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https://apnews.com/article/prices-weather-texas-e8cb3450888464a059e3132b23cb6f5d
Why some Texans are getting sky-high energy bills
2 hours ago
[...] Among them is Susan Hosford of Denison, Texas. On a typical
February day, she pays Griddy less than $2.50 for power. But the
one-day cost spiked to hundreds of dollars after the storm. In all,
she was automatically charged $1,346.17 for the first two weeks of
February, which was more than she had in her checking account, causing
her bank to charge her overdraft fees and affect other bills.
[...] Wholesale electricity prices fluctuate based on demand. Because
natural gas pipelines and wind turbines froze up in Texas, there was
less power available, but high demand for electricity, causing
wholesale prices to shoot up, said Joshua Rhodes, an energy research
associate at the University of Texas.
Wholesale prices are typically as low as a couple of cents per
kilowatt-hour but spiked to $9 per kilowatt-hour after the storm. [...]
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