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Snapshot Report: 2019 PUC Complaint Data
Updated October, 2019
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Updated May, 2019
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BLOG: New Law Requires Public Disclosure of Utility Safety Reports
Under a new law, the Texas Public Utility Commission now posts utility safety reports online.
Blog: Regulators Extend COVID-19 Non-ERCOT Disconnection Moratorium
Set to expire May 15, a moratorium on non-ERCOT utility disconnections has been extended.
Blog: ERCOT Predicts Hot Summer and Record Use but Sufficient Reserves
If the forecast proves accurate, the 2020 summer peak will beat the all-time peak record set on August 12, 2019.
Blog: New Market Players in Dispute with Texas REPs
In exchange for a fee, the concierges purchase power on behalf of customers and then switch them if better deals come along. But some retail electric providers now refuse to sell power who use concierge services.
Blog: Texas Power Grid Makes Adjustments for COVID-19
Like the rest of Texas, ERCOT has had to make significant adjustments in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic
Blog: Residential Aggregation Finally Makes Progress in Texas Deregulated Market
Lawmakers behind the deregulation law inserted a provision that gives citizens the ability to team with their cities to save money.
Blog: Third-Party Vendors Scamming Electric Consumers, PUC Warns
The agency warns against third-party vendors promising to help with program enrollment. Many may be scammers.
Blog: PUC Chair Urges REP Cooperation with COVID-19 Customer Protections
The PUC has received complaints of long hold times and phone call hang-ups for financially distressed electricity customers.
Blog: Major Gas Utilities Respond to Coronavirus Pandemic
A recent decision by the Texas Public Utility Commission to suspend electric service disconnections during the COVID-19 crisis made statewide headlines. Less publicized, however, are pandemic responses by the state’s major gas utilities.
Blog: Electric Usage Patterns Change in Texas as Result of COVID-19
The grid operator began monitoring shifting usage patterns about a month ago as large numbers of Texans began working from home.
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