So I recently saw an article that a group called Recharge Texas released through Business Wire discussing some truly wrongheaded ideas. Recharge Texas claims to be the state’s “premier website for energy consumers.” I wonder if just maybe that title was something they gave to themselves. Without further ado, let’s jump right in and examine Read More
I’m sure that anyone who’s been keeping an even casual eye on the news cycles the past few weeks have seen a number of articles written about the new EPA changes and how they will effect our Texas electricity market. The act that has been pushed through the EPA by our current administration is called Read More
I was running through the latest reviews at Texas Electricity Ratings and I came across some reviews complaining about being charged for using too little electricity. In past posts, I know I’ve explained to people how minimum usage charges exist in the Texas electricity market. So this week, I saw two specific reviews left for Read More
In what looks to be the first major regulated area opening up since the initial deregulation in 2002(that I can remember, there may have been others), Sharyland Utilities is set to transition to a deregulated electricity market. Starting in January 2014, Sharyland Utilities and their 44,000 residential and commercial customers in 28 different counties of Read More
I just wanted to drop a few tidbits of Texas electricity market that didn’t deserve their own blog post. So instead, I’m just going to group the tidbits below. PUC Chairman Resigns – Barry Smitherman, who has been a commissioner of the PUC since 2004 and the Chairmen of the PUC since 2007, resigned his Read More
I ran across what I considered to be a fascinating read about what could be the future of electricity sales in Texas. To summarize, the article discusses how in the UK, much of Europe and Australia have been deregulated for quite awhile compared to the still young and immature US deregulated markets. And over there, Read More
The deregulated Texas Electricity market receives a lot of criticism from the people who live here. However, ironically, it is universally praised and used as a model by every other state that is moving to deregulation. And in an awesome article in today’s Fort Worth Star-Telegram, author Mitchell Schnurman takes a look at why Texas Read More