A Texas woman sues an electric company after her bill was nearly $10,000 Share Updated: 11:25 AM CST Feb 25, 2021 By Konstantin Toropin Share Updated: 11:25 AM CST Feb 25, 2021
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Show Transcript $13,000 for seven days of power. Akila Scott Amos is one of thousands of Texans now saddled with a huge electricity bill more than $13,000 for her house and spring, another 2000 for her organic body products business. She chose to go with gritty AH wholesale electricity provider that has saved her money. She knew she d be subject to varying costs, but never expected this. This is robbery. This is robbery and if your whole mean is to make a profit while people are suffering or going through something, that s that s just not right. Tomorrow, the Texas Legislature begins investigative hearings on the state s power grid failure, and it s manager, ERCOT. During an emergency board meeting today, ERCOT officials said the grid was a mere four m
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) The Texas Legislature hearings were held on Thursday morning to investigate last week s failure of the state s power grid and its manager, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
During an emergency board meeting Wednesday, ERCOT officials said the grid was a mere four minutes and 37 seconds from a total collapse.
More than 350 power generators were knocked offline due to weather issues. Had they not implemented controlled outages, Texas would have been in the dark for weeks. That is why I have made it a legislative priority to mandate and to fund the winterization and stabilization of the Texas power infrastructure, said Gov. Greg Abbott in a statewide address Wednesday evening. This will protect the power grid from future power events.
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