Texas Electricity Ratings Blog
Texas Electricity Fines: What Do The Fines Mean?
On Monday I saw a couple of different notes over at Energy Choice Matters, both of which discussed a couple of Retail Electricity Providers (REPs)...
More Signs Pointing to Imminent EFH/TXU Bankruptcy
Per the Wall Street Journal, Energy Future Holdings (parent company to TXU, Oncor, and Luminant) formerly known as TXU Corp., has hired...
Why Are Texas Electricity Companies Selling At a Loss?
There are a number of Texas electricity providers that seem to be selling electricity at a loss. That is what I see when I look at the Power To...
Texas Electricity Market Is a Success
At least that is true according to a recent op-ed in the Houston Chronicle. I've actually written several versions of this article over the past few...
TXU Part of Two Billion Dollar Loss
I've reported before on the financial troubles of Energy Future Holdings, as well as the ramifications if the parent company of TXU Energy goes...
UPDATE 1/10/2013: PUC Complaint Scorecard Still Needs Some Work
A couple months back I spoke with the PUC, on a story linked here, regarding the PUC's handling of their self-trumpeted ratings system for REPs....
Texas Electricity News & Notes 1/10/2013
There were a couple of news items that hit the Texas electricity market this week. Neither of them on their own require enough analysis to warrant...
PUC To Implement Smart-meter Opt-Out Plan
The PUC announced last week that they'd be coming up with an opt-out program for Smart Meters. This isn't surprising, given the natural Independence...
ERCOT Has Optimistic Look on Electricity Generation Futures
Per Paul Ring at Energy Choice Matters, ERCOT is forecasting healthier generation reserves for 2014 and beyond, which has been a major concern...
PUC Rules Electric Companies Can’t Alter Fixed Price Rates
After the PUC voted to raise the market cape earlier this summer (with more cap raises coming in upcoming years), there were a lot of concerns about...