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Solar “Hub Home” Program Supports Houston Residents When The Electricity Goes Out

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The model for the electricity business in the United States is a monopoly that gives one company exclusive rights to distribute electricity in a given geographic area. For historical reasons, that model makes a lot of sense. Imagine if five electricity suppliers were putting up poles and stringing wires in … [continued]

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CenterPoint Energy Announces Costly Intention to Backtrack on Coal Retirements, Keeping Expensive Culley Plant Online Past 2027

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EVANSVILLE, Indiana – Today, CenterPoint Energy announced an intention to delay plans to retire Unit 3 of its F.B. Culley Generating Station, backtracking on their commitment to be entirely coal-free by 2027. In previous CenterPoint plans, the utility wrote that “Coal plants have not been able to consistently compete on short term marginal … [continued]

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