One of the fundamental principles of any competitive market is that producers should have a reasonable opportunity to recover their costs and make a fair market return, otherwise existing producers could go bankrupt and new producers will not enter the market.
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Is a policy analyst consultant for TCAP, a coalition of political subdivisions in Texas that purchase electricity in the deregulated market for their own governmental use. Because energy costs are typically a significant budget item to our members, TCAP is consistently looking for ways to save our members money, through cost-saving contracts, energy efficiency or demand response programs.