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Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa plans Day One electricity rate freeze
Fox News • • general
Key Points:
- Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa plans to freeze residential electricity rates on her first day in office, declaring a high-cost emergency to address an affordability crisis.
- The proposal has raised concerns about potential conflicts with Texas' competitive energy market, which relies on free-market pricing and consumer choice among over 100 retail electric providers (REPs).
- Critics, including Nick Loris of C3 Solutions, warn that freezing rates could lead to energy shortages by preventing suppliers from adjusting prices to cover costs and may face immediate legal challenges.
- Texas operates an independent energy grid with an energy-only wholesale market, emphasizing competition rather than regulation, as established by the 1999 Senate Bill 7.
- Hinojosa will be sworn in on January 19, 2027, and her office has not commented on how they would handle potential energy shortages resulting from the rate freeze.
