Aug 26, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, Products, Services and Us
Sample of a GVEC member electric bill, with the Service Dates and Billing Date highlighted. September Cooling Bills: All about that August Heat It is hot. All over South Central Texas, we have been blanketed for about two months in a sticky, humidified wave of...
Aug 15, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, Products, Services and Us, The GVEC Review
Imagine Sweaty Texas Heat Without AC AC failures are stressful in any season, but nothing compares to sweating through a Texas summer without air conditioning. Breakdowns in the heat can even be life threatening for some people, so it’s important to keep your system...
Aug 5, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, ERCOT, Insights from Our GM, The GVEC Review
SunHub Community Solar Delivers Sun Power to the Guadalupe Valley As you may recall, we first introduced the SunHub Community Solar program in November 2017. The program allows participating members to purchase a portion of their monthly electricity in solar energy,...
Jun 19, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, ERCOT
It’s summertime; it’s getting hot, and electricity usage is rising just as fast as the temperature. As we begin looking for ways to cool off, we often start looking for ways to save energy at the same time. While there are many ways to shave off some of your usage...
Jun 2, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, ERCOT
You’ve probably heard of ERCOT, but do you actually know who ERCOT is? What do they have to do with electricity and GVEC? More importantly, what does ERCOT have to do with you? ERCOT is the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. They manage the flow of electric power...
May 6, 2019 | Energy Efficiency, ERCOT, Products, Services and Us, The GVEC Review
ERCOT and Brownouts Living in South Central Texas during summer, you’ve undoubtedly endured threats of brownouts, also known as rotating outages. When the Texas heat throws our AC units into working overtime during the hottest parts of the day, energy usage soars!...
