Reliant Energy, a leading Texas retail electricity provider, is offering an interesting new deal to its customers in order to save electricity all over the state. Under the new program, which is completely voluntary, customers who opt into the deal …
27 Feb
Right now, Texas operates an energy market that is designed as an energy-only or product-only market. This means that the markets can only trade on energy that currently exists. However, there is a push to make changes to the market …
14 Aug
JD Power has released their annual Texas electricity consumers survey results. Overall satisfaction for consumers of electricity within the Texas deregulated electricity market continues to rise. Results this year were the highest in the survey’s history.
Respondents also reported the …
02 May
4Change Energy, a retail electric provider owned by the same parent company as TXU Energy, has announced the four organizations which will receive its charitable dollars. The company has pledged to give 4% of its profits to charity. Until now, …
27 Jan
TXU’s new television promotion focuses on the TXU Cash Rewards program. As with many of TXU’s promotions there are problems with the Cash Rewards program. The commercial promises up to 5% cash back but the catch is that the 5% …
01 Nov
Oncor, the poles and wires company that delivers electricity to North Texas, has created a new pass-through fee that will be attached to the electric bill of most North Texans regardless of who their electric company is.
The $60 or …
11 Sep
Texas electricity operators can breath a sigh of relief as the summer seasons winds down. There had been a great deal of concern about the ability of theTexasgrid to withstand the demands of another hot Texas summer. The Electric Reliability …
29 Aug
More commercial electricity customers in Texas are seeking the ability to opt out of the states controversial Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Factor fee. The fee is designed to fund energy efficiency programs in the state of Texas; paying for such …
07 Aug
Texas electricity officials are asking Texans to conserve electricity to avoid power disruptions as the state struggles to keep up with electricity demand during the summer months. On July 31st the state set a new usage record of 65,790 …
21 Jun
The Texas grid is operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and is separate from the other North American power grids. ERCOT is battling on multiple fronts to maintain enough power to meet demand as weather extremes, economic …
18 Jun