Aug 7, 2015 | Industry News
How’s this for irritating? You shut down your air conditioning and appliances to save money, but then get dinged with an extra fee for conserving power. Welcome to the annoying world of minimum-use fees. These particularly pernicious charges have become increasingly...
Jul 14, 2015 | Legislative Watch
ERCOT wants to increase its revenues — and it’s seeking another rate hike to make it happen. In documents filed with Texas regulators, the operator of the state’s principal power grid seeks to hike the fee that finances its operations from the current 46.5 cents per...
Jul 1, 2015 | Legislative Watch
About $52 — that’s how much money low-income Texans can expect to save on their electric bills each month for an entire year under a proposal before regulators on Thursday. The discounts will flow through August 2016 and reduce bills by nearly five cents per kilowatt...
Jun 17, 2015 | Legislative Watch
Ouch! Direct Energy, a retail electric provider popular in Texas, faces a $220,000 penalty for initiating service disconnections during two extreme weather events last year. Cutting power to consumers during weather emergencies — even if those customers have fallen...
Jun 8, 2015 | Legislative Watch
Nearly a quarter billion dollars in rate discounts will continue flowing to 530,000 low-income Texans under legislation adopted last month in Austin. That bill — assuming Gov. Greg Abbott signs it into law — will represent the biggest victory of the 84th Legislative...
