If your electricity bill feels unusually high, your plan might be part of the problem. Some common shopping mistakes could be costing Texas consumers hundreds of dollars a year.

But customers do have a key protection: The ratemaking process, when lawyers for the utility, cities and electricity consumers negotiate for weeks to months in front of the state utility regulator on ...

Lubbock has the highest average electricity rates and bills in the state, just over a year after the city opened the market to companies, according to a recent study. In January 2024, Lubbock ...

Multiple municipalities across Dallas-Fort Worth have voted to oppose a request from Oncor that could increase an average residential electric bill by about $7.90 per month. Oncor, the largest energy ...

While the average monthly summer bill in Texas is $168, nearly 45% of Texans pay more than $200 per month for electricity, ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso City Council just voted unanimously to intervene in El Paso Electric's request to increase its rate. The utility has requested to amend its Generation Cost Recovery ...

Demand for electricity is expected to surge in the coming years with a boom in data centers. President Donald Trump foresees such a threat to the nation’s energy supply that he used his first day in ...

The Wall Street Journal editorial board’s recent article blaming wind and solar energy for rising electricity bills in Texas has some Lone Star State energy experts scratching their heads. The ...

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Rising utility bills across the country are leaving customers feeling powerless in the face of the escalating costs.