Hunt, which leads an investment group that includes a bounty of investment firms, has proposed turning Oncor into a real estate investment trust, enabling the shift of tax liability away from the utility. That would mean almost an additional $250 million a year for the company, in what Tietjen described as “a substantial transfer of wealth from ratepayers to shareholders.”
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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.