Good grief!
Thought you might be interested!
I avoid variable plans like the plague.
Who's in charge over there - Obama?
The Texas Utility Commission should have been fired the day after the black-outs for not doing their job. The power plants that froze up because of lax winterizing should have to pay for the outrageous rate hike. The customers should not have to pay for the negligence of these money grubbers when all the consumers did was try to keep their elderly and children warm.
Maybe Texans will wake up and stop electing open-border RINO scum like Kay Bailey, Cornyn and Rick Perry. They are all LBJ Republicans. Scum.
What we need is for Obama to shut down the coal industry and force us all to drive electric cars and that way, no house will have electricity. heh
It’s a scam whether you are locked into those contracts or not. I have been on them and every time I do my prices do not go lower as was told to me by the rep. They suddenly go higher with them giving excuses.
Here in PA I kind of liked the way it was when the electric co generated their own electricity, it was consistent for an extended period, and they were a monopoly that had to prove they needed a rate increase. But then politicos got together with the lobbyists and helped us out with residential electric deregulation, which effectively became a license to raise rates at will. My rates are up almost 35-40% in the last year. Who is benefiting?
Here is one area that I think should be price controlled by one State agency. All electricity created should be considered a necessity for life. All power plants should be under control of the States for construction and type of energy to create this power. Everything should be taken out of control of the Federal Government.The sale of power should be allowed to cross State lines which could be subject to competition. This damn Federal control is destroying America.
The jug eared Kenyan has been denying Texas permits for coal burning power plants. This falls under sabotage by a traitor.
I've read that the blackouts were due to wind power plants not producing much electrical power during the freeze. If this winter was a harbinger of a new little ice age, we'd better get cracking on new nuke plants pronto!
I thought this scam was ended with Enron?
It is called SUPPLY and DEMAND! You demand more than the company can supply so they must buy more power on the Free Market.
Wish you had all those canceled coal plants now don’t you instead of froze up wind generators standing like monuments to Green stupidity!
The blame lies with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT, who oversees the electric grid. In February 2008, the same rolling blackouts were narrowly averted when most of the state’s wind turbines were idled when a weather front came through. ERCOT has known about the problem for at least two years and has apparently not addressed the issue. Gov. Perry should immediately have an independent investigation of ERCOT and the Texas Public Utilities Commission should deny any rate increases until the results of the investigation are known and culpability can be assigned. Texas needs to address the problem of their lack of electric capacity and should abandon the folly of wind turbines.
another screed that tries to bash capitalism.
FACTS: you can get 12 months fixed RIGHT NOW for 8.2 cents KHW.
Your CAN get out of your existing contract, by paying the prescribed fee. (50-250$).
The big secret is electric deregulation has been a big success in Texas (other than the rolling blackouts), as prices have declined a lot.
In fact, so much that the speculation is the blackouts were NOT AN ACCIDENT, but made by suppliers to try to prop up the declining prices.
Also note, Texas has been growing, (and BUILDING new power plants) in the last 10 years, unlike most other regions...
Before De-reg (and when oil was 20-30$ a barrel) I was paying 11-12 cent’s KWH.
“too cheap to meter ...”