Well for all the folks that think Tx is some kind of wild free market paradise - we have huge amounts of coal, more gasoline and natural gas than any other state, wind power makes up 10% of our power grid ( because there is a vast amount of empty space in central and west TX and plenty of steady wind)yet we are in the middle of cost for gasoline and electric rates...go figure.
Cost of electricity in Texas has more to do with Texas power not being tied in with the national grid. Something Texas fought for long and hard to keep the Feds from telling us what, when and how.
Freedom is never free, nor cheap.