Texas’s transmission and distribution utility, Oncor, which manages the largest power line network in Texas, has proposed an infrastructure upgrade plan to invest 5.2 billion dollars in a network of […]
Category: Texas Electricity
Houston’s Electric Utility Reaping Windfall Profits, Asking For More
The Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP), a consumer advocacy group, reports that Houston company CenterPoint Energy is pulling in tens of millions of dollars in excess profits, and Houston’s […]
Texas Power Consumer Complaints On The Rise, Reports TCAP
A recent analysis by the consumer advocacy group Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP) shows that consumer complaints filed with the state’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) have risen again in […]
Texas Electricity Providers Perform Well In Survey
Green Mountain Energy has taken the top spot in the JD Power 2014 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. The study, now in its seventh year, surveys electric customers […]
Infrastructure Upgrades Mean Texas No Longer Wasting Wind Power
According to a report by the Energy Information Administration, curtailments of wind generated electricity in Texas have dropped steadily and substantially since 2011 thanks mostly to the state’s completion of […]
World’s Largest Carbon Capture Facility To Be Built Near Houston
The world’s largest carbon capture facility is coming to Texas. The US Department of Energy has announced that work will soon begin a project to capture up to 90% of […]
New Plan To Export Texas Electricity To Other States
A California based energy company has developed a plan to export Texas electricity to other states. Seen as a way to make use of the state’s abundant supply of wind […]
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