Today I was looking at Amigo Energy Services 12 month true commitment plan to see if their electricity rate of 12.1 cents\kwh is really true. This would be the lowest residential electricity rate yet. As long as you use more then 500 Kwh a month you pay no monthly customer charge of $6.95.

Well, everything looked [...]

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After the holidays many were anticipating a large drop in electricity prices not to mention gas prices. We did see a drop but not by very much. As consumers hold off on buying more energy they roll the dice anticipating that prices and rates will continue to go down. Unfortunately there is just no way [...]

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I noticed today on powertochoose today that Stream Energy shows a month to month rate at 12.99 cents\Kwh. This is a great rate but a majority of the residential customers out there use less then 500 Kwh in usage a month. This means in actuality their customer would have to pay about 13.49 cents\kwh. This is actually [...]

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Not all counties have become deregulated in Texas
Although several counties in Texas have become deregulated there are many others that have a small population and have not chosen to go this route. These counties have their own municipal power and sometimes pay far less then the rest of the deregulated state but just as often [...]

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Transmission and Distribution Service Provider Charges (TDSP)
Texas electricity consumers often go out and receive quotes from several retail electric providers and notice that there is an additional charge that is not quoted with the energy rate. The TDSP charges or what are sometimes known as pass thru charges are left off of the rate. This [...]

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Ellis County Texas has several cities that are deregulated to offer competitive electricity
Among these cities are:
Bardwell
Cedar Hill
Ennis
Ferris
Grand Prairie
Glenn Heights
Mansfield
Maypearl
Midlothian
Ovilla
Pecan Hill
Red Oak
Waxahachie
Alma
Garrett
Italy
Milford
Oak Leaf
Palmer
Venus
 When shopping for a competitive electricity product you will see a wide variation between residential electric power and commercial electricity rates. The commercial rates are significantly lower then residential. This likely will not change [...]

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Wheeler County Texas
Wheeler County is a small county with the towns of Allison, Briscoe, Kelton, Mobeetie, Shamrock, and Wheeler. Electricity in Wheeler is deregulated and there are several choices when it comes to finding a competitive electricity rate. TXU has a residential market tracker product but the advertised rate on www.powertochoose.com shows 11.4 when the [...]

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TXU Energy Market Tracker
 I was looking at the TXU market tracker product today and I noticed that on powertochoose.org they show the market tracker rate at 11.4 cents\kwh for a residential electricity rate. The problem with this is that this product follows the natural gas market which is currently over $8 mmBTU. The 11.4 cents\kwh [...]

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Natural Gas

Natural Gas has spiked up over the last few days and it has caused electricity rates to see a higher level then this same time last year. Businesses are out shopping for energy and to see electricity rates this high is concerning when company owners and managers are trying to add money to the [...]

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Comparing MCPE rate, Heat Rate, and Fixed Rate electricity products in Texas
When comparing electricity rates it often times is missed that a comparison should be done with different standard proven products out on the market. Sometimes a heat rate price is a good decision for a commercial business but not for June 2007. The Heat Rate [...]

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