It’s costing NextEra an extra $300 million in cash and an agreement to pick up the debt and asbestos liabilities from the Texas electricity...
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Energy Future Holdings Emerging from Chapter 11 in Near Future
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Sontchi gave approval in his Delaware courtroom this past Friday, August 26 for Energy Futures Holdings to...
Texas Electricity Ratings Review Explanation of the Week: 8/15/2016
Here at Texas Electricity Ratings, we are starting a new regular column that will look at a review that someone has submitted and examine it. The...
Champion Energy Wins 6th J.D. Power Award
Champion Energy has won yet another J.D. Power award for customer satisfaction, showing once again that they are at the pinnacle of Texas...
Texas Electricity Ratings Updates Summer Rankings
Texas Electricity Ratings has updated their Texas electricity provider rankings heading into the hottest portion of the Texas summer shopping...
PUC Cuts Back Centerpoint Rate Increases
Back on this past March 21, Centerpoint filed an application with the PUC to increase its TDU rates for its Houston customers, as well as those in...
What Happened to Clean Coal?
Though Carbon Capture and Storage —“Clean Coal”— is technically feasible, it might be economically smarter to leave the once Black Diamond in the...
Texas Electricity Consumer Questions—TDU Charges
Occasionally, folks ask some good questions when they’re shopping for electricity. Our Texas Electricity Consumer Questions Series tries to clear up...
ERCOT Summer Capacity: How big demand effects energy bills
On hot Texas afternoons about 2pm, you’ve probably noticed the loud buzzing throb as hundreds (if not thousands) of air conditioners kick into...
Texas PUC Removes 1 Cent Plans
In what I consider to be an outstanding move today, the Public Utilities Commision of Texas (PUC) has removed the 1 cent plans from the front page...