Published 23 March 2011 12:34 PM Frustrated lawmakers and consumer groups have complained for years that the power industry wields too much influence over the state’s electric grid manager, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. There’s good reason for that perspective. While it may sound like a regulatory agency, ERCOT is a private council led [...]
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Texas Cities Which Are Deregulated – 866-572-2274
January 23rd, 2011
Houston, TX Dallas Fort Worth Arlington Corpus Christi Plano Garland Lubbock Irving Laredo Pasadena Brownsville Grand Prairie Mesquite, TX Abilene Beaumont Waco Carrollton McAllen Wichita Falls Midland Richardson Odessa San Angelo Killeen Tyler Dento Lewisville, TX Longview College Station Baytown Bryan Sugar Land Round Rock Victoria Harlingen Galveston The Woodlands, TX North Richland Hills, TX [...]
Alice City Council Rejects CenterPoint Energy Rate Increase – 866-572-2274
January 9th, 2011
Posted: Jan 7, 2011 2:20 PM by Jennifer Parker – japarker@kristv.com Updated: Jan 7, 2011 3:50 PM ALICE – City Council members voted unanimously Thursday night to reject a proposed rate increase from CenterPoint Energy. The company recently sent a letter to the Alice city manager stating that effective today the company would be increasing [...]
Texas Area Representatives Open to Utilities Reform
August 27th, 2010
Published Monday, August 23, 2010 12:02 AM theeagle.com, Bryan-College Station, Texas By CASSIE SMITH cassie.smith@theeagle.com State Rep. Fred Brown said he likely will sponsor legislation this winter that would disassemble part of an 11-year-old law that allows cities to keep secret salary and bonus information at municipally-owned power companies. The issue made its way to [...]



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