Posts tagged: Public Utility Commission

Study: Despite Lower Costs, Electric Utilities Stiff Users

HARRISBURG – State Rep. Camille “Bud” George, chair of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, today noted that a study by a national group indicates that ratepayers paid higher rates under deregulation despite continuing profits by deregulated utilities and sharply lower wholesale electricity costs.
“The study by the American Public Power Association shows consumers suffered [...]

Dallas wind energy conference will discuss ambitious Texas project

Texas gets to show off its national dominance in the area of renewable power when the world’s largest wind energy conference blows into Dallas this weekend.
As many as 25,000 government and corporate attendees will rally around the wind industry as energy experts are eager to look beyond crude oil and the environmental disaster from an [...]