To Scott Willoughby, a veteran resident of a suburb of Dallas, Texas, the extreme tornado that has been alive this week and the serious problems of the energy industry as a result of which he gave an additional pesadilla: an invoice of more than 16 700 dollars.
This man of 63 years has told the New York Times diary that he was one of the few people in Texas to overcome the massive uprising that has killed millions of people without electricity. But if the podium appears to have a great effect, it will be converted into a great disgust. Willoughby needs to vacate his account to pay the cost of the invoice. “Perdí todos mis ahorros”, dijo.
This veteran is not the only one who has a particular problem: in the last days, the queens of Texans who were found in their invoices of the indescribable surprises were multiplied. Tal y como Willoughb, the son of the great customers of the una compañía de Houston called Griddy.
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The prices of this company suelen depending on the market and, by the fact, his kwesbaar to repentant cambios in demand. With the torment, the guest of electricity has been saved, claiming to cost upwards of 9,000 dollars per megavatio / hour, in comparison with the stationary premium of 50 dollars per megavatio / hour.
Julio Garcia is a man of 29 years who also lives in Dallas. Normally, the invoice for Griddy’s bill is one of 60 monthly dollars, but this is what I raised $ 2,795, according to our NBC News issue.
“Antes de la tormenta me mandaron un email para avisarme que me buscara otro proveedor”, verslur. It’s hizo, and the dijeron that the cambiarían to the new company the moon passed. Without embarrassment, the cambio did not produce the jewels: “I have attached pagan prices to the majority of Mondays, markets, shops and jewels, which will end up with more than 2,000 dollars”.
Now, aggregate, is evaluating how to pay this money, because, at the moment, it sums up its possibilities. “I’ve been trying to see if there is anything wrong with respecting these high prices, if I have any help with anything like that”, dijo. And he added that the situation made him feel “mentally agitated”. “It’s like not being able to do more with it”, ver verling.
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UA experiences similar is the one who lived DeAndré Upshaw, of 33 years, who also resides in Dallas. According to the account on the CNN chain, his invoice for this month is worth 7,000 dollars. Descubrirlo, dijo, “ha sido muy chocante”, dijo.
Upshaw agreed that he intended to change his energy plan, but he did not do so. “We are in the midst of a torment, the people do not have light, they do not have water, the last of those who care about debris is to pay astronomical bills for consumption”, affirms, and agrees to know another person in a perilous situation that has “complete accounts” and now “can not pay the alquiler”.
He, at the moment, has exchanged his credit card associated with the Greedy account for one that has a top of the page, in a way that can not be withdrawn until the money is debited. Now it’s hoping for a solution.
Griddy explained this week on its website that, as soon as it was able to detect the problem of low prices, it would suggest to its customers that it is temporarily passed on to another provider who offers different rates.
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The company also attributes this to the decisions of the state regulators (the Texas Public Service Commission – PUCT, by its sailors and English) to establish a price cap of electricity and the maximum of 9 dollars for kilowatts during the phase of energetic emergence of the torment.
The administrator of the 90% electric power of the state, the Texas Electricity Conservation Council (ERCOT, in English), has not yet been prepared for the last week’s conditions: the primary electric power is affected by a demand for energy from the commune.
NBC News reported that the firefighters also had users who did not attend ERCOT’s rescue service had serious problems with other companies.
The governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, is holding a meeting with other leaders of the state to abort this as well. “We have the responsibility to protect the Texans from the picos in their energy bills”, said in a statement. “We are moving fast to solve this problem”, aggregate.
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Griddy communicated the quarrels that it “emphatic to interact with ERCOT and the PUCT in search of help for the customer” and that “working in this regard to be able to” accredit the customers for any fee received, dollar for dollar “.
CNN says that it contacted PUCT to obtain comments on this situation, but did not receive any immediate information on Saturday.
With information from The New York Times, CNN, and NBC News.