Maybe I shouldn’t have been happy I didn’t lose electricity.
Outages Morph Into Outrage As Texans Slapped With “Mind-Blowing” Power Bills
The rolling blackouts that plunged up to 15 million Texans into darkness amid a historic cold snap are diminishing by the end of the week. About 188k customers were without power in the state on Friday morning. Days after power prices jumped from $50 per Megawatt to more than $9,000, the horror stories pour in for those who had power this week during grid chaos as they are mind-boggled how their energy bills skyrocketed.
Texans who were on a variable or indexed plans with power companies are only now reporting their bills have jumped hundreds of dollars, if not thousands of dollars for the month.
WFAA Dallas spoke with one person who said:
“Mine is over $1,000…not sure how…700 square foot apt I have been keeping at 60 degrees.
One couple said:
“When your electric company tells you to switch but there has been a hold on switching for over a week now. Using as little as possible 1300 sq ft house and this is my bill. . How is this fair. I only paid $1200 for the whole 2020 year. “
A tweet was accompanied by a screenshot of their bill that now stands at $3,800 for the month.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/outages-morph-outrage-texans-slapped-mind-blowing-power-bills
HOW can a utility just up and change the rate??? Mine is set at .08799 per kilowatt of usage. Yes, the more I use the higher it’ll be, but they can’t just say ‘oh we’re gonna charge $5 per kilowatt because it’s been so cold’!
Did they import the energy from Canada or something?
OMGosh, bet you are dreading getting your bill.
How can this be legal, it’s price gouging isn’t it?
What is a variable or indexed plan?
I just called TXU about my utility rate plan, guess where the person I talked to was? In the Philippines.
She told me that my rates would not be affected by it. I had her check my 95 year old father’s too.
This is the most outrageous thing I have ever heard of too. I wonder if that is how they decided who to drop power from when they did the shutdown. I feel the lightening bolt building, this will fry someone for allowing this insanity.
Just when you think things are settling down, Boom, Still More #ComDem_Insanity!
This whole thing is a total cluster fauci.