwide had more than doubled their total installed solar photovoltaic capacity between 2013 and 2019.
Blog: CenterPoint Shuts Down Website, Keeps Focus on Regulated Business
The move marks only the latest retreat from competitive markets for CenterPoint, which is best known for the regulated transmission and distribution networks it operates around Houston and the Gulf Coast.
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