Category Archives: Electric Deregulation
Shopping Tips for Electric Customers in Texas Deregulated Market
Making apples-to-apples comparisons when shopping for electricity in deregulated areas can be nearly impossible. Continue reading
Confusing Surcharges Complicate Comparison Shopping for Electricity
The confusing array of fees and charges in electricity contracts make it nearly impossible to make apples-to-apples comparisons. Continue reading
Texas electric deregulation subject of new PBS report
Inside E Street, a Public Broadcasting System program featured on more than 200 TV stations nationwide, has begun airing a new segment. It’s main focus: electric deregulation in Texas. Continue reading
What is the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power?
Find out more about the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power, one of the state’s leading coalitions of energy consumers. Continue reading
TCAP Releases Report for 10-Year Anniversary of Deregulation
So, after 10 years of electric deregulation: how has Texas fared? A new report from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power provides answers. Continue reading
Texans under deregulation have paid $3,100 more for electricity
The short end of the stick: Texans in deregulated areas have paid substantially more for electricity than Texans outside deregulation. Continue reading
Policy Spotlight: Texans to Pay $6.5 billion in electric deregulation costs
The then-PUC chairman forecast in 1999 that Texans would not be liable for more than about $5 billion in stranded costs. It’s now clear that stranded costs will exceed those predictions by at least 30 percent. Continue reading
Texas Electricity Market Still Not Matching Pre-Deregulation Levels
Here’s the good news. The most recent federal data from the United States Energy Information Administration shows that residential electricity prices in Texas have dipped below the national average. That means Texans are saving on their electric bills, at least in comparison to the rest of the nation. Now, comes the bad news: relative to the rest of the nation, … Continue reading
ERCOT’s market “watchdog” wants higher electric prices
The Independent Market Monitor — a position created by the Texas Legislature in 2005 to act as a watchdog of the state’s wholesale electricity market — recently issued its annual State of the Market Report for 2010. The report was unusual in that it addressed the final year of the “zonal” system, which ERCOT has used to manage the wholesale … Continue reading
Warning: New Proposals Designed to Increase Prices, Company Profits
Artificial price supports in the competitive market? Price caps become price floors? New regulatory proposals offer “heads I win, tails you lose” vision of deregulation. Continue reading →