Horrible Electricity Rates in Texas - Deregulation raised prices? (Houston: how much, house)

[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/Rates/Rates_umbe28rt1M.pdf (broken link).

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.

[JamesAbilene]

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/Rates/Rates_umbe28rt1M.pdf (broken link).

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.

ANother lie from Rick Perry and his far right friends. They kept telling us that when we went to dergulation, rates would go down. They have not stopped climbing since!

[Canine*Castle]

I live in a small town in Texas (outskirts of the town) and my per kwh cost is $.1384636 or a simpler way to put it, $.14 per kwh, and that's way too high.

[Macbeth2003]

What gets me is the companies that charge a higher rate for using less electricity. You know the if it's under 1000kwh the rate goes up type of deals. Talk about a disincentive to conservation. I generally support free markets and deregulation; however, it really doesn't work with utilities. Since there is only one set of wires into your house it isn't truly competitive. they can't compete based on better service, less downtime, etc. It isn't like buying groceries or gasoline. The other thing that drives me crazy is how much lower commercial rates are. It's the same electrons being pushed by the same equipment. Some people argue that since commercial electric customers use more it should be priced less, but I know lot's of businesses that use less than residential customers with a largish house.

[car957]

Move to a town with an electric utility owned by its citizens: Austin, Lubbock, San Antonio, Denton. We never trusted goverment and we damn sure don't trust Rick Perry.

You may not like the towns but our utilities are stable and controlled by the locals. I may be wrong (you'll tell me) but in my 1400 square foot house with the AC set on 79 in the middle of summer (with a 24 SER AC unit - thanks for the $500 rebate City of Austin), I pay less than $150 for peak cooling months.

I also have natural gas for the stove, water heater and dryer.

[pnc66]

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At least y'all aren't in Houston - I read somewhere that we have the highest rates in the state.

Per the Powertochoose.com website and a zip code of 77002 (downtown Houston), the rates were between 16.5 to 23.5 cents per KWH just a few minutes ago (they seem to change a lot - going up, not down).

Sheesh!

I have no idea why electricity is so much more expensive here than it is in Dallas (not that Dallas is cheap!). It doesn't make sense to me.

Stupid deregulation!

</rant>

[case44]

I didn't expect this to happen. Back in May, I spent $0.14 a kilowatt for my bill. When I got my bill in late June, it had gone up to $0.19 a kilowatt. Nineteen cents, folks. Yikes! Such a steep spike for one month. I ended up paying 40 more dollars than I expected to this past month.

What do oil companies and legislators expect us to be?? Millionaires??

[texdav]

We still have regualted electric here and thye same server to the area. But that said elctriv pirces have gone up as natural gas has gone up.Energy is just going up everywhere it seems.

[tstone]

Originally Posted by texdav

We still have regualted electric here and thye same server to the area. But that said elctriv pirces have gone up as natural gas has gone up.Energy is just going up everywhere it seems.

That's what it is... electricity is mainly produced from natural gas here. In the midwest, it's cheaper because it's coal.

[NOTAM]

just switched online a few minutes ago from First Choice Power to Reliant. after one more big electric bill, i just got sick of it..will see if this is better