BLOG: Vistra’s New Acquisitions Further Consolidate Texas Retail Electric Market
NRG and Vistra could end up controlling about 75 percent of the competitive Texas market, according to published reports.
Electric Companies Agree to Penalty for Alleged Switch-Hold Violations
Switch-holds — that controversial practice that allows electric companies to block Texans under certain conditions from getting service to light their homes, run their air conditioners or power their refrigerators — is in the news again. The Houston Chronicle reports...
REPs may not honor fixed prices
Retail electric providers say they should have the right to increase prices in fixed-rate contracts if regulators follow through with a proposal to increase wholesale energy costs.