2011 JD Power & Associates Poll Released: Champion Energy #1 Again
The JD Power & Associates group has released their most recent survey of the deregulated electricity providers operating in Texas. In their own words: The study, now in its fourth year, measures...
View ArticleTexas Electricity Ratings Update: New Rankings Released
Good afternoon, everyone. I just wanted to post a quick update that I’ve revised the Texas Electricity Ratings ranking of providers this week. The new rankings and numbers are posted, although there...
View ArticleTexas Electricity Provider Map
Last week’s purchase of First Choice Power by Direct Energy was yet another major acquisition of a Retail Electricity Provider by a major energy conglomerate. There’s been around a half a dozen of...
View ArticleSome Facts about Pennywise Power & Reliant Energy: Part 1
Last month I published an article which attempted to illustrate the deregulated Texas electricity market. The point was to connect many of the REPs with their parent companies to give consumers a...
View ArticleSome Facts about Pennywise Power & Reliant Energy: Part 2
In Part One of my article discussing the relationship between Pennywise Power and Reliant Energy, I took a look at how the two separate brands are actually tied together as one company. I also...
View ArticleTexas Electricity: A Year In Review
Texas electricity had a very busy year in 2011. There was a lot of different and important news stories from several unexpected angles that had an important impact on consumers and their electricity...
View ArticleTexas Electricity Ratings Updates Rankings: May 8th 2012
Everyone, I’ve been talking about updating the rankings for the past week or so, but we’ve been very busy getting the new Texas Electricity Ratings website launched and live. However, now that we’ve...
View ArticleTexas Electricity Ratings: Rankings Update: 10/16/2012
Summer has passed and we’ve had several events that have influenced some of the ways we rank providers at Texas Electricity Ratings, including rate changes as well as the releasing of the latest JD...
View ArticlePUC Looking to Revise Financial Requirements for REPs
This news is a bit old, but it is worth a quick mention. Per Paul Ring, at Energy Choice Matters, the PUC is looking to reexamine and likely revise the financial qualifications it takes for REPs to be...
View ArticleTexas Electricity Ratings: Rankings Update 2/19/13
We’re well into the new year, and it is time for a new update of our rankings here at Texas Electricity Ratings. We’ve had rate changes now that companies are preparing to move back into summer rates,...
View ArticleTexas Electricity Ratings: Rankings Update: 6/17/2013
Now that Summer is in full swing, with higher electricity rates hitting the market and several months of new customer reviews in the system, it is once again time to update the Texas Electricity...
View ArticleCritical Peak Rebate Programs. What Are They?
Critical Peak Rebate programs are likely to become a new hot trend in the world of Texas electricity. So what are critical peak rebate programs, and what do they mean to you? Lets take a look....
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