We're In Trouble -- Texas Electricity Rates -- The Dallas Morning News -- June 4, 2022

Of course, this is a local story -- The Dallas Morning News talking about electricity rates in Texas and then re-printed in the Grand Forks Herald. 

The linked article fails to mention one of the major reasons why electricity rates have increased in Texas in the past year. We've talked about this before.

The linked article also fails to mention the "actual" rates among the 50 states:

Most expensive, to least expensive, selected states; in bold red: New England and New York:

• Connecticut: 26.48 cents; hates pipelines, up a whopping 16.7% from a year ago
• Rhode Island: 25.69 cents, up 6.6% from a year ago 
• California: 25.59 cents; up 13.6% from last year;
• New Hampshire: 22.15 cents; hates pipelines; up a whopping 14.9% from last year
• New York: 21.58 cents; hates pipelines; up a whopping 14.9% from last year
• Maine: 20.95 cents; hates pipelines; up an incredible 29% from last year
  
• New Jersey: 15.77 cents; down 3.7% from last year
  
• Pennsylvania: 14.48 cents; lots of natural gas, up 10.7% from a year ago
  
• Texas: 12.28 cents, down 3.6% from a year ago
• North Dakota: lots of coal, 9.64 cents; lots of coal, up 1.9% from a year ago

Texas is near the bottom. North Dakota is least expensive. 

And color me impressed if any reader can show me a total utility bill (electricity + natural gas) that is lower than my total utility bill for the month of May, 2022:

My monthly bill. This is my entire utility bill. I do not have natural gas:

Yes, this is in Texas, where apparently we have a problem.

Right now, Saturday morning, 10:12 a.m. EDT:

• ISO-NY: Long Island, $100 / MWh
• ISO-NE: Boston, $70 / MWh

April 26, 2022 rates, link here, monthly cost, numbers rounded:

• Massachusetts; $230
• New Hampshire: $200
• Texas: $110 (year/year change: down 4%)
  
• North Dakota: $85