By: Jeff Mosier | Texas utility regulators are researching how they can remove misleading electricity plans from the state’s Power to Choose website, a recurring problem in that public marketplace. Some current deals advertise prices as low as 2.3 cents
ERCOT expects Texas power demand to break June record in heat wave
By: Scott DiSavino | Homes and businesses in Texas are expected to set a daily electricity consumption record for June on Friday as consumers crank up their air conditioners to escape a brutal heat wave, according to the operator of
ERCOT’s Summer Peak Demand Forecast: New Investment, Generator Profits, No Blackouts
The Texas grid operator’s market design is about to experience a true test. By: Eric Gimon | Wholesale electricity markets are in the news, as oversupplied markets drive prices down and force early coal and nuclear retirements. Companies like FirstEnergy
Breeze Energy told to stop selling electricity
Customers should shop fast to avoid big price spikes By: L.M. Sixel | Breeze Energy, the Dallas-based retail electric company with thousands of customers in Houston, was powered down by Texas regulators after the company defaulted on its financial obligations.
ERCOT sets May peak demand record, consumption set to rise further this week
By: Jeff Zhou | The Electric Reliability Council of Texas set multiple May peak demand records Tuesday afternoon, topping out over 67.2 GW and demand is expected to increase through the weekend. The record, reached in the hour ending 5
City of Tyler to challenge electricity rate increase
By: Erin Mansfield | The city of Tyler plans to challenge a proposal by a local utility company that would raise electricity prices for households across the region. The Tyler City Council is scheduled to vote on the issue at
ERCOT prices spike as Texas heads into a tightly-balanced summer
By: Robert Walton | Texas power prices spiked Wednesday, briefly reaching almost $1,500/MWh according to Platts, as system demand generated at least two records. The grid operator for most of the Lone Star State, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT),
Texans in competitive electric markets pay more, but that could be changing
By: Jeff Mosier | Texans in competitive electricity markets pay more on average than their neighbors in regulated areas. But that gap has shrunk to its its smallest margin ever, according to a new report released Thursday. From 2007 to 2016, prices
ERCOT real-time power prices spike near $1,500/MWh on record demand
By: Jeff Zhou | The Electric Reliability Council of Texas footprint saw real-time prices jump to four-digit territory Wednesday afternoon as power demand rose above record May peakload with above-normal temperatures. Real-time prices spiked across the footprint as real-time prices
Entergy Texas to refund customers $200M
By: Beaumont Enterprise | Entergy Texas announced this week it intends to give customers back more than $200 million that the utility provider collected for future taxes. The money will “flow back” over the next two years, and the refund