By: Ryan Deffenbaugh |
New Yorkers will soon be paying more for their electric and gas bills.
A plan from Consolidated Edison to raise rates on electric and gas over the next years was approved Thursday by […]
By: L.M. Sixel |
Wholesale electricity prices last year fell nationwide except in one place — Texas. Here, they soared when an August heat wave gripped the state and repeatedly sent wholesale power prices up to the state’s maximum price of $9,000 per megawatt hour.
In most of the U.S., average […]
By: Roland Li & Owen Thomas |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and other California utilities can’t raise their profit margins even as they face billions of dollars in wildfire liabilities, the California Public Utilities Commission ruled Thursday.
PG&E, Southern California Edison, Southern California Gas and San Diego Gas & Electric […]
By: The Bradford Era |
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is alerting consumers about the potential for large winter energy cost increases for electric customers who do not shop for competitive electric suppliers.
To avoid the possibility of “sticker shock” from high bills during the coming cold months, the PUC reminds […]
By: WICS/WRSP Staff |
The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a rate decrease for Ameren Illinois.
Starting in January, customers will pay about a dollar less a month on their electric bill.
This is in addition to a 5% reduction in costs for customers.
By: Douglas Clark |
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is projecting its summer 2020 planning reserve margin will increase over what was reported entering summer 2019’s peak demand season.
The December Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) Report, which includes planning reserve margins for the next five years, indicates the planning reserve […]
By: L.M. Sixel |
Texas is expected to have more ample supplies of electricity next summer as new renewable and gas-fired projects come on-line, according to a new forecast issued by the state’s grid manager the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
The grid manager predicts that Texas will have a reserve margin of […]
By: L.M. Sixel |
Electricity contracts for residential customers in Texas have become more expensive as high wholesale power prices during the hot weather this summer work their way down to the retail level, boosting the energy portion of one-year fixed-rate plans at least 20 percent compared to what they were […]