Posted on December 11th, 2007 by TechDigger
On the business page by a business columnist.
MySA.com: David Hendricks
While CPS Energy is prudent to prepare, San Antonians should demand that business and government leaders make a strong, united stand to keep our service area closed to deregulation.
Guess government regulation isn’t always a bad thing. And in this case, it even seems to be good […]
Filed under: CPS Energy, David Hendricks, San Antonio, energy deregulation | No Comments »
Posted on October 7th, 2007 by TechDigger
While the reporters didn’t get the quotes on deregulation in the Chronicle article, they had them available for the Express-News (same reporters, different editors?)
MySA.com: Metro | State
When Texas lawmakers agreed to open the state’s power markets to competition back in 1999, one promise was on the tip of many tongues: lower prices.
“Competition in the electric […]
Filed under: CPS Energy, ERCOT, Electricity, PUC, Reliant, TXU, deregulation, texas | No Comments »
Posted on October 6th, 2007 by TechDigger
Unbelievable!
Many consumers call energy deregulation a failure | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Houston residential consumers use an average of 1,130 kilowatt hours a month. Bills for that much power would range from $125.43 to $163.85 based on rates available in Houston at the end of September for a one-year, fixed-rate plan. The average rate available in […]
Filed under: CPS Energy, ERCOT, Electricity, PUC, Reliant, TXU, texas | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 28th, 2007 by TechDigger
Another rebate program.
CPS Energy
The CPS Energy Solar Initiative Rebate program is offering an incentive for the installation of solar water heating systems installed within the CPS Energy service territory. These incentives will be available to any valid CPS Energy customer, primarily residential and commercial customers.
The solar water heater equipment installed must be new and must […]
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Posted on March 7th, 2007 by TechDigger
I saw this headline and thought, “well, maybe we’re getting more out of this Microsoft Data Center than I realized.” Then I read the article.
San Antonio data center agrees to buy 100 percent renewable power - San Antonio Business Journal:
CityNAP became the first “green” data center in Texas by signing a new contract with CPS […]
Filed under: CPS Energy, CityNAP, Frank Robles, Microsoft, Network Access Point, San Antonio, Uncategorized, data center, economic incentives | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 1st, 2007 by TechDigger
But I thought prices were supposed to go down because of deregulation?
Star-Telegram | 12/28/2006 | Power costs may slow development
What chafes the North Texans are the lower rates in Austin and San Antonio, whose municipal systems were exempted from the 1999 deregulation law. Austin and San Antonio have emerged as direct competitors to Dallas-Fort Worth […]
Filed under: CPS, CPS Energy, ERCOT, Electricity, Erle Nye, Milton Lee, TXU, deregulation, texas | 2 Comments »