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...
Mar 27, 2017 | Policy and ReformLarge scale electricity consumers could more directly compete with large scale electricity generators — and as a result, consumers overall could benefit. At least, that’s a promising outcome under proposed rules gaining momentum at the Electric Reliability Council of...
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...
Jun 8, 2016 | Press ReleasesResidents in Houston and Dallas can choose among a growing number of competitive electricity deals with prices that meet or beat prices in deregulation-exempt areas of the state, according to a new report from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power. What remains...
Feb 11, 2016 | Rates and ServiceOne-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...
