[kittymyrib]

The Texas Utility Commission should have been fired the day after the black-outs for not doing their job. The power plants that froze up because of lax winterizing should have to pay for the outrageous rate hike. The customers should not have to pay for the negligence of these money grubbers when all the consumers did was try to keep their elderly and children warm.

[tennmountainman]

Amen. FIRE THEM ALL!

[SeeSac]

The Texas Utility Commission should have been fired the day after the black-outs for not doing their job. The power plants that froze up because of lax winterizing should have to pay for the outrageous rate hike. The customers should not have to pay for the negligence of these money grubbers when all the consumers did was try to keep their elderly and children warm.

Texas has a free market utility system. Customers pay lower rates because they don't award idle plants. No idle plants, no backups. You are posting from emotion rather than from facts.