Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN, Texas – Ken Lay, the former CEO of the energy and utility company Enron, was fond of writing letters to his friend George ...

Texas's deregulated electricity market, which was supposed to provide reliable power at a lower price, left millions in the dark last week. For two decades, its customers have paid more for ...

Unperturbed by blackouts and soaring prices in California and the recent collapse of Houston-based power trading giant Enron Corp., Texas plans to press ahead with electricity deregulation from Jan. 1 ...

The complete failure of the power grid in Texas during the recent winter storms that swept the state cost millions of dollars in damage and came with a death toll that won’t be fully known for months.

The severe winter storm that knocked out Texas’ electricity grid in February, plunging millions of people into a cold, dark ordeal, has led to a number of takes about what went wrong. The state’s ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part two in a four-part series. Read part one here. President Trump and Texas lawmakers are pushing to loosen the laws and ...

Texas officials say deregulation of their state's electric utilities won't bring the kind of energy problems that crippled California. Many consumer advocates remained skeptical of the deregulation ...

Deregulation in Texas, which officially began Jan. 1, 2002, is off to a rocky start. Although the state began its pilot program in July to test-run deregulation, kinks are arising as consumers begin ...

AUSTIN, Texas – Ken Lay, the former CEO of the energy and utility company Enron, was fond of writing letters to his friend George on stationery bearing his company’s famous crooked E. Crossing out the ...