TXU Part of Two Billion Dollar Loss
I’ve reported before on the financial troubles of Energy Future Holdings, as well as the ramifications if the parent company of TXU Energy goes bankrupt. Well,
UPDATE 1/10/2013: PUC Complaint Scorecard Still Needs Some Work
A couple months back I spoke with the PUC, on a story linked here, regarding the PUC’s handling of their self-trumpeted ratings system for REPs. When I started asking questions, they quickly turned around an update the following date and the improvements in their process were clear. Since then, they’ve not done anything else. In the […]
Texas Electricity News & Notes 1/10/2013
There were a couple of news items that hit the Texas electricity market this week. Neither of them on their own require enough analysis to warrant an entire blog post, so I’m going to stick them together in this one blog post. First up,
PUC To Implement Smart-meter Opt-Out Plan
The PUC announced last week that they’d be coming up with an opt-out program for Smart Meters. This isn’t surprising, given the natural Independence of Texans in general, and some people have had concerns about the effectiveness of Smart Meters, as well as the idea that they don’t like agencies gathering their data on electricity usage. […]
ERCOT Has Optimistic Look on Electricity Generation Futures
Per Paul Ring at Energy Choice Matters, ERCOT is forecasting healthier generation reserves for 2014 and beyond, which has been a major concern facing Texas for the past couple years. Anyone reading this blog knows that Texas has been slipping closer and closer to the accepted
PUC Rules Electric Companies Can’t Alter Fixed Price Rates
After the PUC voted to raise the market cape earlier this summer (with more cap raises coming in upcoming years), there were a lot of concerns about whether or not Texas electricity companies would alter the rates of their fixed rate electricity plans because of increased costs on their end. This was a controversial concept, […]
TXU Sees Improvement in Customer Turnover
TXU Energy, the largest electricity provider in Texas, has been the subject to a lot of speculation in recent months, even years. And little of it has been good for the biggest of the Texas electricity companies. Most notably is the concern that TXU will end up having to declare bankruptcy at some point because […]
PUC Looking to Revise Financial Requirements for REPs
This news is a bit old, but it is worth a quick mention. Per Paul Ring, at Energy Choice Matters, the PUC is looking to reexamine and likely revise the financial qualifications it takes for REPs to be certified to sell electricity in the state of Texas. This is a direct result of the PUC […]
What Is Proton Energy Thinking?
Since I’ve been writing this blog and running this website, I’ve seen a lot of new Retail Electricity Providers (REPs) enter and exit the market. At this point, it takes more than just low rates to set yourself apart in a crowded Texas electricity market, companies have to interface well with their customers. And in […]
PUC Complaint Summary & Scorecard Need Some Work
The PUC Scorecard and Complaint Summaries have been a part of how Texas Electricity Ratings evaluates the different retail electric providers in Texas since we first began the site back in 2009. After all, the Public Utilities Commission’s own view of different electricity companies was a logical voice to include when trying to create a […]
