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Internet And Phone Services In Rural Texas Threatened As State Slashes Subsidies For Providers

Neelam Bohra, The Texas Tribune

Posted on January 25, 2021 · A state fund that subsidizes rural network service is bleeding money. Now the state is drastically cutting the amount of money that it typically pays out to these service providers.

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State regulators approve controversial Texas electricity market reform

Emily Foxhall, Texas Tribune

Posted on January 20, 2023 · The substantial change in the way the state’s market works will first be reviewed by the Legislature.

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Texas lawmakers considering power grid fix that ignores last year’s blackout

Mose Buchele, KUT

Posted on November 17, 2022 · A report commissioned by the Public Utility Commission of Texas estimates that the performance credit mechanism could increase electricity costs on the state's grid by $460 million a year. Proponents of the credits say electric companies may eat some of that cost and not pass it on to consumers.

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Posted on August 16, 2022 · The state power grid operator has been run by an interim chief since the previous CEO was fired following the deadly 2021 winter storm that crashed much of the grid.

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Phone bills are about to go up for some in Texas. Here’s why.

Cecilia Lenzen, Texas Tribune

Posted on August 11, 2022 · Texans with typical individual cellphone plans will have to pay a few dollars more each month. The increase will be higher for those with family plans and those who pay per-minute rates.

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