The second anniversary of the Uri winter storm disaster is around the corner, and the agencies in charge of the power grid are still scrambling to implement all the tasks and changes the state’s legislature put into place as a response to the deadly blackout. Read more
Connecting Missouri to Affordable Power
Missouri is one of the states that is denying its customers the ability to choose their supplier and the components that make up that supply purchase. Read more
Demand for Increased Security Measures and Regulation of the Energy Sector
The energy sector, much like other sectors focusing on business and public works, is incredibly important to the national security of the United States. Read more
What’s Changing And Why
Today, more than 3,100 electric utilities in the United States provide approximately 3 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity every year to about 109 million residential customers, 14 million commercial customers, and another half million industrial customers. The total annual cost: about $210 billion. Read more
Nevada’s Attempt (and failure) to Deregulate
What Nevada can learn from its attempt (and failure) to deregulate the energy
When Nevada voters head to the polls in 2018, they’ll be given the opportunity to fundamentally reshape the state’s energy market and end NV Energy’s monopoly control of electric service. Read more
Texas is Deregulated. Why Can’t I Choose My Electricity Provider?
For most people living in states open to electric competition, the year deregulation was adopted marked a complete turnaround of electricity as they knew it. Instead of only having one utility to fulfill both supply and delivery of electricity, consumers got the power to choose their own supplier. Providers offering electricity plans and better electricity rates flooded the market and suddenly there were hundreds of choices for consumers. Read more