by TCCFUI | Aug 29, 2018 | Blog, Rates and Service
One-third of a billion dollars — that’s the value of rate reductions so far approved by Texas electric utility regulators as a consequence of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Adopted last December, the federal tax law reduced corporate liability from 35 percent to 21...
by TCCFUI | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog
The state’s electricity shopping website has been in the news lately, and not for the right reasons. Consumers, consumer groups and media watchdogs have called foul after electric retailers began using the site to promote misleading offers. The three-member Texas...
by TCCFUI | Aug 9, 2018 | Blog
The Texas Public Utility Commission directed staff on Thursday to make changes to the state’s electricity shopping website after receiving complaints that companies were using it to promote misleading offers. The site, powertochoose.org, lists retail electricity deals...
by TCCFUI | Aug 7, 2018 | Blog, Regulatory Action
At the urging of cities and regulators, the state’s regulated electric utilities have committed to pass along savings from last year’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. But will home customers ever benefit? That’s the big question posed recently by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram....
by TCCFUI | Jul 27, 2018 | Blog, Regulatory Action
A multi-billion-dollar multi-state renewable energy project has lost a key vote at the Texas Public Utility Commission — a development that had led to the cancellation of what otherwise would have been the nation’s largest wind facility. The proposed 2,000-megawatt...