Dec 19, 2014 | Legislative Watch
Operating Outside Free Market, Houston’s CenterPoint Maximizes Profits by Lobbying Against Oversight Houston’s CenterPoint Energy is at again. The big monopoly with a reputation for bad ideas has successfully lobbied for a rule change at the Texas Railroad...
Nov 25, 2014 | Legislative Watch
Has Oncor systematically shortchanged its electric distribution system? That’s the question from Public Utility Commission Kenneth Anderson, who wrote in a recent memo that repeated outages in North Texas have him left wondering whether the company is doing enough to...
Nov 17, 2014 | Legislative Watch
Oncor, the state’s largest electric monopoly, wants to invest billions of dollars in energy storage technology — a proposal that could lead to the placement of refrigerator-sized batteries behind shopping malls and in residential neighborhoods. But the ambitious plan...
Oct 23, 2014 | Legislative Watch
CenterPoint to seek 2015 rate increase, lobbyists have pushed for less stringent oversight Houstonians appear to be paying too much for electricity — tens of millions of dollars too much. Texas regulators report that Houston’s CenterPoint Energy collected $46.5...
Sep 23, 2014 | Legislative Watch
A long-delayed program intended to deliver high-tech energy savings to low-income Texans may finally be getting back on track. But questions remain — including whether large numbers of low-income Texans will avail themselves of the new technology. The devices included...
