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There’s been some news this week on Switch-Holds that I figure I would share with everyone. Switch-Holds have created a little bit of controversy in the Texas electricity<\/a> market over the past year. For the people who aren’t aware of what a switch-hold is, let me give a brief summary below. <\/p>\n

Switch-Holds are basically a response to customers who didn’t pay their bills to their Retail Electricity Provider<\/a> (REP) and switched over to another electricity provider<\/a>. Switch-Holds basically prevent customers from skipping out on owed bills by locking down an electricity meter and forcing customers at a resident to get on a payment plan and pay off their bills. People might not think about it, but this has actually been a fairly sizable problem in the market. <\/p>\n

The problem is that Switch-Holds themselves have hardly been a flawless solution. Some REPs have made mistakes in their own billing and tracking issues that caused problems with customers getting off of switch-holds. There’s also been criticism that switch-holds unfairly target lower income or underprivileged families.<\/p>\n

In regards to those complaints, the latest reporting<\/a> shows that switch-holds are currently holding at or less than 1% of all residential customers in each of the respective 5 TDSP areas in Texas. Which is good news, since on the surface it (hopefully) means that people are paying their bills and the number of people sitting at 1% indicates that not too many people are being subject to swich-holds. <\/p>\n

A much bigger complaint about switch-holds was the fact that the “lock” so to speak, is placed on a specific residence’s meter. But what happens if a switch-hold is placed on a property and the people who owe the debt have just picked up stakes and moved on to another place? It makes it difficult for people to move into a residence if there’s a lock on the meter. According to this news<\/a>, that process is now going to change for the better, by all appearances. In short, the new process eliminates the need for an affidavit when removing a switch hold from a vacant CSA premise.<\/p>\n

So, I have to assume that whenever someone doesn’t need an affidavit to get electricity in Texas<\/a>, that is a good thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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