Horrible Electricity Rates in Texas - Deregulation raised prices?

[yjc281]

Originally Posted by orbius

So lets try to stay on topic please and look at the facts of how exactly deregulation works and why exactly deregulation is a force for driving rates endlessly upward. Often 50%+ higher rates than areas of the state which are not deregulated.

That's not true to me. I used to live in an area where Coserv was the only option. The costs of the same usage was about 10% higher than what I am getting from Gexa Energy.

[Austin97]

Originally Posted by unseengundam

I felt like just had to create separate thread to talk about high power companies charge rates in Texas. I moved to Texas 1 year ago from Missouri and I just can't get over SUPER HIGH price of electricity in Texas. It runs 3 times higher back in Columbia, Missouri. Seem to me Deregulation has raised prices in Texas. Back in Missouri, still regulated by the state prices so so much lower.

Rural Missouri (5 miles) out of town during off season you can Electricity for of $.0378, yep thats 3.78 cents per KWH!!! It tops out at $0.0792. If you don't believe me just look at AmerenUE Rural MO rate here: https://www2.ameren.com/ACMSContent/...umbe28rt1M.pdf.

Around DFW rates seem go from o $0.10 to like $0.20 per KWH here. Even in smaller towns like Tyler rates are currently around $0.16 per KHW.

These area in Missouri are about 550 miles away from DFW, closer than El Paso. I don't think Texas & Missouri are too far away at all, but cost in Electricity is just too high in Texas compare to Missouri. I am not at all why Texas can't price rates down a lot lower, closer to Missouri.

It is a year later and it seems like the prices are down to 8.7/kWh

[orbius]

Its like oil prices going down near midterm and Presidential elections. Perry's pals are pulling levers trying to get him back in office.
This thread will be here after the election watch and see them spike after that. If rates stay the same or go down 6 months after the election I'll be first to admit I was wrong.
If you live in Houston or Dallas lock in for as long as possible now is my advice.