PUC Chair says PowerToChoose Electricity Plans are Misleading
[caption id="attachment_3940" align="alignright" width="351"] The Texas PUC called its own Power to Choose website “misleading”. Shop for an honest deal on your Texas electricity rates at TexasElectricityRatings.com [/caption] We at Texas Electricity Ratings have been telling anyone who would listen for a year now that electricity plans customers can shop for on Power To Choose are misleading. In a recent statement by the chair of the Texas PUC (Public Utilities Commission) it appears that finally someone in a position to do something about the problem is saying the same thing. From Paul Ring at Energy Choice Matters, the specific quote reads: During today"s open meeting, Texas PUC Chairman DeAnn Walker expressed "concerns" with the posting of tiered rate plans on the Power To Choose website, which have low quoted rates at 1,000 kWh but higher rates outside of certain usage conditions Staff reported that one product which had a quoted 2...