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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
Chicken fat fires energy plant
OAK RIDGE NORTH — Chicken fat and a $3.5 million investment are behind a breakthrough in the way Texans heat, cool and light their homes and offices.
Using the slimy, light-colored tallow as the source for clean-burning biodiesel, Biofuels Power Corp. flipped the switch on three 2,000-horsepower diesel engines a couple of [...]
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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 [...]
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