April 3 — Texas and 15 other states give consumers responsibility for choosing their own retail electricity providers and the retail electric industry would like to see that number expand. But it’s not likely to happen anytime soon as electric utilities fight against giving up their monopolies and federal regulators show little inclination to force states to deregulate their electricity markets.
— Houston Chronicle
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.