Nuclear plans hurting Texas power companies’ (already poor) credit ratings
Power companies’ plans to pursue new nuclear projects are damaging their credit ratings, which may mean higher costs will be shifted onto ratepayers. In a new report by Moody’s Investors Service titled...
View ArticleAnchia and Johnson: A challenge to build on solar idea
Great joint op-ed by our friend McCall Johnson over at Environment Texas and State Rep. Rafael Anchia, winner of Public Citizen’s Legislator of the Year award. Following on the heels of TXU’s...
View ArticleNew EPA standards for coal plant emissions already working to clear our skies
Here’s some great news! With EPA tightening the standards for coal plant emissions, Energy Future Holdings, the parent company of Luminant (formerly TXU) and the major electric power provider for much...
View ArticleAnother Bailout for Big Business?
Energy Future Holdings, formerly TXU, of Dallas might be looking for a handout – from you. Back in January, Moody’s changed Energy Future Holdings Corp’s rating outlook to negative and made it...
View ArticleState regulators looking more closely at $1 billion of future mining...
NPR’s State Impact reported this morning that Energy Future Holdings (formerly TXU) has “self-bonded” approximately $1 billion for future mining restoration in Texas in lieu of real cash bonds. Click...
View ArticlePublic Citizen & Sierra Club Call for Action to Protect Taxpayers
Energy Future Holdings $1 Billion Bonding for Texas Mines Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test An exclusive report from Public Citizen and Sierra Club reveals that Energy Future Holdings (EFH) and its...
View ArticleTexas House Interim Charges to Watch
Between legislative sessions, the Texas Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House of Representatives appoint Interim Committees to study important issues that help guide the Texas Legislature’s...
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