Thursday, Nov. 22: Part 1

Customers’ pain powers profits
Skyrocketing power prices are putting the bite on Texans.
The state's power industry racks up record profits while
insisting electricity deregulation is working.

Big power brokered in Galveston meeting
A meeting in Galveston in 1937 boosted the fortunes of a
future president and helped bring power to the Hill Country.

Friday, Nov. 23: Part 2

Critics say buyout ensures high prices
Efforts in the Texas Legislature to do something about the deregulated electricity market were derailed as private
investors bought the state’s largest electricity company
for $45 billion: the biggest buyout in history.

Saturday, Nov. 24: Part 3

Blowup led to rules deregulation rolled back
Scandal in the power industry isn’t new. The collapse of one
of the country's biggest electricity magnates led to many of
the rules that were rolled back with deregulation.

Sunday, Nov. 25: Part 4

What went wrong in offering customers a choice?
A decade after the beginning of deregulation, a
growing number of states are looking to abandon it.