by OCSC | Apr 16, 2021 | Blog, News Roundup
San Antonio Express News: Faith groups urge Texas lawmakers to shield consumers from winter storm fallout April 12 — The Network of Texas Industrial Areas Foundation Organizations, a coalition of interfaith service groups, joined The Metropolitan Organization of...
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 | Jun 4, 2020 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
The report noted that real-time energy prices generally increased as energy supplies becomes tighter, a sign of a well-functioning market. ________________________________________________ The state’s primary wholesale power market performed well last year, with...
by OCSC | May 26, 2020 | Blog
Houston-based CenterPoint Energy, a company best known for its massive regulated holdings in Texas, this week shutdown a contentious website it operated in the state’s deregulated electricity market. The move marks only the latest retreat from competitive...
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...