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A pilot program to test alternative nutrition label formats was launched in August with industry participation. It is part of an FDA program to make ingredient labeling more useful and understandable to consumers. Earlier in the summer, the agency published three proposals to revise food labeling.
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Issue date: Sunday, August 14, 1932
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Syracuse Herald (Newspaper) - August 14, 1932, Syracuse, New York with''Complete Wire and Cable Reports of JJPSTATE'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER INDEPENDENT, Owned and Made in Syracuse Heart of Nation's Industrial Empire JHgASSOClATED PRESS the UN1TED_PRESS SYRACUSE HERALD iVOL. 52, NO. XXX SYEAOUSE, N. Y., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1932. TEN CENTS ROOSEVELT TO WALKER'S SHERWOOD Hindenburg Rejects Hitler, Dares Reich in Nazi Refuses ToMakeDeal; e s 'President Balks .at Sur- rending Nation's Control to Untried Party California Crew Wins Olympics [Violence Is Banned Hitler Refuses Cabinet Post; Hindenburg Plans "Iron Fist" Rule Berlin, Aug. 13 towering figure of Germany's "grand old President Paul von Hindenburg, again blocked today a seizure of power attempted by the meteorl- cally rising chieftain of the National Socialists, Adolf Hitler. To the self-confident demand of Hitler, Austrian-born former corporal and papcrhanger, for all or none of the country's governing authority, the venerable field marshal-president firmly and with dignity posed his "never." Hitler had been offered the post of .vice chancellor, a post which would created especially for him and Include the office of premier of Prussia, which has been vacant since the National Government imposed a yirtual dictatorship in Prussia. Hitler rejected that. Chancellor Franz von Papen next offered cabi- net posts to some of Hitler's lieuten- ants. Hitler refused that. To Hitler's claim that his party's size entitled him to exclusive in other words, the right to erect a Fascist von Hindenburg then posed his duty to Ills conscience and to the fatherland to govern Germany impartially and not in the interests of one movement, however large and formidable. Having failed In a plea to Hitler to make good pre-election promises to support the presidential government the aging von Hindenburg ended his historical audience with fatherly words of admonition and lost no time in assuring Chancellor von Papen he backed him to the fuft in the days ahead, during which most Im- portant tasks await the cabinet To a nation excited over reports from abroad that Hitler's storm troops would attempt to seize power by force, the president then gave an example of undaunted confidence bj taking a night train to his summer home at Neudeck, East Prussia. Hitler also left Berlin quickly, stat Ing that further plans fcr continuing the fight to attain exclusive powe ;would be determined at a meeting of his party's leaders next Tuesday. He faced the disappointment of hi nearly 000 definitely ex pected him to be chancellor tonight He also faced a challenge of the radi cal wing to abandon the legality he had pledged himself and fa eeek power by extra-legal means. All indications were that In even of still another Reichstag or othe election he could not win over 5 per cent of the voters. In the opinio of many political observers, he there lore was in a blind alley, emergenc from which would be difficult. Government spokesmen informed the press that they regretted Hitler's refusal to play the game with other "national" forces. Chancellor von Papen, it was stated, "opened his arms wide to enable the leader of the National Socialists to co-operate actively and positively in the national reconstruction.' The cabinet said it regretted this the more as it did everything possible the National Socialists, Including dissolution of the Reichstag, rais- ing the ban on the storm troops and the National Socialist uniforms, and affording the National Socialists the possibility of using the government jadio facilities to broadcast their University of California's power- ful crew, carrying the United States colors, won the Olympic eight-oar championship, gaining victory over Italy by Inches, with Canada third and Great Britain fourth. Japan took the Olympic swim- ming laurels for men, climaxing a week of brilliance with two tri- umphs Saturday. William Woodward's Happy Gal won the Saratoga Special, a sweep- stake for two-year-olds. Ladysman, victor over Happy Gal a week ago, ran second, and Caterwaul was third. The veteran handicap horse, My Dandy, won the Illinois Handicap. Cathop -was second and Polydorus third. Sinking an IB-foot put .for a birdie 3 on the 18th green, Gene Sarazen, British and American open jolf champion, won for himself and Larry Sovik, Syracuse city amateur champion, over Bill and Bob Mitchell, Syracuse golf -profes- sionals at the Onondaga Golf and Country Club. Complete graphic stories of tliese and other sports events In Sports Section. Hoover Stand Breaks Drys' Solid Front Dr. Dinwiddle Meets Re- sistance in Recruiting Support for President Poling Aids President But Anti-Saloon League Cannot Give Support, McBride Says 75-Mile Wind Rips Wire Communications With Coast Towns Galveston Shut In Water Piled Over Cause- ways Hundreds Flee to Safe Inland Places Houston, Tex., Aug. 13 winds, presumably the skirts. or a tropical gale blowing in from the southeast, struck Houston and Gal- veston tonight. Early checks indi- cated none had been injured. At Morgan's Point, where the Hous- ton ship channel enters Galveston Bay, the wind was reported blowing at "a velocity of 65 miles per hour, and water was standing even with the pier, which normally is four feet above the water line. An interurban dispatcher here said he had been informed the causeway connecting Galveston island with the mainland was under water early to- night when the last load of men, women and children leaving the is- land had crossed. "There is no possible Way out or Galveston he said. Telegraph communication -went out from Galveston, but the Galveston News, in a long distance telephone call at P.M., said it was believed the worst of the blow was over. Some trees had been blown down (Concluded on rase 2, Column 1.) government had hoped to be rewarded by Hitler's sharing the re- sponsibility for governing Germany. It now proposes to do its work and decide later upon mature reflection what further consequences to draw from today's unprecedented situation. It was the third time In five months that President von Hinden- burg had attempted to settle an Is- sue involving the future of Kj 8 P 13, he asked Germany's electorate whether he desired to continue with infinite patience to win back its place in the sun under the leadership of Its citizen In yar and peace, or whether it preferred to embark on what he considered the uncertainties of an untried Fascist regime led by an able mass organizer capacity'for governing, how- ever, was to him an unknown quan- The German people's answer, al- ready overwhelmingly for President von Hindenburg, was Invoked a sec. ond time in the runoff election on April 10 and again the presidents popularity blocked Hitler's ambition Dramatic as .the two presidentia elections were, "their .personal draiw -was overshadowed by.1 the third show down today.-Hitler and .several of hi Associates in the National Soclalls party conferred with Chancellor von led oa 4, column 6} Outstanding and Exclusive Features In The Herald Today Special Dispatch, to The Herald Washington, Aug. wide- spread crack-up of- the organized dry forces of the nation was indicated to- night as a result of President Hosver's turn against 'the prevailing system of national prohibition. The National Anti-Saloon League, as represented by its spokesmen, was openly resist- ing efforts by leaders of the National Prohibition Board of Strategy to rally their forces to the Republican stand- ard as, to them, the lesser of two evils. The first break in the studied si- lence which central committee head- quarters affected following the Presi- dent's dramatic acceptance speech, came during the day in a forceful statement from the Rev. Dr. Edwin C. Dinwiddie, the executive secretary of the Board of Strategy, representing the 30 odd prohibition organizations Both as an individual and as the National Temperance Bureau's repre- sentative on the Board of Strategy he urged drys to admit the Intoler- able enforcement situation and sup- port President Hoover on his per- sonal record and his proposal "constructive course." This was supplemented by unoffi- cial word that the Rev. Dr. Daniel A Poling, chairman of the Board o Strategy, was meeting with-substan tlal encouragement in an Intensive move to line up the board's evecutlve committee in favor of the President at least passively, and would announce his results here tomorrow afternoon It was accompanied also by direct as surances to the President from such dry leaders as the. Rev. Samuel E Nicholson, New York Anti-Saloon League cfficial, and Fred B. Smith head of the Committee of One Thou sand and a member of the executive committee of the Allied Forces. While various -irreconcilable drj leaders about the country had reg' istered their resentment at the Pres ident's change of attitude, and in some Instances had shown signs o fight Anti-Salcon League headquar ters in Washington, offered the firs discordant note with any semblanci of organized backing. From this source, which directed the successful fight to put the 18tl Amendment into the constitution under the leadership of the late Wayr. B. Wheeler, came an excerpt from a speech to be made at Winona Lake. Ind., tonight by the Rev. Dr. F. Scott McBride, general superintendent, in which he said the Anti-Salcon League could not support the prohibition stand of either presidential candidate. Even the McBride statement, how- ever, reflected the trend which ap- pears to be running through the or- ganized dry lines in their crisis which is to look with greater favor on Pres- ident Hoover than upon his Demo- cratic rival, Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt of New York, because the Presi- dent's enforcement record and pledges are more satisfactory to the prohibitionists. The President's Insistence that the proposed return of liquor control to the states to which principle he s committed, be on terms "guaranting" the suppression of tne saloon and the protection of dry states, was dis- 'Old Masters' Found In Czechoslovakian Woman's Collection1 Vienna, Aug. 13 Vienna Journal disclosed today what It de- scribed as the sensational discovery of a number of hitherto unrecog- nized old masters in a collection of paintings belonging to Countess Maria Henriette Chotek at Castle Korompa In Czechoslovakia, The report was that they had been identified by the Amsterdam painter, David Lang. U.S. Chamber Harriman Urges Modi- fication of Volstead Act at Once Sees Dry Law 'Doom' Supports British Method of Regulation, With State Option Gov.Roosevelt infers With Garner Today Speaker to Return to Capital With Governor for Half Day Ruth Chatterton Is Bride Of George Brent Day After Ralph Forbes Divorces Her Paul Block And Mayor's Wife Slated lampaign Trips Set Speaking Tour to Begin This Week, With "Big Swing" Sept. 12 THIRD SECTION AL SMITH appeals for private assistance to augment" public relief. MARK SULLIVAN calls Hoover's speech a model of directness. SAVING CITIES FROM BANK- Louis Brownlow, former president, National City Managers' Association; director, Public Administration Clearing House, New York. City. ROTOGRAVURE AIRPLANE PICTURES of Onon- daga Lake shore development and Yacht' Club and Its sur- roundings at Oneida Lake. Two smashing pictures making a full page. THORNDEN SPLASHES Happy children and grown-ups enjoy swimming pool and lawns at Syracuse park. BROOME COUNT 7 FAIR at Whitney Point, the first of the 1932 county fairs, drew big crowds each day. A full page of pictures of the various activities. MAGAZINE GHOSTLY ANCESTORS, grimly rule love out of Prince's life. By Princess Radzwill. QUEEN OF CLIPPER quit Yankee home port on romantic trip to Africa. CAN SCIENCE take the "acci- dental" quality out of love and the "gamble" Jrom marriage? "PRESENT WHEN One of the year's best stories, by Harold Titus. And Scores of Others and Every, Sunday, missed by spokesman the Anti-Saloon League ,f_______ with the observation: 'No program proposed can safeguard against the return of the saloon. If liquor comes back, the saloon will be back." While the outcome or the revolu- Washington, Aug. 13 ate changing of the Volstead act to permit the manufacture and sale of "non-intoxicating beer" and modifi- cation or repeal of the 18th Amend- ment was recommenedd tonight by Henry I. Harriman, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. In a radio address made public by the Chamber, Harriman said he "mo: heartily" welcomed the attitude o the Democratic and Republican par ties on prohibition and looked upon their stand as one that "foreshad ows the doom of the 18th Amend ment." "I trust that its modification o repeal will come he added, "and that we may adopt the British policy of high taxation and strict regula- tion, permitting such states as de- sire prohibition to continue it." he said, "will advance the cause of temperance and from a bil- lion to a billion and a half dollars will accrue to crar various govern- mental units. Pending the repeal or modification we might, with ad- vantage, immediately change the Vol- stead act to permit the manufacture, transportation and sale of non-in- toxicating beer, taxing it at the rate of S6 per barrel. This would bring annually into the Federal treasury sum approximating S400.000.000." Harriman compared the British and American policies toward liquor and favored the former. "What are the results of our ex- he asked. "Probably as much liquor is consumed today as in 1914. Our jails are crowded with prisoners arrested for drunkenness. (Concluded on Page 5, Column 2) Prince of Wales Dances and Swims With Young Widow Venice, Italy, Aug. 13 Ce- cile Kraus, an attractive young widow spending the season at the Lido, nearly monopolized the atten- tion of the Prince of Wales at a dance last night and swam with him and Prince George this morning before they left by airplane for Corfu to review the British naval squadron. The princes arrived yesterday and met Mrs. Kraus at the dance, where she was with a party at an adja- cent table. Mrs. Kraus, described as well-to-do, lives at Turin, but is understood to be partly of Hungarian ancestry. Hyde Park, Aug. 13 Roosevelt, spending the last week-end at his Hudson River home before entering upon a two-months invasion of Republican territory, tomorrow will entertain his running mate on ,he Democratic national ticket, Speaker John N. Garner of Texas. When he motors back to Albany, .omorrow night, the presidential nom- inee will turn his back on the pleas- ant country home and its sylvan set- ting, until the middle of October. The next three week-ends, Mr. Roosevelt -will be in three states that generally are Republican in national elections, Ohio, New Jersey and Con- necticut. The Associated Press has learned that the "big swing" of the Roose- velt campaign that will take the can- didate to the Pacific Coast, will start on Sept. 12. It will end on Oct. 3 at Buffalo, where it is understood the New York Democrats will hold their State convention. The following week-end, Mr. Roose- velt will be in Tennessee and Ken- tucky. The Governor pushed the Walker hearing out of the way this weelc-end. Tomorrow night he will return to it when he confers in Albany with his counsel, Martin Conboy, and go over the program for resumption of the case on Monday. While there still are two charges in the Seabury summation to be con- sidered-rthose involving Russell T. Sherwood, missing accountant, and Mayor Walker's brother. Dr. William also charges by James E Finegan and William J. Schief- e'lin, it generally Is believed that Mr. Roosevelt will end the hearing next A dispatch from Corfu said the two British princes arrived there late this afternoon to inspect Great Britain's Mediterranean fleet. Marconi 'Bends9 Ultra-Short Radio Waves Past Obstacles Discovery Opens Important New Field in Wireless Communication Rome, Aug. 13 Marconi has made another advance la the science of radio communica- tion, he disclosed today, by "bend- Ing" -ultra-short radio waves which heretofore he had been unable to transmit through obstacles. From his yacht Elettra in the Gulf ol ArancI, he sent a message to his lifelong collaborator, Marchese Lulgl Solarl, announcing that he had sent messages on 57-centimeter waves from Rocca dt Papa to Capo Figarl, in Sardinia, a distance of 270 kilo- meters. He used portable reflectors, communicating clearly both by radio telegraph and radio telephone. Today's discovery permits trans- mission on ultra-short'waves In such a manner as to overcome the earth's curvature. This, said Senator .Mar- coni, Is proof that the ultra-short wave is not definitely limited by His associates attributed great im- portance to the discovery because heretofore it had been possible to use ulta-short wave communications only between two points in a line of vision. The waves would not pass through houses, trees and similar objects Senator Marconi has been trying for n year to "bend" the waves. Experts here said that if he had overcome the obstacle of the earth's curvature he could overcome other obstacles, thus greatly extending the possibilities ol ultra-short wave com- munication. This method, they said eventually would revolutionize radio transmission, for it is infinitely cheaper and simpler than method, in use at present. The Inventor has been pushing his experiments recently to apply them in a first Installation for Pope Piu the Vatican and the pontiff' sunyner Despite the menace of court pro- edure, Attorney General John J. Ben- nett has assured Mr. Roosevelt that i writ of prohibition cannot halt his (Concliuleil on Page 3, Column 3) [J. SL Soldiers Help Bring Big Manila Fire Under Control Manila, Sunday, Aug. 14 lers of the 31st United States In- antry early today helped control a re which destroyed the insular gov- rnment records' buildings, two Catholic colleges and other structures n the ancient Spanish wailed city vith an estimated loss of Three hundred students at Sania sabel College, a Catholic girl's school, filed out of their dormitory without j'anic. The other school destroyed was the Ateneo de Manila, a Catholic toys' college. The Ateneo Museum ,-hich contained some of the finest historical data in the Philippines, was Iso destroyed. Doolidge and Byrd Discuss Economy League Campaign Plymouth. Aug. 13 Idm'iral Richard E. Bjrd and Calvin Coolidge today sat down in.the old 3oolidge homestead here and dis- cussed matters pertaining to the na- ional economy league, of which Byrd is chairman. 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After the Clinton initiative for universal health insurance collapsed in defeat in 1994, few politicians proposed an equally ambitious solution to the problem, and Mr. Bush and Mr. Gore are no different. They have offered plans to cover more of the uninsured, but neither plan is on the scale proposed by their counterparts in 1992, Bill Clinton and President George Bush.
Mr. Gore is aiming to ensure that all children have access to health insurance by 2005, by expanding the existing Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). He would also expand that program to cover uninsured low-income parents and would provide a 25 percent tax credit to middle- income people who had to buy insurance on their own.
Mr. Bush would use refundable tax credits — up to $2,000 for families and $1,000 for individuals — to help low- and moderate- income families buy health insurance on the private market.
The two candidates' philosophies on how to cover the uninsured, with Mr. Gore more reliant on existing government programs and Mr. Bush looking to the private market to provide coverage that individuals could buy with the help of tax credits, is also reflected in their approach to the other main health care issue in this campaign: prescription drug coverage for the elderly.
The rising cost and increasing use of prescription drugs have pushed this issue to the top of the political agenda. Medicare does not cover most out-patient prescription drugs and supplemental coverage can be expensive. Nearly a third of the elderly have no insurance covering prescription drugs.
Mr. Gore would add a new prescription drug benefit to Medicare. Mr. Bush would provide short-term help to states to assist the low-income elderly. Down the road, he envisions that his plan to restructure the Medicare program, and turn it into a largely private marketplace of competing health plans, would produce a drug benefit for the elderly.
Mr. Gore's drug benefit plan is considered more generous, with a higher federal subsidy for premiums; it also spells out the premiums, co-payments and benefits. Mr. Bush would leave many of those details up to a future task force, the Congress and the private sector.
Proposed spending on prescription drugs for the elderly
Bush $158 billion over 10 years
Gore $340 billion over 10 years
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Gore $146 billion over 10 years
"Governor Bush has a plan to much more aggressively enroll people in private insurance plans. His proposal is consistent with leading proposals in the House and the Senate that would grant generous tax relief to people who buy their own insurance. Gore is more interested in expanding government programs. . . . There really is a difference. Bush is more interested in helping people get private insurance, Gore is more interested in enrolling people in government programs."
John C. Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, and a Bush supporter
"The Bush approach is modest tax credits — and the way I would characterize them is too little, too late, and too hard to match with decent insurance coverage. That policy will provide resources to those who already have insurance. And for the uninsured, they're offering a 10-foot rope to people in a 30-foot hole. The vast majority of the uninsured cannot afford to buy insurance nor, in the nongroup market, is it likely to be available to them with the tax credit he's offering. Vice President Gore, by contrast, is building on public programs that we know from experience are the most effective way to reach the people who cannot afford health insurance. He strengthens Medicaid and CHIP and extends them to more children and even more importantly to adults."
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Transmission trouble - slips into neutral when cold
My transmission just started acting up in the past two weeks, so I'd like some advice - that a girl could understand too please. I know enough about cars, but not like some of you gearheads who know every term for every single little thing.
Have a '94 XLT with 116,000 miles. This tranny issue only happens in the mornings (when the car's been sitting for 12 hours or so, although I DO have a remote starter and always let it warm up for about 10-15 minutes) and only when it's really cold out (like this morning, it was about 15 degrees outside). It also only happens once per morning, usually within a block or two of my house; once I get the car REALLY warmed up, it stops. When I come to a stop light or stop sign, heading uphill, when I try to go again, the tranny will slip into neutral. If I turn the engine off and then restart, it's fine and I can drive again and stop pissing off all of the traffic that's stuck behind me.
I have no problems with any other gears/shifts. I did put a quart of Lucas Transmission Stop Slip in about 1 1/2 weeks ago, and it was fine and dandy for about a week, but then started doing this again the past few days.
Any thoughts? Is my tranny going bad or is there something small that I'm just missing? Haven't tried to take the transmission apart at all yet, so I'm just going on how it feels while driving.
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Could be the tranny going, as is normal for the A4LD automatic in these.
Best bet might be checking the ATF fluid level, and maybe even a fluid change.
Additives rarely help, though even if they do, they are just a band-aid until it's eventually so bad a rebuild is necessary. Usually it's better to just use the correct ATF (possibly a synthetic) and no additives at all.
In terms of money, sometimes it's best to just do a fuild change with two gallon jugs of generic Dexron III/Mercon ATF from the parts store, rather than spending $$$ for brand name fluid, only to find the problem is still there. If the fluid change fixes it, you can change the fluid later on with something better if you want, or just run the generic stuff until it's time for a rebuild.
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Thanks Anime. Have some work to do tomorrow installing new ABS sensors, so I'll check and change the ATF while I have it on the jacks. Anything that's cheaper than a rebuild, ha ha.
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Hi -JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE. MY 94 XLT DOES THE SAME THING WHEN COLD( after setting for 12 hrs. or more) and has done it off and on for a year and a half now. When it first started I serviced the trans ( new filter and fluid and adjusted the bands ) to no avail.still the same problem .Inquired again at this site and had suggestions of valve body problems so Ibought a kit and overhauled the VB.And put a Viton seal on the 1st and rev.acuator piston and it did make a difference in the up shifts,But I still had the original problem.Another member at this site suggested I try an additive, as he had a similar problem and solved it with an additive. Long story short I went to Walmart and bought an additve for automatic trans ,made by Bars/Leak in a two part bottle for around 8 bucks.And there was a vast improvment. Though the problem still rears its ugly little head once in a while it is nothing like before.If you can get another year or two of service by adding an additive it beats the high $ alternative of overhaul or replacement.I mean lets face it. if We had bux delux we would not be driving 17 year old cars huh ? Elbow:
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i have a similar problem but with most gears whenever i do get down the block to a stop sign it comes out of gear into neutral i have a 94 limited 4wd and its slippin going into reverse and most of my forward gears ive changed the fluid and filter but still really no change im considering a rebuild but i have yet got any advice from this forum.
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Have you all scaned them to see what that says. You mite be facing a rebuild. I was around a ranger that we thought had the tranny going out so we changed it and it didnt change a thing no codes were thrown ether. We heard about taking off the positive battery cable for 10 minutes so the computer would reset and that fixed it.
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You should check the valve body gaskets to see if they are deteriorated, and the valve body bolts to see if they are loose. Sometimes bad O rings on the filter might cause a similar issue.
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The Texas electricity grid is often looked at as the paradigm for wind energy for an electricity grid. And in many ways, that's absolutely true. Texas achieved another milestone on Thursday night, Continue reading "Texas Electricity Hits New Wind Milestone on Thursday" »
Texas Deregulated Electricity Primer
I saw this nice little article in the Texas Monthly today as a primer of things customers should know about deregulated electricity in Texas. It's a great premise, and the three things they listed are certainly things Texas customers need to understand, but I'd definitely expound on a few things that Texas electricity customers should be aware of when looking for electricity providers. Continue reading "Texas Deregulated Electricity Primer" »
Champion Energy Wins Customer Satisfaction Award for 2015
After falling to Green Mountain Energy last year in the annual J.D. Power & Associates award for customer satisfaction, Champion Energy has regained the top spot in the coveted customer survey. Congratulations Champion Energy Services! This marks Champion Energy's 5th finish Continue reading "Champion Energy Wins Customer Satisfaction Award for 2015" »
Energy Future Holdings to Sell ONCOR
As I've stated for years, the bankruptcy of Energy Future Holdings has been inevitable. It was coming ever since the bottom dropped out of the natural gas market due to innovations in fracking. And finally, it looks like we can finally see how the Texas electricity market might look once the inevitable finally happens and we survey the surviving landscape. Continue reading "Energy Future Holdings to Sell ONCOR" »
Texas Electricity and Technology Upgrades
For years I've been writing about the folly of the PUC in pushing for huge changes in the Texas electricity model out of fear of running out of energy. The combination of the Texas population boom in recent years and the lack of investment in new energy generation plants has led to plenty of fear mongering and poor decision making, specifically the raising of the market cap. There have also been rumblings about overhauling the Texas electric market into a capacity market, which would be about the worst idea in the history of bad ideas.
However, throughout all of this noise, many people (including myself) have been attempting to stress patience and caution with any major changes to the Texas electric marketplace. And more or less, we've been proven correct. The "shortage" of generation has proven to me mostly mythical, with many studies showing that Texas has more than enough energy to meet the market reserve for coming years. There's many reasons for this, but one of the mostly often ignored ones has been the improvements made in technology. We may be be growing as a state, but every year energy conversion technology gets better and better, and as a result people are actually using LESS energy, or using it much more efficiently, than in years past.
A perfect example of advances in technology would be the new Tesla battery that was announced recently. Sure, it's a home battery, but what if we're talking about these batteries on a larger scale? Batteries that efficient could solve much of the problems we have with wind power in Texas…namely that it blows when we don't need it (the winter) and not when we desperately need it (the summer). Batteries this efficient could be a step in long term storage of solar energy to be used when we desperately need it in Texas. Granted, Oncor is slow to move on these developments, but the technology itself proves that we don't need to recklessly change an energy market that WORKS, saves people money, and isn't really in any immediate danger of not being able to keep the lights on for Texans.
Demand Response Programs and 2015
Now that the new year has been rung in, and everyone is getting back to their regular daily lives, it is time to focus back in on Texas electricity in 2015. I previously wrote about Critical Peak (or Demand Response) programs last July. Now that we've rung in 2015, lets take a quick look at the programs. With lots of people shopping for electricity ahead of the summer heat and higher electricity bills, Demand Response programs might be a good way to save money.
In short, a Demand Response program is a plan where when the electricity grid is threatened by potential rolling blackouts (when electricity demand exceeds supply), customers can reduce their only electricity consumption and receive a rebate from their electricity companies. Commercial electricity customers have had the opportunity to do this for years, but only recently has Demand Response become available for residential electricity customers.
Lots of companies offer their Demand Response plans in different ways. Some people offer bill credits, others offer specific demand response plans a customer must order. However, some demand response plans, like Direct Energy, offer their Demand Response programs a little differently. At Direct Energy, customers simply enroll in a Demand Response plan program the same way they'd enroll for something like auto bill-pay. Any plan, and any customer in Oncor and Centerpoint qualify except for pre-pay customers. So if you're already a Direct Energy customer, simply enrolling in their plan and lowering your electricity consumption on days when you get a notice that it is a Peak Event. By doing that, customers will get a 5% bill credit on their next bill. As far as Demand Response programs go, it's the easiest and most seamless one on the market today.
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Excellent DMN Article Highlights Confusion in Texas Electricity Shopping
In a recent article in the Dallas Morning News, Mitchell Schnurman does an outstanding job of highlighting several of the existing challenges with navigating the Texas electricity market. As someone who has operated a website for electricity in Texas for five years that prioritizes consumer advocacy, I've long been beating the drum that the best way to maximize customer savings is through customer education. Unfortunately, it is shocking just how many people really don't understand how our electricity market works. This is an article that really helps drive home that necessity.
The Texas electricity market can be confusing, and things like minimum usage fees or the differences between fixed and variable plans can be easily overlooked or ignored by customers shopping for different plans available in the market. That is until their bills hit their mailboxes. Schnurman is correct, many of the fees that customers will be tagged with are hidden in paragraphs of legalese and contract fine print and can be difficult to identify if someone isn't well informed on exactly what to look for when comparing electricity plans.
For example, I work in this space. I know that when I'm shopping for an electricity plan, I need to look first at the plan's kWh rate, as well as the length of the contract term (I don't shop for variable plans). Then I need to check the contract cancellation penalty (just in case I decide to leave). Next on the list is the minimum usage charge, both how much that charge is and the electricity thresholds where that charge activates. Next I check the EFLs (electricity facts labels) to see if the electricity company has any other listed items for which they can charge, as well as the plan's Terms of Service. After that, I check out company reviews from previous customers and see if anything stands out, such as poor customer service or a company with lots of complaints for not mailing out bills consistently…anything that might be a red flag. Finally, I would see if there are any benefits, such as sign-up bonuses or rewards programs that might sweeten the deal.
That's a lot of steps for shopping for an electricity plan, and I'm certain that a majority of folks shopping for electricity do not go through as rigorous a research protocol as myself. But they should. It's just like buying a car, the customers that come in the most informed have a better chance of walking away with a much better deal on an automobile. Which is what makes some of the comments by Kenneth Anderson frustrating in the DMN article.
We're almost 15 years into deregulation in Texas, and many people still don't know the difference between the TDPS (companies who are responsible for maintaining the poles and power lines) and REPs (the electricity companies who bill you each month). And while the PUC has a point in talking about not wanting to do anything (such as an apples to apples plan to allow easier electricity comparison) to deter the competition of the market, there are certainly things they can be doing to increasing the knowledge base of Texas shoppers. For example, they could change the rules for how plans are presented, highlighting and forcing companies to put the information that most directly impacts a monthly bill front and center when trying to sell their plans, instead of burying it pages into an EFL or the Terms of Service, specifically Minimum Usage charges and thresholds. Many electricity companies in the past have billed customers based on the historical usage of their addresses, as opposed to their actual usage. Having that information front and center for customers to look up to understand an address's past usage and how it relates to computing a minimum usage charge would be helpful as well.
The point is, that there are a number of ways to make this process easier to understand for customers and better equip them for taking advantage of everything the Texas electricity market offers. And this can all be done without endangering the competition that makes this market greater. In fact, in my opinion, it is the deep pockets of electricity companies and their substantial lobbying budgets that prevent many changes, not the fear of curbing competition between providers. But regardless of the cause, the best solution is for Texas consumers to educate themselves and find the best deals.
Green Mountain Energy Wins 2014 J.D. Power & Associates Award!
Green Mountain Energy has nabbed the top score in the J.D. Power & Associates annual customer satisfaction survey for Texas electricity! Congratulations Green Mountain! This is the first time in 4 years a company has beat out Champion Energy Services for the top spot in the survey.
Additionally, the survey also shows that customer satisfaction for Texas electricity has increased dramatically over last year as well. From the article:
Despite an extremely severe winter and correspondingly high electricity bills, satisfaction with retail electric providers has improved dramatically from 2013, driven in part by improved communications, according to the J.D. Power 2014 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study released today.
Overall satisfaction increased 24 points from a score of 682 to 706 from 2013 to 2014. The survey also highlights the increase in the quality of communication between customers and their electricity companies based upon the customer recall of communication. This is great news, as it illustrates that electricity customers are doing a better job of reaching out to their customers in this digital age.
Green Mountain Energy scored a 762, followed by Champion Energy at 759, Cirro Energy at 736, and StarTex Power at 735. Bounce Energy rounded out the top 5 with a score of 730.
I'll be back later with an article examining some more of the key findings in the survey and what it represents to Texas electricity customers.
Critical Peak Rebate Programs. What Are They?
Critical Peak Rebate programs are likely to become a new hot trend in the world of Texas electricity. So what are critical peak rebate programs, and what do they mean to you? Lets take a look. Continue reading "Critical Peak Rebate Programs. What Are They?" »
Reliant's New Unlimited Electricity Plan: A Closer Look
Recently Reliant Energy announced a new electricity plan for Texans, the Reliant Predictable 12 Plan. As the Houston Chronicle outlined, the plan calls for customers to sign a one-year electricity contract at a flat, monthly rate, regardless of electricity usage. This kind of plan is normal in other industries, specifically cell phone service providers, but it is the first of its kind in the Texas electricity space. I'm no stranger to questioning some of Reliant's past electricity plans, so I figured it was worth the time to take a closer look at this new "unlimited plan."
The Plan
On the surface, the plan is pretty straightforward. Customers will pay a flat fee to Reliant every month to receive unlimited electricity service. So whether they use five or five thousand kWh in a month, their bill will be the same. The appeal (or the demographic Reliant claims to be appealing to) might be older folks on a fixed income, or perhaps younger college graduates who have to make very careful budgeting plans each month. Customers visit Reliant's website, input their address, and select the Reliant Predictable 12 Plan. They will be then be given a monthly estimate, presumably based upon the historical usage of the building in question, and possibly some other factors. Easy enough, right?
The Results
I'll caveat this portion by saying two things: 1) The price given by Reliant when I input my address is very likely just an estimate of my monthly rate 2.) It's impossible for me to know what anyone else's estimates would be without putting in their addresses. That being said, what I can certainly do is analyze that plan with my own address. I live in a two-thousand square foot town-home, fairly new construction, and with a 2 year old A/C unit that is on the lower end of energy efficiency. Here were my results:
Your Predictable 12 amount is $150.00 per month.
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|4000 kWh
|3000 kWh
|2000 kWh
|1000 kWh
|500 kWh
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Now, lets explain what that means. The math is simple, just multiply the kWh by the Average price to get your monthly average. The first thing that should jump off the page is that the 1000 kWh plan is LITERALLY the exact same price per month as the 500 kWh user. Use 500 or 1000 kWh? Who cares, pay Reliant $150. In fact, if you stretch the math onward, you'll see that 4 of the 6 possible rates per usage come out to…exactly $150. The other two come out at $160. So basically, Reliant is going to make sure they are making $150 a month on these customers, whether they're living in a 1 bedroom studio the size of a broom closet or a 5,000 acre compound with a private zoo.
I suppose this should immediately disabuse anyone of the notion that this kind of plan makes sense for a budget conscious retiree or recent college graduate. The .3 rate they quote for someone using 500 kWh is more than three times the cheapest plan available on Power To Choose, and double the most expensive fixed rate plan in the 500 kWh range. In fact, it's more than twice as expensive as all but one of the five Reliant plans listed on Power To Choose. Personally, I don't think it's very budget friendly to charge double or triple rates just so you know exactly what your monthly bill will be, but that's just me.
And it gets worse. Again, I can only compare this bill to my own historic electricity usage but I pulled my bills to make a comparison. Thanks to Reliant's easy math, my yearly bill on their plan would be $1800. But looking at my past 12 bills, I can immediately tell this is a bad proposition. Over the past 12 months, I had exactly one bill that was higher than $150. My bill for last July clocked in at $157. So one bill, in the hottest month of the year, topped the $150 Reliant would look to charge me every month. Of course, I also had 7 bills less than $100, including 5 bills under $60. The total cost of my last 12 months of electricity was $1148.45. That's $651.55, or 36% less expensive than Reliant's Predictable 12 Plan. That seems like a pretty expensive premium to pay just to know exactly what your electricity bill will be each month. Anyone who can afford that probably isn't worried about budgeting their monthly bills in the first place because they are affluent, and the irony is they can still get a better deal simply by doing nothing.
Other Considerations
The price tag alone isn't the only thing to consider. As we've demonstrated above, despite being tagged as a "budget friendly" plan, this isn't a plan that makes sense for anyone who is financially concerned about their budget. On the lower end of the spectrum, the plan is extremely expensive.
There are also a couple energy efficiency points. First off, it appears that Reliant is estimating the monthly rate at least in part on past usage. But what happens if someone were to spend money outfitting their home with new energy efficiency appliances? Any possible energy savings or improvements would be lost on their bill simply because the plan doesn't take into account actual usage. And in this day and age we're making improvements on the energy efficiency of home appliances and electronics by leaps and bounds. But none of that would matter to any customer on this electricity plan.
Another energy efficiency point to consider is responsible conservation. This plan doesn't exactly encourage customers to be on their best behavior. It doesn't really matter if they would leave their electricity on all hours or run their A/C at 65 degrees in the middle of August…because no matter what the bill is going to be the same. So in that regard if someone is looking to raise a dozen penguins in their home year round, well, this is the electricity choice for you! That's hardly a positive considering the state of Texas is facing an uphill battle to build new electricity generation plants even as our population continues to boom. Of course, Reliant likely doesn't care about that since their parent company, NRG, currently owns a huge percentage of Texas's electricity generation and can only make more money from any electricity shortages.
I think it's safe to say that Reliant Energy's Predictable 12 Plan probably isn't the best option for anyone even remotely concerned with their monthly electricity bills. For all but the largest users of electricity, the rates are extremely high. Anyone who can afford $1800 a year on electricity service probably doesn't have to concern themselves much with their monthly utilities budget. However, for a small niche of customers wealthy enough to want to build snowmen in their living room year round this plan might make good sense. But an average customer like myself can save more than $600 a year just by paying for the electricity I actually use.


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