# Gina Hinojosa Wants To Freeze Electricity Rates in Texas. New Jersey Shows Why That Won’t Work.

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/gina-hinojosa-wants-to-freeze-electricity-rates-in-texas-new-jersey-shows-why-that-wont-work/
- Published: 2026-11-09T22:19:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T23:34:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Reason (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://reason.com/2026/11/09/gina-hinojosa-wants-to-freeze-electricity-rates-in-texas-new-jersey-shows-why-that-wont-work/
- Topics: Politics

## Key points

- Hinojosa has promised a Texas electricity rate freeze.
- The article says Texas regulators may lack power over retail prices.
- New Jersey and Georgia examples suggest freezes do not stop bills rising.

## Summary

Gina Hinojosa has pledged to freeze residential electricity rates in Texas if she becomes governor, but the article argues she may lack the authority to do so and that a freeze would not tackle the main causes of rising bills. Texas prices are set by retail providers, while transmission and distribution charges are a major driver of increases nationwide.

New Jersey’s experience is offered as a warning: Governor Mikie Sherrill froze utility rate hikes, yet bills remained high, and a state-commissioned report found distribution accounted for roughly a quarter of charges, with no single reform able to fix the problem. The article also cites Georgia, where residential electricity prices rose 2.3 per cent in the year after a three-year base-rate freeze was approved, and notes that New York Governor Kathy Hochul rejected a proposed statewide freeze.

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