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Guest Blog: The Square Foot – The Small Business Tenant’s Guide to Electricity

Guest Blog: The Square Foot - The Small Business Tenant's Guide to Electricity

When operators of small and medium-sized businesses sign a lease for new office, warehouse, or storefront space, there are many clauses within the lease documentation that require strict attention.  Aside from the rental rate, special concessions, and the operating expense clause - which allow the landlord to recover out-of-pocket expenses - knowing how electricity charges are passed down to tenants is something that can save or cost a busines [...]

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Sundance Cinema – Bounce Energy Small Business Profile

Sundance Cinema - Bounce Energy Small Business Profile

Like any good company, Bounce loves our customers – simply put, we wouldn’t exist without them. Yet, even with all of our wonderful residential accounts serving as the bulk of our customer base, we hold a special place in our hearts for the small business owners around Texas who have entrusted their energy needs to us. Such an alliance is based upon the kindred spirit Bounce feels with other growing businesses, but it’s also because the bac [...]

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Paying Through the Nose to Breathe Easy: How EPA Changes Will Affect the Texas Electricity Market

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, Save Money, Small Biz»

Looking for Transparent Commercial Electricity Rates?

Looking for Transparent Commercial Electricity Rates?

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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Power Your Texas Small Business With Bounce Energy

Power Your Texas Small Business With Bounce Energy

Want to start the New Year with a new eletricity provider for you small business? Getting the run-around on energy plan information from Texas eletricity providers for your small business?  Wondering if they really care about your business? Bounce Energy can help you take care of business with their new small business Texas electricity plans.  And guess what?  They're easy-to-understand, straightforward plans that you can read about in detail [...]

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Green, Small Biz»

Houston Green Office Challenge

Houston Green Office Challenge

One of Houston Mayor, Annise Parker's, initiatives is to make Houston a greener, cleaner and healthier place for citizens to live. One way she is following through with this particular initiative is partnering with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability to launch this City's first annual Houston Green Office Challenge. The City is challenging building owners, property managers, management districts and tenants to greenify their practices by [...]

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Eco-Friendly Home & Business Products from LetsGoGreen.biz

Eco-Friendly Home & Business Products from LetsGoGreen.biz

A quick glance @LetsGoGreenBiz from the window of my twitter feed shows a common theme: Green products ... and lots of them. The eco-commerce shopping site at LetsGoGreen.biz features a wide array of everyday home and office products, from natural dog and cat treats to bamboo coasters and plates. The home page displays featured items of the month, including particular sales items for the thrift-conscious shopper, and the product categorizat [...]

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