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2008 07 01 Revisiting California’s Failed Electric Market: Institutional Failings led to Blackouts and High Prices
2008 06 17 Update on ERCOT Nodal System Upgrade
2008 06 17 Wholesale Market Benefits from Vibrant Competition
2008 04 07 The Business of Electricity in Texas: Executive Summary
2008 04 07 The Business of Electricity in Texas
2008 02 28 Electric Grid Reliability Measures in Texas
2008 02 06 Overview of the Texas Wholesale Electric Market
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2007 09 25 Legislative Staff Briefing: Update on Texas’ Electric Industry
2007 08 23 Texas Electric Companies: Emergency Preparedness
2007 06 18 80th Texas Legislature: Issues Addressed
2007 06 01 Energy Efficiency in Texas
2007 05 04 Comparison of Senate and House Engrossed Versions of SB 483, Relating to regulation of electric generation capacity ownership in the electric power market
2007 05 04 Comparison of Senate and House Engrossed Versions of SB 482, Relating to competition and customer choice in the retail electric power market; providing an administrative penalty
2007 05 03

Issue Paper on CSHB 3693, Relating to energy demand, energy load, energy efficiency incentives, energy programs, and energy performance measures

2007 04 27 Issue Paper on CSSB 483, Relating to regulation of electric generation capacity ownership in the electric power market
2007 04 20 Issue Paper on CSSB 896, Relating to procedures of thte PUC with regard to certain transactions
2007 04 18 Issue Papers on Bills Heard Before the House Regulated Industries Subcommittee on Renewable Energy: HBs 2226 and 3903
2007 03 27 Issue Papers on Bills Heard Before the House Regulated Industries Committee: HB 3005, HB 3019 and SB 896
2007 03 20 Issue Papers on Bills Heard Before the House Regulated Industries Committee: HBs 1893 and 2848
2007 03 19 Issue Paper on SB 896/HB 3961, Relating to procedures of the PUC with regard to certain transactions
2007 03 06 Issue Papers on Bills Heard Before the House Regulated Industries Committee: HBs 478, 551, 552, 553, 577, 935, 1189, 1191, 1192 and 1394
2007 02 20 Issue Papers on Bills Heard Before the Senate Business & Commerce Committee: SBs 482, 484 and 485
2007 02 15 Evolution of the Electric Market in Texas
2007 02 15 The Electric Industry: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
2007 02 13 Presentation before the House Regulated Industries Committee: State of the Electric Market in Texas
2007 02 05 Texas Electricity 101: Presentation
2007 02 01 Generation Needs in Texas
2007 02 01 Update on Texas' Renewable Portfolio Standard
2007 01 02 Vertically-Integrated Markets in Texas
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2006 12 15 The Electric Industry in Texas: Overview of Key Issues Facing the 80th Texas Legislature
2006 12 1 Presentation Before the Texas Association of Business: Update on Texas' Electric Market
2006 11 30 The Real Facts about Competition in Texas' Electric Market: Reliability, Prices and Benefits
2006 11 13 Legislative Staff Briefing - 11/13/06: Reliability and Infrastructure Needs
2006 10 27 Correcting Misinformation on Competition: AECT Response to Wall Street Journal Article on Electric Competition
2006 10 26 Texas' competitive markets reliably working to meet state's growing power needs: AECT Response to New York Times Article on Electric Competition
2006 9 20 Legislative Staff Briefing: Reliability, Retail Update
2006 7 27 2006 TAMACC Convention: Doing Business With the Electric Industry
2006 4 19 Retail Prices Have Increased Due to Natural Gas-Induced Increases to Wholesale Prices
2006 4 18 Unseasonably Hot Weather Causes Outages: Generators Scheduled for Maintenance
2006 4 13 Four Years of Electric Choice Benefiting Texas: A Report from the Perryman Group
2006 4 13 Key Studies Support Texas' Competitive Electric Market
2006 4 11 Texas' Electric Generating Plants Among the Cleanest in the Nation
2006 3 20 Legislative Staff Briefing - 3/20/06: Market Structure
2006 2 7 Brief Overview of AECT and Texas' Electric Market
2006 2 3 PUC Reaffirms Success of Texas' Retail Electric Market
2006 1 26 Legislative Staff Briefing - 1/26/06: East Texas State Implementation Plan
2006 1 23 Facts You Need to Know About the Texas Electric Market
2006 1 23 The Business of Electricity in Texas' Competitive Electric Market
2006 1 20 AECT Member Companies: Who We Are
2006 1 20 Five Paths to Electric Choice
2006 1 20 Questions and Answers on Texas' Competitive Electric Market
2006 1 20 The Story of Electric Choice in Texas
2006 1 17 The Electric Industry: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
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2005 12 12 Testimony Before the House Regulated Industries Committee: The State of the Competitive Market in Texas (PPS)
2005 12 12 Update on the Structure of Texas' Competitive Electric Market
2005 11 9 Electric Generation Fuel Diversity in Texas
2005 10 27 Legislative Staff Briefing - 10/27/05: Hurricane Relief Efforts and Emergency Preparedness
2005 10 21 Helping Out with Hurricane Rita
2005 10 18 Update on Natural Gas Prices
2005 10 17 Competitive Electric Prices in ERCOT Compared to Other Commodities
2005 8 9 Update on the Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005
2005 8 5 New Legislation Benefiting Texas' Electric Market
2005 5 23 SB 1494: Modifications to Unbundling Requirements
2005 5 23 SB 712: Energy Efficiency and Research & Development
2005 5 9 AECT Positions on Bills Heard Before the 5/9/05 Meeting of the House Regulated Industries Committee: Senate Bills 408, 409, 1464, 1668 and 1747
2005 5 9 AECT Positions on Pending Business Heard Before the 5/9/05 Meeting of the House Regulated Industries Committee: Senate Bills 743, 1494, 1495 and 1748
2005 5 3 AECT Positions on Bills Heard Before the 5/3/05 Meeting of the House Regulated Industries Committee: Senate Bills 743, 1494 and 1495
2005 4 20 5,880 MW Renewable Portfolio Standard is Appropriate for Texas
2005 4 19 AECT Positions on Bills Heard Before the 4/19/05 Meeting of the House Regulated Industries Committee: House Bill 1369
2005 4 14 AECT Positions on Bills Heard Before the 4/14/05 Meeting of the Senate Business & Commerce Committee: Senate Bills 711 and 712
2005 4 5 AECT Positions on Bills Heard Before the 4/5/05 Meeting of the House Regulated Industries Committee: House Bills 989, 1567, 2644, 2724, 3180, 3382 and 3460
2005 4 5 AECT Testimony to the Senate Business & Commerce Committee on SB 533: The Renewable Portfolio Standard
2005 3 29 AECT Positions on Bills Heard Before the 3/29/05 Meeting of the House Regulated Industries Committee: House Bills 555, 1777, 2201 and 2245
2005 3 21 SB 484: Increasing the 4,000-ton Cap on Emissions Fees Would be Inappropriate and Unnecessary
2005 3 16 Presentation to the House Regulated Industries Subcommittee on Renewables Issues: Renewables & Transmission
2005 3 4 HB 1090: Questions and Answers on a Coal and Lignite Use Tax
2005 2 24 Responsible Path to Renewable Energy Growth in Texas
2005 2 4 Legislative Staff Briefing - 2/4/05: Retail Market Update, Renewable Power
2005 1 27 Costs and Challenges: Renewable Power and New Technologies
2005 1 4 AECT Member Companies' Strong Environmental Record
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2004 11 30 Legislative Staff Briefing - 11/30/04: Environmental and Water Issues
2004 11 30 Use of Water by Electric Generating Facilities
2004 7 26 Mercury Fact Sheet
2004 7 26 State Regulation of Mercury Emissions is Impractical and Premature
2004 7 15 Why Texas' Competitive Electric Market Works
2004 4 30 Electric Reliability and ERCOT Structure
2004 4 27 Economic Dispatch in ERCOT
2004 3 25 Legislative Staff Briefing - 3/25/04: True-Up Update
2004 3 25 The True-Up Process in Texas
2004 2 26 Legislative Staff Briefing - 2/26/04: History of Sunset Proceedings
2004 1 19 Fuel Cell Technology is Promising But Costly
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2003 12 18 Briefing on Low-Level Waste Facility Rulemaking
2003 12 14 SIP Development in Texas
2003 11 18 Legislative Staff Briefing - 11/18/03: Current Statistics, Member Company Evolution
2003 11 13 Texas' Electric Generating Plants Among Lowest Emitters of NOx in Nation
2003 11 1 AECT Member Companies and Their Roles Today
2003 9 2 Texas' Electric System Remains Reliable
2003 9 1 AECT Competitive Current - September/October 2003: System Reliability, Hurricane Response
2003 5 1 AECT Competitive Current - May/June 2003: Price-to-Beat, New Technologies, Environmental Performance
2003 4 4 Legislative Staff Briefing - 4/4/03: Structure of the Competitive Market
2003 3 6 Wholesale Electric Prices Rising
2003 2 27 Electricity and the Environment: Questions and Answers
2003 2 21 Legislative Staff Briefing - 2/21/03: Environmental Update
2003 2 13 AECT Member Companies' Strong Environmental Record
2003 1 30 Texas' Timeline of Electric Competition
2003 1 30 The New Electric Companies
2003 1 23 Economic Benefits of Electric Competition
2003 1 17 AECT and Electricity in Texas: A Primer
2003 1 17 Electricity and the Environment
2003 1 1 AECT Competitive Current - January 2003: One Year of Electric Competition
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2002 11 13 Legislative Staff Briefing - 11/13/02: Electricity and the Environment
2002 7 1 AECT Competitive Current - July 2002: Report Shows Benefits of Competition
2002 5 17 Natural Gas Prices and Electricity
2002 5 17 Texas' Competitive Wholesale Market
2002 5 16 The Progress of Electric Competition
2002 5 7 The Wholesale Market in Texas
2002 5 1 AECT Competitive Current - May/June 2002: Low-Income Savings, Natural Gas Update
2002 4 24 Legislative Staff Briefing - 4/24/02: Price-to-Beat Rules, Natural Gas Price Update
2002 4 8 Enron's Bankruptcy Has Not Hurt Electric Competition
2002 4 1 AECT Competitive Current - April 2002: Support for Competition Continues, Environmental Update
2002 2 1 AECT Competitive Current - February/March 2002: Electric Competition Benefits Texas' Economy
2002 1 22 Environmental Provisions in the 1999 Texas Electric Choice Act
2002 1 22 Texas is a World Leader in Managing CO2
2002 1 22 The Strength of Texas' Fuel Supply
2002 1 22 Wind-Power Projects Already Slated in Texas
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2001 12 5 1999 Legislation Will Save Families and Small Businesses Money Next Year
2001 12 5 Listing the Benefits of Electric Competition
2001 12 5 Most Common Questions Leading to Electric Choice
2001 12 5 Renewable Power Growing in Texas
2001 11 19 California's Electric Deregulation Path
2001 10 10 Wind-Power Projects Already Slated in Texas
2001 9 26 Legislative Staff Briefing - 9/26/01: Competition Timeline, Natural Gas Prices (PPT)
2001 9 1 AECT Competition Countdown - September 2001: New Studies Tout Texas' Competition and Reliability
2001 9 1 Electric Reliability in Texas
2001 9 1 The Rise and Fall of Natural Gas Prices
2001 6 1 AECT Competition Countdown - June/July 2001: Conservation Helps Curb Summer Bills
2001 4 1 AECT Competition Countdown - April/May 2001: Renewable Power Growing in Texas
2001 4 1 Common Questions about Electricity and Natural Gas
2001 4 1 Drawbacks of Using the ECOM Model to Predict Stranded Costs
2001 4 1 Electricity and the Texas Environment
2001 4 1 Natural Gas Prices' Influence on Electric Prices
2001 4 1 Remedies for California's Electric Market
2001 4 1 The Strength of Texas' Fuel Supply
2001 4 1 Toxics release inventory (TRI)
2001 4 1 TRI Q & A
2001 4 1 Using Flawed Inputs in the ECOM Model
2001 3 1 Economic Benefits of Electric Competition
2001 2 23 Legislative Staff Briefing - 2/23/01: Key Issues Facing 77th Texas Legislature (PPT)
2001 1 19 Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT) Electricity Supply and Demand
2001 1 19 California's Electric Woes Will Not Befall Texas
2001 1 19 Customers are Protected Against Over-Recovery of Stranded Costs
2001 1 19 Electric Reliability in Texas
2001 1 19 How Natural Gas Prices Affect Stranded Costs
2001 1 19 In December, Natural Gas Prices Reached an All-Time High
2001 1 19 The Electric System in California & How Texas' System is Different
2001 1 19 The Recovery of Stranded Costs
2001 1 19 What are Stranded Costs?
2001 1 19 Wholesale Price Caps Would Hurt Texas
2001 1 1 AECT Competition Countdown - January/February 2001: High Natural Gas Prices Keep Electric Bills Up
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2000 10 31 Legislative Staff Briefing - 10/31/00: Natural Gas Price Update (PPT)
2000 9 12 Legislative Staff Briefing - 9/12/00: Texas' Market Succeeds Where California's Fails (PPT)
2000 6 1 AECT Competition Countdown - June 2000: Texas Supply to Meet Summer Demand
2000 5 1 AECT Competition Countdown - May 2000: Clean Air Plans in Texas
2000 4 1 AECT Competition Countdown - April 2000: Transition to Competition Continues
2000 2 15 Legislative Staff Briefing - 2/15/00: PUC Implementation of Electric Competition (PPT)
2000 2 1 AECT Competition Countdown - February 2000: Competition Helps Texas Companies Diversify
2000 1 1 AECT Competition Countdown - January 2000: Business Separation, Environmental Benefits
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1999 11 1 AECT Competition Countdown - November 1999: Meeting Demand for Power

 

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