Deregulated energy markets, with companies competing with one another for customers, could be great places to test technologies and services to get customers engaged with their utilities. Whether that will lead… Read more »
Happy New Year, everyone — welcome to a new year of efforts to obstruct policy progress on the greentech front. The state of Texas has kicked off 2011 with a fresh… Read more »
I’m wrapping up my visit to Houston for the Texas Electricity Professionals Association’s fall conference, and thought I’d share some more information on the state of electricity competition/deregulation. According to Taff… Read more »
California’s grand experiment with power market deregulation ended with a bang in 2001, when Enron-engineered rolling blackouts. But in Texas, power market deregulation — or competition, as folks down here prefer… Read more »
What’s going on in the world of competitive electricity markets? To find out, I’ve come to Houston, where the Texas Electricity Professionals Association is holding its fall conference. TEPA is a… Read more »
The state-by-state setbacks for utilities’ smart grid dreams have come to Illinois. The Chicago Tribune reports that a court ruling has found the Illinois Commerce Commission was wrong to allow utility… Read more »
The Lone Star State may lag behind California in its number of smart meters deployed, but it’s taken a lead in regulations and funding. And those are just a couple items… Read more »
When it comes to the future of smart meters, don’t look to California — set your eyes on Texas. The Lone Star State lags California in sheer numbers of meters deployed,… Read more »
Nobody likes high-voltage transmission lines running through their backyards, not even in the energy-loving heart of Texas. Recently a group of landowners (the Heart of Texas Landowners Coalition) persuaded the state’s… Read more »