Notes warning of historically high gas bills posted on front doors at Bell Cherry Hills
Hike being tied to historic freeze in Texas
Lance Hernandez, Denver7
and last updated 2021-04-25 03:36:26-04
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. More Coloradans are getting socked with extra-high gas bills because of the February deep freeze in Texas.
Notes warning of historically high invoices were posted on the front doors of individual apartments at Bell Cherry Hills in Englewood this week. February 2021 was a particularly volatile month for natural gas prices, the note said. Historic levels of cold concentrated in the heavy natural gas production areas of Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma caused significantly higher demand of natural gas for heating and electricity production. At the same time, the unusually severe cold resulted in many gas wells and pipelines freezing off, prohibiting any production or transmission of natural gas to end users. Additionally, significant parts of Texas electric grid we