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PUC Approves CenterPoint Electric Rate Increase to Pay For System Restoration

PUC Approves CenterPoint Electric Rate Increase to Pay For System Restoration

by R.A. Dyer | Oct 13, 2025 | Electricity

The restoration costs will add about $2 per month to the average customer’s electricity bill, with the rate change expected to take effect later this year or early next year. ________________________________________________ An approximately $1.2 billion CenterPoint...
More Plant Financing Approved under $10 billion Texas Energy Fund Loan Program

More Plant Financing Approved under $10 billion Texas Energy Fund Loan Program

by R.A. Dyer | Aug 6, 2025 | Electricity

The plant, under construction by NRG Energy, is currently slated to begin operating next summer, according to the governor’s office. ________________________________________________ A 456-megawatt natural gas power plant in Houston has received the go-ahead for loan...
More Plant Financing Approved under $10 billion Texas Energy Fund Loan Program

Electric Plant Near Houston Receives Green Light for $105 million Texas Energy Fund Loan

by R.A. Dyer | Jul 1, 2025 | Electricity

Under terms of the funding agreement, the developers of a 122-megawatt natural gas-fired facility in Colorado County west of Houston will have access to a 20-year loan of up to $105 million. ________________________________________________ The Public Utility...
PUC Approves CenterPoint Electric Rate Increase to Pay For System Restoration

CenterPoint’s Claim to Make Customers “Whole” for Generation Costs Questioned

by R.A. Dyer | Apr 24, 2025 | Electricity, Legislature

CenterPoint Vice President Jason Ryan has outlined a plan under which its customers would be made whole for previous charges relating to the utility’s leases of mobile generation units that went unused during hurricane recovery efforts....
Federal Judge Blocks Electric Transmission Law in Texas as Anti-Competitive

Federal Judge Blocks Electric Transmission Law in Texas as Anti-Competitive

by R.A. Dyer | Nov 1, 2024 | Electricity, Legislature

The ruling bars regulators from enforcing Senate Bill 1938, a 2019 law that blocked power companies that don’t already own transmission within Texas from building lines inside the state that form part of multi-state electricity grids....
CenterPoint Revenues Decline with Hurricane Beryl Outages, Vegetation Management

CenterPoint Revenues Decline with Hurricane Beryl Outages, Vegetation Management

by R.A. Dyer | Oct 30, 2024 | Electricity, ERCOT

Officials blamed in part reduced usage because of outages from Hurricane Beryl for the revenue decline. ________________________________________________ CenterPoint Energy, the Houston-based electric and gas utility, reported $198 million in consolidated income for...
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Why TCCFUI

TCCFUI is comprehensively focused on utility issues for Texas cities! With its volunteer board of city representatives, we work with other state and local organizations to fill unserved city needs.

Recent Blog Posts

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  • CenterPoint Electric Uses DCRF Rules to Seek Another Multi-Milion-Dollar Rate Increase