Good afternoon, everyone. I just wanted to post a quick update that I've revised the Texas Electricity Ratings ranking of providers this week. The...
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A Dissection of Deregulated Texas Electricity & Regulated Austin Electricity
I ran across a very interesting article that discusses some of the changes that are taking place with Austin Energy, which services one of the last...
Texas Electricity Grid Changes: Tres Amigos Redux
This summer, which blessedly seems past us, has been extremely brutal for Texas Electricity. One thing for sure that this summer has exposed was as...
Loren Steffy of the Houston Chronicle Wrongly Bashes Deregulated Electricity
I ran across an article on the Houston Chronicle's Fuel Fix Blog this morning. Normally, this is a great blog with lots of interesting articles that...
Texas Electricity: Market Rates
It's been a long time since I posted a blog update with the list of different electricity rates throughout the 5 different regions of Texas. To be...
Indexed Plans Explained
Indexed Plans have always been a quiet, and rarely understood part of the Texas electricity market. They've been present on the market for a couple...
2011 JD Power & Associates Poll Released: Champion Energy #1 Again
The JD Power & Associates group has released their most recent survey of the deregulated electricity providers operating in Texas. In their own...
Texas Electricity Crisis: Explaining the Market Dangers
Everyone has seen the ERCOT notices to conserve electricity recently. They seem like there have been daily alerts and calls to action for people to...
Texas Electricity: Minimum Usage Charges
Earlier this week, I got an email from a Texas Electricity Ratings reader, suggesting I write an article about Minimum Usage charges. We've...
Recharge Texas’s Analysis of Complaints is a Complete Farce and Embarrassment
So I recently saw an article that a group called Recharge Texas released through Business Wire discussing some truly wrongheaded ideas. Recharge...