By Eileen O’Grady (Reuters) – The summer heat wave that pushed Texas’ power grid to the brink of blackouts has faded, but the debate over how to keep the lights […]
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Texas hits new wind power record.
(Reuters) – Texas records yet another record for wind-power output as coastal wind farms begin to play a larger role in supplying electricity to the state. The total electricity produced […]
TXU Continues To Lose Customers
According to TXU’s latest numbers, their client base has dropped another 6%, but the company says it won’t chase prices. Instead of lowering rates to match the market average and […]
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 […]
New Transmission Lines To Bring West Texas Wind To Dallas And Austin
Texas is the largest producer of wind energy in the United States by a wide margin. In fact, Texas is one of the largest producers of wind energy in the […]
Texas Electricity Rates Going Up – Again
In a move that was perhaps inevitable, the Texas Public Utility Commission has voted to double the current wholesale electricity price cap in Texas from the current ,500 per megawatt […]
More Legal Issues For The Parent Company Of TXU
TXU’s parent company, Energy Future Holdings, has yet another legal issue to contend with. EFH is once again being sued over it’s highly pollutive Luminant plant in Longview, Texas. […]