Hinojosa wants to freeze Texas electricity rates on first day as governor

KTSA ^ | November 10, 2026 | Christian Blood

[MinorityRepublican]

Texas Democrat Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa says she plans to freeze residential electricity rates within hours of taking office, declaring an emergency over rising energy costs.

That idea is likely to trigger the first major tug-of-war between Hinojosa and a Texas legislature with plenty of Republicans.

Hinojosa says the move is part of her effort to address Texas’ affordability crisis and force corporations to pay more, although she did not clarify what more means. The proposal is already raising questions about its legality and potential impact on the state’s competitive energy market.

Nick Loris, president of C3 Solutions, told Fox News Digital that energy providers could quickly challenge the emergency declaration in court, arguing the situation does not meet the legal threshold for a disaster under the Texas Disaster Act.

Texas has operated a competitive retail electricity market since 2002, allowing consumers to choose from more than 100 electricity providers and a variety of pricing plans.

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TOPICS: US: Texas
KEYWORDS: pricecontrols

[frank ballenger]

They’ll freeze alright in winter when the power companies have to do blackouts. Unless they decide to work as a charity. 🥶🥶🧊🧊🧊🧊

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Texas power grid is the stuff of legend. I knew people who survived that Big Freeze a few years back.

[frank ballenger]

....although she did not clarify what more means.

It means socialism screws up and causes disaster and people realize they made a horrendous mistake but it's too late for a peaceful ballot box resolution.

When the overtaxed corporations and job creators leave the state the people will understand "If you want to get a job don't go to a poor person. Go to a rich one."

[Varsity Flight]

Watch both the R & D Crony Uniparty reach for their pockets.

[frank ballenger]

Side note. Hinojosa has a silent “H”.

“In Spanish, the letter H in “Hinojosa” is silent, so it’s pronounced “Inojosa” (or “Enojosa” in some accents)”
—Tik Tok.

Heard it first with radio guy Chris Plante trying to get it right the first day.

[Taxman]

She is, AS IS EVERY DEMOCRAT politician, bat-shit crazy!

[Varsity Flight]

She’s on it....Trump’s plan.... for the drug companies.

And the R & D Crony Uniparty got rid of his agenda... (SAVE Act)

[Varsity Flight]

The D Cronies watch em sweat their retirements in the counterfeit “Presidential Working Groups on Financial Markets” so called “market”

[Flash Bazbeaux]

Tik Tok is only half right. The “H” is silent, and the “j” is an “H”. So it’s Eenohosa.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Can he/she/it (covering all my bases so I don’t misgender him/her/it) freeze tax rates too?

[gildafarrell]

Why not just classify the whole power grid as state-owned. demoncRATS favor socialism & communism. That’s the first step in their plans.

[frank ballenger]

Fine. I give up. I was born in the United States and am 80 years old.

Like Frank Nitti (Bruce Gordon) on the last season of the first Untouchables TV series said when violent Chinese and other foreign gangs were starting to challenge the Italian turf: “Who are all these guys? You can’t even pronounce their names. This is our country and they’re coming in and ruining it.” One of the brief moments of humor in the screenplays of the series.

[PghBaldy]

Funny thing is many of us had immigrant ancestors that came from non-English speaking countries. I had among others, French, German, Polish etc. Some with names seemingly unpronounceable. They changed some of the spellings so Americans could say them! Or used the English equivalents.

[Red Badger]

Ping!................

[ZOOKER]

Her first day in office will be in January, right?

So if I were a utility and I knew my rates would be frozen in January, what would I be doing between now and then? Raising the rates, of course.

I assume Hinojosa's not a complete idiot - she knows her vow will immediately cost Texans a pile of money. The dems ran on "Affordability" but that concept is gone and forgotten already.

[madison10]

I had a boss with the same last name. He pronounced the “h.” It might depend on which part of the country a person is from.

[frank ballenger]

I can’t take it any more. We didn’t even get to the acceptable pronouns ordeal. I’ll never get it right.

[Gnome1949]

When the have-nots get to define “affordability,” the service must be FREE. This is communism, now in Texas.

Electricity in Texas will soon have to be paid using “OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY.” “Affordability” will always be in the eye of those who CLAIM to have no money.

In Washington, DC, public bus fares have become ZERO for 64% of the riders. They get on the buses and simply DON’T PAY ! They should be thrown off the buses but ARE NOT !

People with money will have to subsidize handouts to those who claim poverty. That is exactly what happens under communism and delivers misery to the entire society. Communism delivers terrible results for everyone. THIS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.

[alexander_busek]

“In Spanish, the letter H in “Hinojosa” is silent, so it’s pronounced “Inojosa” (or “Enojosa” in some accents)” —Tik Tok.

Wouldn't the "j" also be pronounced differently than in English? Wouldn't it be pronounced as a voiceless velar fricative (transcribed as /x/ in IPA)?

Regards,