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Last month, when severe cold caused millions in Texas to lose power, many voices, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, pointed to frozen wind turbines and blamed…
Fallout from Texas energy crisis continues
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Texas lawmakers are looking to hold power companies and the executives who oversee them accountable for Texas recent energy catastrophe, which had deadly consequences. Millions in the state were left without heat and potable water following back-to-back winter storms.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Tuesday against utility company Griddy Energy over enormous energy bills some customers incurred as a result of the storm. Bills were allegedly as high as $9,000.
Griddy Energy charges $10 a month to allow residents to pay wholesale prices for electricity instead of a fixed rate. The wholesale prices spiked as temperatures dipped well below freezing as a result of the winter storms, leaving customers with exorbitant bills.MORE: As Texas debates power crisis, El Paso credits its few outages to preparedness
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Texas county DA opens criminal investigation into whether any person or entity should face charges for last week s deadly power outages
José Garza, the District Attorney for Travis County - which includes Austin, did not indicate if the Electric Reliability Council of Texas would be targeted
Top ERCOT board leaders said on Tuesday they will resign after more than 4 million customers lost electricity during the winter storm last week
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has largely blamed the outages on ERCOT and called for investigations
This week, the State Legislature is set to begin hearings amid calls for reform of its deregulated electricity market