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By Vernon T., October 26, 2011, Energy Efficiency, FAQs, News, Save Money
By day, they appear as if dead… But in truth they only sleep…
For by night they awake to feed upon the force that powers the living…
And drive up the cost of your monthly electric bill.
Know them for what they are: energy vampires!
Just in time for Halloween, Bounce Energy has made a cute little video about the energy vampires. All Texas electricity consumers have them in their home. They can be anywhere, doing anything. Energy V [...]
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FAQs, News, Save Money, Small Biz»
By Vernon T., October 7, 2011, FAQs, News, Save Money, Small Biz
A good friend of mine often travels to China for buisness. One thing that dismays him is the air quality. “Most Chinese cities,” he said, “are covered in smog. You can’t see the horizon. It’s all just shrouded in a gray haze.”
China is making money hand-over-fist but because of air pollution they face decreasing crop yields from acid rain and mushrooming health costs for asthma, bronchitis, and other lung illnesses for the next thr [...]
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Energy Efficiency, FAQs, News»
By Vernon T., October 4, 2011, Energy Efficiency, FAQs, News
I noticed recently that grocery stores are carrying Halloween candy early this year. Some also have costumes and decorations out, too. On the web, a couple of blogs have set out some scary jack-o-lanterns of their own. The Electricity Providers' blog article, 7 Reasons to Fear Your New Electric Meter is a fun ghost story at best. Based on techno-dread and half-baked thinking, the anonymous Admin catalogues 7 fearful "facts" about smart meters [...]
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By Vernon T., September 26, 2011, Careers/Jobs, FAQs, News, Save Money, Special Offers
Multi-leveling Marketing (MLM) based businesses sound like quick and easy ways to make a pile of money. They sound more like pyramid scams or Ponzi-schemes. A casual glance at them tells you why: they charge people to "pay to play". That is, a company contracts with you as an independent agent to sell their product or service, however, you must pay a fee, typically several hundred dollars. The money is paid, in part, to others who are hig [...]
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By Texas Electricity, September 9, 2011, FAQs, News
It’s ironic that TXU Energy’s anti-variable rates campaign is called “Vari-a-bull”. Because that’s what is… a full heaping, steaming pile of it. What they want Texans to believe is that variable rate plans are dangerous, the providers who offer them are trying to steal your money and everyone on a variable plan is experiencing wild roller coaster rides. BULL. TXU is pulling out all the stops to prevent customers from switching to bett [...]
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Energy Efficiency, FAQs, News, Save Money»
By Vernon T., September 8, 2011, Energy Efficiency, FAQs, News, Save Money
Rolling Blackouts happen when generation from Texas electricity companies can not keep up with electrical demand. In order to prevent a cascading grid failure, the system operator —in this case, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) —shuts down different sections of the grid until enough generation capability is restored to use.
This prevents overloading generators and transmission lines and damaging them. Texans saw this happen [...]
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By Julianne, June 9, 2011, FAQs, News
The biggest and most common problems that happen in the deregulated Texas electricity market come from a lack of understanding as to exactly how things work. People have always heard the phrase “be sure to read the fine print,” and that applies to electricity in Texas just as much as anywhere else. In this instance, the fine print in question is almost always located in the Electricity Facts Label (EFL). Every single plan from every single el [...]
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By Julianne, June 3, 2011, FAQs, News
This probably seems like a vague, rambling kind of category for a shopping tip, but bear with me and it will hopefully make sense. An extremely common grievance customers write to me about concerns disconnections for non-payment of bills, and many of those cite the lack of a disconnect notice. Basically, customers have their electricity shut off and are upset that they didn't receive any kind of notice or warning that they were in the red regardi [...]
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By bouncey, May 17, 2011, FAQs, News, Special Offers
A few weekends back I was on my way to Home Depot when I tuned into a local “Consumer Advocacy” talk show. I was surprised to hear the hosts and a guest discussing electricity choice in Texas. As I'm driving, one of the hosts asked their guest, an expert who runs a popular electricity provider comparison site, a great question, "Other than rates, what criteria would you recommend consumers take into account when shopping for Texas electri [...]
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By Texas Electricity, May 16, 2011, FAQs, News
Without question, the most common gripe I see come through to me are customers who are outraged over the changes made to their electricity rate over the course of their time with their electricity provider. And a vast majority of the time, this occurs with people who signed up for a month to month electricity rate. This is definitely confusing, because under Texas law, Texas electricity providers are legally allowed to advertise their month to mo [...]
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Energy Efficiency, FAQs, News, Save Money, Small Biz»
By Vernon T., March 1, 2011, Energy Efficiency, FAQs, News, Save Money, Small Biz
If you are starting a small business in Texas, you know how exciting it can be be. Likewise, it can be a frustrating headache when you are trying to choose your commercial energy provider because so few companies publically advertise their plans, rates, and prices. The main reason is that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas doesn’t require retail electricity providers (REP) to publish business consumer prices as they do residential.
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By Vernon T., January 26, 2011, FAQs, News, Save Money, Special Offers
Find out how much money you can save with Bounce Energy right now.
Just grab your current electric bill and click over to the Bounce Energy Savings Tool. On this page you just enter your zip code, the amount you currently pay per kWh, and then enter how many kWh you use in a month. Next, choose to see results for fixed rate plans, month-to-month plans, Green Energy plans, or click "Show me all plans".
Click the "calculate savings & [...]
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