Texas Electric Rates Up 200%

Solar Surge will teach you all about being energy independent and how to set up your home to run off-the-grid during an emergency. We empower families to take control of their energy generation and storage so that they will never be left in the dark without electricity.

In this episode Joe sits down with Josue Phillips, CEO Of SunStar Solutions to discuss the keys to having a successful solar company in such a volatile market as well as navigating the industry as a solar installer.

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[onewomanandsomesongs]

I keep my air conditioning on 77 degrees. It makes a difference with cutting costs, and your body gets used to it. I also use ceiling fans and close my blinds on hot days.

[USNEM]

Solar buyback plans in texas are a scam. I have a 10.2kw system and i send out like 600-700kwh a month to the grid. But they charge you delivery fees so for you to have a zero bill is a pipe dream.

[LTVoyager]

Certainly mismanagement is a significant part of the problem, but so is the rapid introduction of intermittent sources like wind and solar. This not only requires expensive grid upgrades to collect the power from these distributed sources, but it also requires more base load generation from coal, gas and nuclear (something has to provide power at night when the wind isn’t blowing) and often causes these plants to run very inefficiently. These plants run best at near full output and when they have to throttle back to make room for intermittent generation on sunny and windy days and their efficiency drops dramatically when running at 80% output rather than 100%.

Basically, Texas and California are now seeing the cost of providing a “free battery” to the solar and wind producers. Nothing is free and this is the result of having baseload generation and distribution systems subsidizing intermittent sources by providing the “free” battery. Only when wind and solar producers are required to store their generated power and only release it when the grid needs it, will the system be truly fair to all producers and consumers.

[JohnBaker]

They have been told that solar is bad, so pay the price, and complain! I don’t get it. Go solar folks!

[youpigfacetv]

I live in north Dallas. My elec bill only went up 12%. not 200% Not going to wait 20yrs to break even on solar. No thanks.

[philipdamask]

The introduction of wind and solar in large amounts is creating havoc for utilities and their customers. There is no control over how much wind and solar is added so utilities do not have any good way of figuring how much capacity they should add to provide a reliable power supply. The other problem with wind and solar is the variability of these sources. Utilities cannot count on them for any certain amount of power. They do not control the dispatch of these resources. As utility commissions try to deal with the influx of wind and solar they know that they have a big problem on their hands. They are also trying to provide a reliable and economic power supply for the people in the service areas. Do not forget that they have approved the utility constructed power plants which carries with it a responsibility to allow the utility to earn a fair return on their investment. For the last few years we have been living off of the installed utility capacity to provide for forced outages of generating equipment. We have also made utilities look outside their service areas for more capacity and energy transfers to meet their customer needs. As more solar and wind are added without batteries we can expect more problems to occur on our nation's electric systems.

[JackfAllTrades]

Which other state has their own independent electric grid?

[baldwinparkhouse]

My electric rate just went down in Orlando, fuel surcharge was lowered. Still up a bit from a year ago after the previous increase.

[toolate]

Learn to DIY your own solar. Solar seems like a scam if a "Solar" installer is being used. Many times, they are as bad or worse than the electric company.

[danielcarroll]

Interesting. I'm not in Texas and have solar. Some day I will add batteries, but last year my utility bill was about $20, so I will wait a few years as I am grandfathered in for more than a decade.

[gailgharris]

Please do an interview with ProSolar. They provide solar in the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Florida. I am please with my solar.

[jaredk]

That electric rate increase was last year. It's moved back down to close to where it was from before the natural gas spike. Between the long term transfer of Uri or this legislative session incentive pricing to wholesale dispatchable, it's an increase, but we're talking less than 10% of increase.

[jerrellbevers]

Electricity in Austin TX is 34% below the national average @ ¢.12/kwh and lower than the average in Texas by 13%.

Pretty much some of the cheapest electricity in the country. I still want solar tho because I cannot trust Texas to not do the wrong thing. Our legislature is currently trying to assess basically what equates to fines for going solar that's how much they want you to be dependent on them while screaming energy independence at the federal government at every turn for political gain. Basically talking out both sides of their mouth.

[ats]

In Texas, they sometimes have to pay to get rid of natural gas. So Texas should have very cheap electricity prices based on natural gas generation, but the renewables without storage are taking a higher and higher percentage of electricity generation, which is driving up costs...