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
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Texas electricity market has been abuzz the past few weeks after a series of articles have been released speculating about the possibilities of Energy Future Holdings separating their competitive assets (TXU and Luminent, respectively) from Oncor in preparation of possible bankruptcy. There have been several articles in the Dallas Morning News, which you can […]
Summer has passed and we’ve had several events that have influenced some of the ways we rank providers at Texas Electricity Ratings, including rate changes as well as the releasing of the latest JD Power & Associates survey of Texas electricity providers, among others. And surprisingly enough,
Recharge Texas, a group that I’ve often disagreed with in the past, released a new report discussing how PUC complaints have declined year over year from their peak in 2010. Of course, TCAP was also quick to point out that
In what I consider great news, and despite an earlier ruling by a Texas judge, last week the PUC voted 2-1 to forbid AEP from using the name “AEP Retail Energy” to sell electricity in the state of Texas. I wrote extensively about what I saw as the dangers of selling Texas electricity under the […]
