Mar 16, 2018 | Press ReleasesIt was with the promise of better prices and choices that state lawmakers in 1999 adopted the Texas electric deregulation law. Newly minted electric companies would compete for customers. In theory, market forces would keep a lid on bills. How has Texas fared since...
Feb 27, 2017 | Press ReleasesIt was with the promise of better prices and choices that state lawmakers in 1999 adopted the Texas electric deregulation law. Newly minted electric companies would compete for customers. In theory, market forces would keep a lid on bills. How has Texas fared since...
Oct 27, 2016 | Policy and ReformElectricity complaints filed with state regulators have dropped precipitously to a new post-electric deregulation low, according to a new report by the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power. All told, Texans filed 4,835 electricity-related complaints or inquiries with...
Aug 10, 2016 | Policy and ReformAUSTIN — Although supported by utility monopolies, overhauling the state’s procedures for setting home electric rates would lead to higher prices for costumers, more paperwork for regulators and cause big headaches for retail electric providers. Those were some...
Jun 22, 2016 | Rates and ServiceChange for the better could soon be coming to the state’s electric shopping website under reforms promoted by Public Utility Commission chairwoman Donna Nelson. The website, powertochoose.org, has been around since 2002, the very beginning of retail electric...
