Most customers of Duke Energy, as well as other providers, were shocked when they opened their February bills, with a cold snap in January driving up usage.
The price of power for the average residential customer will increase by $22.53 per month, starting Tuesday, after the Public Utilities Commission Thursday evening approved another increase in the fuel
Texas has a utility market unlike any other in the U.S. Ninety percent of its electricity is generated on its own grid that's very lightly regulated. While the argument for this structure was that it would make electricity cheap, that’s simply not the case.