Month: December 2017

Texas Winter Forecast 2017-18

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What will happen to my Texas electric bill? Homes in Dallas and north Texas might ring in the coming New Year with their furnaces. Night time low temperatures in the low 20s and a daytime high of only 33°F will bring a very wintery start to 2018. How long the cold will last is not Read More

Texas Electric Rates Might Spike This Summer

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ERCOT, the entity charged with running the Texas grid and ensuring it’s reliability, announced Monday that it was lowering its estimated reserve margin for the summer of 2018. While that’s not good news for Texas electric rates , it’s not the end of the world, either. ERCOT’s preferred reserve margin is 13.75% extra generating capacity Read More