by OCSC | Aug 27, 2020 | Blog, Electric Consumers, Rates
Several major utilities filed applications at the PUC to adjust charges associated with their electric distribution systems. ________________________________________________ Ratepayers in many parts of Texas should expect to pay a bit more for electricity, beginning...
by OCSC | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog, Electric Consumers
Cumulatively, the charges have totaled more than $6.6 billion. Utility customers — be they home users or businesses — have had them included in their transmission and distribution rates for years. ________________________________________________ Hundreds of thousands...
by OCSC | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog, Electric Consumers, Generation, Utility News
The proposed wind generators are to be in Oklahoma, but can supply adjoining states. ________________________________________________ A proposal to add 810 megawatts of wind energy that would serve customers in East Texas along with customers in other states has...
by OCSC | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog, Electric Consumers
PUC Extends COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program Through August. ________________________________________________ A moratorium of utility disconnections for out-of-work Texans unable to pay their electric bills because of COVID-19 will continue until the end of...
by OCSC | Jun 26, 2020 | Blog, City Resources, Electric Consumers, Rates, Texas Legislature, Utility News
Milestone Texas legislation created the model for Texas utility regulation. ________________________________________________ This month marks an important anniversary in the Lone Star State — but one most Texans surely never heard of. It was 100 years ago this month...
by OCSC | May 11, 2020 | Blog, Electric Consumers
New Concierge Services in Free Market dispute with Texas Electric Retailers. ________________________________________________ New “concierge” websites have begun crying foul at what they call unfair treatment by retail electric providers — and the thorny...
