Summer is in, and this time we are facing more heat intensity as compared to past couple of years. Because of such heat, the electricity consumption in all over Texas has increased significantly both in domestic and commercial areas. It is time that we all must cut down our usage of electricity because multiple factors [...]
North Texas is the fastest growing area in the United States. With a competitive housing market and deregulated energy market, the lone star state is quickly climbing the ranks as incentives to those looking to move here get better and better. The saying “everything is bigger in Texas” is especially true when it comes to [...]
Texas Breaks Energy Demand Record Twice – Tips to Shop for Best Rates: It’s only getting hotter in Texas. Not just sweltering, but record-breaking temperatures are setting in and increasing! With record heat expected to continue plaguing Texas, the state's electrical providers are trying to keep up with the energy demand. On Thursday of last [...]
Breeze Energy Is Powerless But Its Former Customers Don’t Have to Be - How Displaced Customers Can Save With New Providers A local the Dallas retail electric company, Breeze Energy, is parting ways with thousands of its Houston customers due to closure by Texas regulators, an occurrence that hasn’t happened between a Texas regulator and [...]
As a consumer, you may find that just as you pay one bill, another comes in the mail or via notification on your online accounts. While some bills may be easier to excuse than others, your electric bill is a constant and a non-negotiable. Especially, here in the heart and heat of Texas. That [...]
Commitment to Energy Efficiency Oncor Electric Delivery is the largest electric utility in Texas, serving more than 10 million customers. Oncor is characterized by its solid commitment to helping its customers improve their energy efficiency, and they run some of the largest incentive programs in the state. The company offers programs for all main [...]
While the all-in price of wind energy directly depends on the wind speeds at a particular site, examining national trends in the installed cost of wind energy definitively shows that wind energy has become an extremely inexpensive source of electricity. The average U.S. consumer pays about 12 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity. That price [...]
October is National Energy Action Month and has been since 1991. It marks not only a national effort to highlight how central energy is to our national prosperity, security, and environmental well-being, it is also a time to re-focus our own efforts on ways we can conserve and use less energy in our daily lives. [...]
20% of Home Energy Is Wasted 20% of the energy in our homes goes wasted each year. That’s $400 of hard-earned money, down the drain, (or out the window), wasted each year, per household. Unfortunately, most of us do not realize this and end up paying far more than we [...]
If your energy bill is higher than you’d like, there’s one simple item you can change in your home that could have a huge impact: lightbulbs! You may think the type of lightbulb you use doesn’t make much difference, but the truth is otherwise: Your house most likely has a lot of lightbulbs, so [...]
