Aug 12, 2015 | Industry News
For the first-time ever, residential electricity prices in areas of Texas with deregulated retail electric service have remained below the national average for two consecutive years, according to a new report from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power. The analysis...
May 8, 2015 | Industry News
Looking to cut your electric consumption? One way to do so — and save money to boot — is to avoid automatic bill payment programs. That’s the conclusion of Duke University economist Steven Sexton, who finds in a new peer reviewed study that enrollment in automatic...
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...
Sep 8, 2014 | Industry News
Time, now, to take questions from the TCAP mailbag. A reader asks: “Is it true that the state will soon discontinue its bill assistance program for low-income Texans? And if so, are there low-income programs that can take its place?” The short answers are maybe and...
Apr 30, 2014 | Legislative Watch
Most of its employees live in the Dallas area. Its transmission lines crisscross the state. It has millions of retail customers from McAllen to Plano. And so why is Energy Future Holdings, the largest electric company in Texas, undergoing bankruptcy proceedings in...
