energy service providers / retail choice areas / power marketers / wholesale power traders / electricity / energy efficiency / retail electric providers / owned utilities / retail electric competition / open access transmission services / retail electric / retail competition / retail choice customers / retail market power / /
Organization
Public Utility Commission / Electric Reliability Council of Texas / System Benefit Fund / Texas Legislature / / /
Issue Brief: Texas Electric Deregulation Nuts and Bolts Background: Electric customers have historically been served by private sector investor-owned utilities (IOUs), municipally owned