Jun 22, 2016 | Industry News
Change 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...
May 19, 2016 | Legislative Watch
Could solar power fall victim to its own success? That appears to be the underlying suggestion from two solar analysts who examined the industry’s long-term prospects. The problem relates to “value deflation,” a theoretical concept from economics — but one with...
Apr 1, 2016 | Legislative Watch
It’s a great service — and one that Texas electricity shoppers need — but it also could stand some improvement. That’s why the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power is joining with others in pushing to maintain and reform powertochoose.org, the state’s electricity...
Feb 11, 2016 | Industry News
One-cent electricity? Probably not. But that’s what Public Utility Commission chair Donna Nelson spied on the state’s powertochoose website — and it’s got her angry. “It has come to my attention that some of the REPs are working the powertochoose website,” said the...
Feb 5, 2016 | Legislative Watch
A consortium led by Ray L. Hunt, the Dallas billionaire, is making a bid to buy Oncor, the state’s largest transmission and distribution utility. The proposal has been roundly rejected by consumer groups, who say it will create significant new risk for ratepayers. One...