by TCCFUI | Oct 17, 2018 | Blog, Electricity
“Based on these results, we conclude that the current market design will support more than sufficient reserve margins from an economic perspective,” the report states. The ERCOT energy market — like any wholesale energy market — needs a constant supply...
by TCCFUI | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog, Regulatory Action
“The PUC’s ultimatum on Friday was just its latest move to ensure powertochoose.org better serves Texas consumers.” By R.A. Dyer SEPT. 17, 2018 — Three days after Public Utility Commission chair issued an ultimatum on the matter, the agency has...
by TCCFUI | Aug 31, 2018 | Blog, Regulatory Action
AEP Texas wants to increase electric rates by $415 million — money the utility says it needs to cover the costs for repairing electric lines, poles and transmission facilities around the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey. The south Texas utility made the request in...
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...
