Lubbock residents have long dreamed of cheaper electricity. Will Texas’ open market deliver?

A Lubbock Power & Light electrical substation on July 14, 2022. (Credit: Trace Thomas for The Texas Tribune)

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LUBBOCK — For nearly 25 years, much of Texas’ population have lived in a city that participates in the state’s open energy marketplace. But not the residents of Lubbock, who have been serviced exclusively by one electric company — Lubbock Power & Light, the city’s municipal provider.