Electric Rates

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PJYoung
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http://www.themonitor.com/articles/electricity_15466___article.html/texas_prices.html

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"South Texas doesn't generate a lot of its own electricity," Garza said. "It's coming from further up the state. That's a long way to move power, but it's got to be done."

But this time, the price volatility was so extreme that on May 20 the wholesale price of electricity in South Texas more than quadrupled from the day before.


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The prices for natural gas - the fuel that provides about 65 percent of Texas' generation capacity - have gone up this year. In fact, prices peaked at about $13.50 per thousand cubic feet at the end of June - up from about $7.50 at the beginning of the year.

But throughout July those prices plummeted, hitting about $9.25 last week - still nearly 20 percent higher than in January.



My dad and brother went to a 2 year fixed contract at 16.2 basically right before the height of the bubble in natural gas prices.

You can now get a 6 month contract thru Stream at around 13 cents.

Here's a natural gas chart:

http://www.nymex.com/ng_fut_condet.aspx?product=NG&month=Sep&cmonth=U&year=8&currPrev=C

Craaaazy.

Matsui
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AG
I have Magic Valley. Mine has never been more than $120 in the summer. It ranges from $60 in the winter to $120 in the summer. But my last two bills were $180. Ouch. Huge percentage increase for me.
PJYoung
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Magic Valley rules.
agdr05
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i have magic valley and my bill doubled! was about 250 these past 2 months with their ridiculous new "we pass the increase of rising cost on to you" charge which is 50% of your electricity consumption
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