by TCCFUI | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog
Bad news for cities, their taxpayers and a possible safety hazard — these are some of the bottom line concerns about two bills currently winding their way through the Texas Legislature. The bills in question are HB 2838 and SB 1004. According to their legislative...
by TCCFUI | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog
We’re now beyond the halfway mark in the 85th Texas Legislature. More than 100 utility-related bills have been filed, and many of them — if adopted — could impact your home utility rates or impact municipal interactions with utilities. Some important energy bills have...
by TCCFUI | Apr 12, 2017 | Blog
An out-of-state company’s $18 billion bid to buy the largest electric utility in Texas could be considered again by state regulators on Thursday. But the Texas Public Utility Commission already has signaled its opposition once — and given current realities, don’t...
by TCCFUI | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog
We’re at the halfway mark in the 85th Texas Legislature. More than 100 energy-related bills have been filed, and many of them — if adopted — could impact your home electric rates. Some important energy bills have come up in committee, although most have yet to bubble...
by TCCFUI | Feb 24, 2017 | Blog
What’s in it for us? That’s the question recently posed by Dallas Morning News columnist Mitch Schnurman regarding the proposed multi-billion-dollar acquisition of Oncor Electric by Florida-based NextEra. And it’s a key question: Oncor is the state’s largest...