Are Texas Energy Companies offering what you want?

Every Texas Energy Company has big claims on the kind of customer service they provide. But if you do have some time, I will suggest that you browse the net for a bit of information and you will get a lot of comments, reviews and posts / news item about how people are just too frustrated with the companies' customer service. When the price for energy is so high and cutting the electricity bills become just too difficult, it entirely comes down to customer service of our provider that shall keep our relationship intact.

Whether these companies are monitoring the social media platforms is really not known because I have hardly seen any comment by a company representative over a customer grievance. Recently, I came across a customer's frustration over Green Mountain Energy (one of the Energy providers in Texas). This guy complained about the company's customer service about 4 days ago. Obviously, he must have posted on the internet only after losing it to the company. But there was no comment by a company representative.

In the present era when social media has become a part and way of our lives, how could a business not attend to it. Infact, there are many businesses who have built themselves recently just because they came to know of their customer's demands, behavior, likings through social media channels on the internet.

This is a request and suggestion to all Texas Energy Companies to start monitoring their reputation on the internet if they haven't already done so. For the benefit of their business and satisfaction of their customers.

Homemade ways to cut your energy bills

Can you think of a family that do not use TV, Electric Heater, Air conditioning, Games, Iron, dish, network, washing machine, refrigerator, microwave and so on and so forth? I cant! Well but what do you do if you cant refrain from using the stuff but still infuriate every time you receive your energy bill? Ok, so here are some quick actions you could try:

Keep your windows and doors closed for maximum time so you block the sun and hence do not let the heat trap in.

Try box fan that draws cool air through the house at 79 deg. At night let a fan blow on you. Or in your room.

Try Cooking quick meals and cook more than just one. For next meal, you could actually just warm it up. Desist oven as much as you can.

Use vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce etc. that require no cooking.

Wash dishes by hand as much as you can. Use dishwasher as less as you can.

This is just Take 5 for today. Sadly, there is no magic that could cut your energy bills, its through our patience and resilience that could make us feel better the next time when that bloody bill falls in our mailbox.

No Solar Energy even in Sun

States like Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas don't use more Solar Energy even when its sunny most of the year. Why are these states not banking upon such a great and free resource is the most logical question at this moment.

As for anything, a major role played here is that of economics. Solar Energy set up involves just too much costs for the landlords who prefer to buy the conventional stuff at a much cheaper rate. Also, Arizona and Texas are among the poorest states in the US which means that set up cost means a lot.

Other than just the cost, one of Texas largest industries is oil. So, more emphasis is obviously on oil than on Solar energy. Irrespective of the fact that Solar Energy my be a better cleaner way to produce electricity. The first initiative has to be from the citizens' side wherein we as honest and sincere citizens have to find out our own ways of cutting down on the fossil fuel energy resources. Until that is done, solar energy have been and shall remain unused. Government, obviously, plays an important role and that is not to be mentioned. However an initiative from the citizen only can make a government do what is best in the long term benefit of the nation. It is only by government that "green companies" can actually flourish and a mass implementation of green tactics is possible.

Green energies like solar, wind, and geothermal will always be small because they are not well represented in politics. The Obama government, however, has certain initiatives laid out and we hope that they are well followed and would really like to see them succeed.