It’s already happened: https://t.co/itYizbOBIq
— Ted Landau (@tedlandau) February 20, 2021
Mmmmmm, gimme some of that Green New Deal!!! $900 bucks to charge your Tesla!! Go daddy, go!! https://t.co/lYfcqSQzwQ #FoxNews
— E Van der Vliet ? ?? (@ThePBLPodcast) February 20, 2021
If this is true, this is beyond unconscionable. @GreggAbbott_Tx @tedcruz you guys need to get on this and fast. It is not the resident's fault for the power failure in #Texas during the #WinterStorm. The citizens should not pay for the state's failure. https://t.co/1TwvkRQZBv
— Ken Crow (@kwrcrow) February 20, 2021
Is Texas broken? https://t.co/ACDOeA68IW
— Molly Jong-Fast? (@MollyJongFast) February 20, 2021
"With the extreme weather, energy usage has soared, pushing up wholesale power prices to more than $9,000 per megawatt hour — compared to the seasonal average of $50 per megawatt hour." https://t.co/vuX21XCW0y
— Trev Eischen (@TrevEischen) February 19, 2021
Ouch. Texas startup offered domestic customers the opportunity to pay wholesale electricity prices for a $10/month fee. Worked fine till this week’s storm, but now they face bills of tens of thousands https://t.co/fLWYCltHDJ
— Chris Applegate (@chrisapplegate) February 20, 2021
As much as leftists hate to hear it, there are no systems better than unregulated capitalism, which is why Texans are getting $20,000 electricity bills but no electricity during a deadly freeze. https://t.co/dbsfVaSvZ5
— A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon (@JuliusGoat) February 20, 2021
As Texas deep freeze subsides, some households now face electricity bills as high as $10,000 https://t.co/kY33q2I8tE via @nbcnews ???
— #ProgressiveParty (@GottaBernNow) February 20, 2021
Imagine getting a $10,000 power bill for a week of crappy service. This is apparently how they designed the system to "work." https://t.co/0WkZg2YTO9
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) February 20, 2021
Then, @Robogeek started asking great questions. Not sure how/why this happened. Starts at 43:37 of the stream (linked on 1st tweet of this thread), he asked the @PUCTX about the @NBCNews story that said some Tx customers would have $10,000 electric bills. https://t.co/jwAO2CU1Ha
— Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) February 20, 2021
New from me: people are being slapped with sky high electricity bills in TX and there is no state relief for the cost in sight https://t.co/fgiQ5CTnjo
— Leticia Miranda (@leticia) February 19, 2021
In Texas, a VACANT 2 bedroom house with all the LIGHTS OFF & thermostat set to 60° has monthly electric bills averaging $125-$150. Compare that with yours. Then decide if “electricity in Texas is cheaper.” Or, they’re just suckers for Republicanism.https://t.co/2X7lCOeiAQ
— Puesto Loco™ (@PuestoLoco) February 20, 2021
markets! we love them, folks, useful for every imaginable circumstance, literally zero downsides https://t.co/iLDwr6zFTd
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) February 20, 2021
Good explainer on the new crisis hitting a growing number of Texans with variable rate energy plans.
— Morgan Chesky (@BreakingChesky) February 20, 2021
Spoke to a Houston homeowner yesterday who typically pays around $40 in energy bills. At last check the company told her she owed them $9000. https://t.co/a1EKvZe4Ec
The magic of the free market -- for-profit, unregulated, privatized, prices set by supply-and-demand -- works for oil tycoons but shafts everyone else. https://t.co/Gcth3Mn6uP
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 20, 2021
Some households in Texas now face electricity bills as high as $10,000 https://t.co/DODWgy1C13 via @nbcnews
— Dr. Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) February 20, 2021
As Texas deep freeze subsides, some households now face electricity bills as high as $10,000 https://t.co/t51iKH6bbi
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) February 20, 2021
The ‘free market’ is a false god.
— Jeff Strabone (@jeffstrabone) February 20, 2021
NBC: ‘As Texas deep freeze subsides, some households now face electricity bills as high as $10,000’ https://t.co/s0vvuz9Og0
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!
— JEAN ?? BLM ????? ?Ally (@Jean_Is_fed_up) February 20, 2021
Pay for a service they're not even receiving? ??
As Texas deep freeze subsides, some households now face electricity bills as high as $10,000
https://t.co/ssnzd54g5a via @nbcnews#DemVoice1 #wtpBLUE #wtpBLUE
On top of all that, a lot of people are facing electricity bills far and above what is sane. Deregulation at it's finest.https://t.co/blSKtGxmhE
— Braigwen (@Braigwen) February 20, 2021
Not only #CruzIsADisgrace...his wife is too..she works for an energy company that skyrocketed energy prices...Can you imagine a 10K bill ?https://t.co/kWElajpWem
— ThinkSmartPrepper (@SmartPrepperMom) February 20, 2021
As Texas deep freeze subsides, some households now face electricity bills as high as $10,000 https://t.co/64FVaIEDzR
— Jon Cooper ?? (@joncoopertweets) February 20, 2021
https://t.co/8SERSQmMid As Texas deep freeze subsides, some households now face electricity bills as high as $10,000
— Vincent (@Vincent_5) February 20, 2021
And consumers didn't just freeze in the dark; many are now facing catastrophic bills 4/ https://t.co/NLKrz2vwfp
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) February 20, 2021
Interesting @FT look at the massive financial casualties and windfalls in Texas this week. https://t.co/oUdXyopyoQ
— Jason Bordoff (@JasonBordoff) February 20, 2021
Bills mount in Texas power market after freeze sends prices soaring https://t.co/GIlJ9JFrCb
— Financial Times (@FT) February 20, 2021
If you are in Texas and have a variable rate electric plan...check your current bill and then turn off autopay. Who has $17000??? https://t.co/ifA0LsRepf #LoveThyNeighborTX #Snowpocalypse2021
— CHAD: A Fallout 76 Podcast ?️ 300k listens/subs (@fchadfallout76) February 20, 2021
https://t.co/4CVF6dGfIN - Stop your AUTO-DEDUCTION on your credit card; if waiting takes too long cancel the fucking card. #Fuckem first. https://t.co/TGgyTZfUJp
— Ventura4President; NO TIME TO WASTE ??⚒️☂️? (@PBratco) February 20, 2021
Texas families are being hit with mult-thousand dollar electric bills because of the winter storm. Anyone with auto-pay enabled should disable it immediately.https://t.co/x0oz6A9vNZ
— SEO-Theory.Com (@seo_theory) February 20, 2021