Cities Aggregation Power Project, Inc. (CAPP) is a non-profit organization that pools Texas cities’ electric power needs in order to negotiate lower, more stable prices through bulk purchasing. CAPP has more than 100 city and political subdivision members that collectively purchase 1 billion kilowatt-hours annually. Its members have saved more than $100 million over the past few years in comparison to what they would have paid without aggregation. While seeking savings for its members, CAPP has learned first-hand the flaws of Texas’ current deregulation marketplace.  CAPP supports all legislation that ensures a truly healthy electric market where consumers can save and competition can flourish.

New Developments
 

CAPPitol Insight Blog

Current News and Reports

• Statement of Geoffrey Gay, general counsel for several groups of cities that participate in both the regulated and deregulated energy markets. (Jan. 27, 2010)

  “The Texas Public Policy Foundation, an Austin-based organization consistently cited by the electric industry to lend credence to anti-consumer policies, has released yet another misleading report about the dismal record of electric prices under deregulation. Here are the simple facts: for years before deregulation, Texas residential consumers paid rates below the national average. For years after market restructuring, Texans have paid rates above the national average.

Industry News

• Energy futures spike; pump prices still flat (Dec. 23, 2009)

  Holiday travelers can expect gasoline prices to remain steady into the new year even though energy futures spiked Wednesday on a big drawdown of crude and gasoline supplies. (Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram) 

Critical Legislative Issues


• For the 2009 legislative session, CAPP identified priority issues that it took before state lawmakers. These included those involving market power, ERCOT and citizen aggregation.