Consumers are enjoying the benefits of the competitive electric market through lower electric prices, more energy-service provider choices and increased reliability. TCPA members and their affiliates provide a wide range of important market functions and services in ERCOT. We develop, operate, and manage power generation assets, schedule and market power, provide energy management services and in some cases, act as the retail electric supplier for consumers.

OPINE is a blog by the Utility Practice Group of the Lloyd Gosselink law firm. The focus of news and debate in this blog is on energy, utility and environmental law and policy in the State of Texas. Monday, May 14, 2012. Goes under, will the lights go out? Will prices go up? .

Register for Structuring the Poetry Chapbook. The poet and the power plant. Readings, Signings, and Workshops. Cindy Huyser is a poet and photographer who lives in Austin, Texas. She is also a software engineer and former power plant operator.