Cheapest Alternatives to Fixed Rate Electricity in Texas Why would anyone want a variable rate after the Big Freeze in Texas? Well, sometimes it’s better to switch to a variable rate plan in the months between winter and summer. This gives you the power to choose cheaper electricity rates before they start to rise for Read More
Can Free Nights And Weekends Electricity Come Cheap? Getting free electricity is never a bad thing. However, free nights and weekends come with a price. The electricity you consume when you’re paying is typically expensive under these plans. But for some customers, these plans make perfect sense based on their normal home electricity usage. Finding Read More
What Are The Best Houston Popular Electric Plans? When a significant number of people buy something, that gives you confidence to buy it yourself. Surely, that many people can’t be wrong. But what if a slew of people are buying something less flashy? For example, say — a retail electricity plan? You might pay attention Read More
Electricity Customers Will Survive the Texas Power Grid Failure One impish pal privately quipped to me that news about the Texas freeze reminded him of Sunday morning church after a Saturday night chili festival — lots of strained grimaces, startling noises, and mortified amazement. Still, crude humor aside, Texas energy customers are rightly outraged at events Read More
Compare the Best Electricity Rates in Dallas It’s still cold out but winter’s nearly over in Texas. And with the EIA predicting energy rates to rise, you should start looking for cheaper rates now. One of the best ways to shop for cheap electricity is to which plans people sign up for in the Oncor Read More
Who Has Houston’s Best Green Electric Rates? The competition is fierce among Houston’s best green electric plans. The price differences among the cheapest plans amount to no more than a few dollars per month. In such a market, each retail electricity provider’s reputation and each plan’s features are critical to choosing the right plan. After Read More
Who Has the Cheapest 6-Month, Fixed-Rate Plans in Texas? Temperatures are looking to get colder before the winter’s end (and rates to get hotter), meaning that it might be a good time to snatch up a short-term electricity plan in Dallas. With a 6-month fixed-rate plan, you can lock in low electricity rates until just Read More
How Did Cold Weather Freeze The Texas Grid? With Arctic-like cold and wind chills likely sticking around Texas until the weekend, many electricity customers inn ERCOT are finding time to wonder what happened on Sunday, February 15. After all, the past week’s cold weather catastrophe seems more at home in the bleak whiteness of Read More
Will More Green Energy Lower Your Bill? Green energy is booming in Texas. New solar farms, wind farms, and industrial battery projects are starting, continuing, and completing. As a result, many customers wonder if this all this new renewable energy will translate to higher or lower bills. Ultimately, more generation capacity is good for Texas Read More
How Do I Keep My Home Warm During Power Outage Texans woke to teeth-chattering Arctic cold this morning scarcely seen in decades. With temperatures struggling to climb from single digits in the wee-small hours, ERCOT warned Texas electric customers to conserve electricity. Otherwise, “Rotating outages may be needed to protect the system.” The combination of Read More