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In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized CenterPoint Energy for spending $2.65 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008–2010, instead getting $284 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.9 billion, and having an executive pay between $12 and $13 million for its top 5 executives.
Power generators in the Texas Interconnection, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, participate in an energy-only electricity market and are compensated only for the electricity they produce. The wholesale generation market was deregulated in 1995 and the distribution market in 1999, with Texas Senate Bill 7. This replaced the ...
Champion Energy Services, LLC is a retail electricity provider (REP) based in Houston, Texas.Champion Energy currently serves residential, governmental, commercial and industrial customers in deregulated electric energy markets in Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York; governmental, commercial and industrial customers in Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C.; and ...
TXU Energy Aid began in 1983 to help customers who don’t have the means to pay for electricity service. Since its inception, TXU Energy Aid has aided 455,000 customers, totaling more than $84 million in assistance. [10] Funds are raised from employee and customer donations. [11]
Frustration mounts with Houston utility provider. The crisis comes more than three years after massive power outages hit the state. In February 2021, a deep freeze killed more than 200 people and ...
A former employee is suing to force a Mississippi utility to repay $382 million to the federal government. Whistleblower says Mississippi Power should repay $382 million in federal aid given to ...
After a series of storms and tornadoes hit Houston in late May, more than 900,000 people lost power for several days. Yet, one resident, Craig Wolcott, received messages from Smart Meter Texas ...
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Reliant Energy, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, is one of the largest Texas electricity providers serving over 1.5 million Texans. [2] Reliant provides over 23 million megawatts of power annually [clarification needed] to residential and business customers. [3] Reliant Energy was founded in 2000. [4]