Is TXU’s Free Nights & Solar Days Plan a Good Deal On Electricity? Forgive the statement of the obvious, but the state of Texas is hot. Summertime temperatures routinely hit triple digits in Texas, and as a result people’s air conditioners work overtime during the summer months. As a result, people’s electricity bills often soar, […]
In this Texas electricity providers comparison, we will determine the best Dallas Green Energy Rates in the metropolitan area. We have narrowed down the top three green plans, they are from 4 Change Energy, Frontier, and the Green Mountain Energy Company. We found that 4 Change Energy had the overall best green plan available, both economically […]
The Texas electricity grid is often looked at as the paradigm for wind energy for an electricity grid. And in many ways, that’s absolutely true. Texas achieved another milestone on Thursday night,
As I’ve written before, the Tres Amigas Superstation which is being to constructed to connect America’s 3 major electricity grids is a great project. Well, the project recently received a 12 million dollar investment by Matsui, a Japanese company. Matsui will take an equity stake in the Tres Amigas. This is great news because anything […]
In a recent article by the NPR, writer Terrence Henry takes an admiring look at Austin and their commitment to green energy sources. He asks whether or not the rest of Texas will be likely to follow their example. My knee-jerk, educated guess? Unlikely. Austin is pretty unique from an energy perspective. Their energy needs […]
Last week’s purchase of First Choice Power by Direct Energy was yet another major acquisition of a Retail Electricity Provider by a major energy conglomerate. There’s been around a half a dozen of these deals in the past year, and in my opinion things have gotten a bit muddled and confusing. So I wanted to […]
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 new rankings and numbers are posted, although there wasn’t much change in the actual order of providers. Bounce Energy remained in the top spot, boosted by their great freshman performance in […]
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 perfectly honest, making that post became too cumbersome, and I was trying to find some easier ways to do that regularly with some technological solutions. Well, that hasn’t […]
The deregulated Texas Electricity market receives a lot of criticism from the people who live here. However, ironically, it is universally praised and used as a model by every other state that is moving to deregulation. And in an awesome article in today’s Fort Worth Star-Telegram, author Mitchell Schnurman takes a look at why Texas […]
President Obama’s been crossing the country and talking about the importance of Green Energy technology and how it is the future of America. He is touting it as a solution to America’s job problem, it’s energy problem in regards to a dependence of foreign oil, as well as hallmark to us improving as an environmentally […]