Some Texas residents receive electricity bills for thousands of dollars

This winter is abnormally cold for many regions of the planet. So the southern state of Texas, America, faced severe frosts and heavy rainfall, which literally led to an energy collapse in the local network.

This led to the fact that in the local wholesale market the price per megawatt of energy increased from $ 50 to $ 9,000. And all this against the backdrop of continuing cold weather.

So the local TV channel KHOU said in its report that some residents received bills in the past few days for thousands of dollars due to this sharp rise in prices.

In some cases, the payment reached tens of thousands, and one resident reported that he was presented with an invoice for $ 17,000 for an incomplete February. At the same time, the same person paid only $ 660 last month.

As representatives of the TV channel explained, such a surprise will await everyone who has the so-called "Flexible tariff" (paid only on the fact of consumed energy, the price of which differs from time to time days). Those who use a fixed rate should not receive receipts that differ from the usual ones.

I would like to remind you that a real energy collapse occurred in this region due to a sharp reduction in electricity generation from "green" sources and the unavailability of the southern state grids to extreme loads.

And also the situation was aggravated by the isolation of the state's networks from the rest of the electrical networks, which made it impossible to transfer power from neighboring states.

All this led to a situation where millions of people were left without heat and electricity, and the "lucky ones" began to receive huge bills for electricity.

According to local authorities, the situation is gradually returning to normal (the weather changes to warmer). And the power supply has already been restored at 2 million. households.

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