Last month the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power released a report showing that electric prices in deregulated areas of state had fallen below the national average. That was the good news. But the report also found that Texans under deregulation consistently paid more for electricity than Texans living outside deregulation.
You can read the report here.
This brief follow-up likewise contains mixed news for the state. It reveals that Texans under deregulation have endured price increases no more onerous than increases observed in many other states. But when it comes to overall pricing trends, the Texas deregulated system ranks only fair to middling — even when compared to trends in other deregulated states.
This analysis includes five separate exhibits, each of which benchmark Texas prices against other states. To see the exhibits clearly, you need to click on them. An 11-year period between 2002 and 2012 is used for comparison purposes. This is explained…
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