Quotes on benefits of deregulation

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 [...]

Deregulation isn’t about lower prices

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 [...]

California’s electricity was deregulated too

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 [...]