Texas Electricity Ratings Blog
Power To Choose To Become More Consumer Oriented?
Recently it was announced that Power To Choose will be launching a new website on May 6th, with the hope that the new site will be "more focused on...
Is ERCOT Ready For The Summer Electricity Load?
The past several months there have been a number of discussions about Texas's power generation shortage over several related topics. Talks about the...
UPDATED: For the PUC Complaint Scorecard, the PUC Continues to Score an “F”
The PUC Complaint Scorecard, one of the primary resources for consumers to research Texas electricity providers, is once again out of date. Sadly,...
Energy Future Holdings News Dump – 4/18/2013
When it comes to media coverage, It just keeps getting more and more interesting for Texas electricity company Energy Future Holdings this week....
Generators Claiming They Can’t Make A Profit is Nonsense
This won't be a long post. I saw an article this morning that NRG is purchasing a power generation plan in Corpus Christi for 244 million dollars....
Donna Nelson On Residential Customer Demand Response
I've been fairly critical of the PUC in recent posts, but recently Donna Nelson did speak out on something that I do actually agree with...or at the...
Is There an Texas Electricity Market Bubble?
I've written before about my concerns about how Texas electricity companies are selling electricity plans at a loss, and I've written before about...
Bounce Energy’s New Build Your Own Electricity Plan
Last week Bounce Energy asked me if I'd like to take their newest product for a test drive and give my thoughts. My first reaction, was "Why does a...
PUC Continues to Drop Ball on Consumer Advocacy?
I revieve reader questions on a regular basis about how the PUC handles their ranking system. The general thrust is "I see there is a state rankings...
Texas Electricity Ratings: Rankings Update 2/19/13
We're well into the new year, and it is time for a new update of our rankings here at Texas Electricity Ratings. We've had rate changes now that...