Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday that dealing with residents ‘skyrocketing electricity bills is the state legislature’s first priority, and he said customers’ connections will be suspended if they don’t pay. With power running out amid deadly cold temperatures, Texans, who did not have a fixed electric plan, were raising bills because of market costs, some recording their bills in the thousands.
Abbott and the legislature held an emergency meeting on Saturday to help residents find ways to get “skyrocketing” from skyrocketing bills.
As of Sunday afternoon, about 30,000 texts did not have authority. Abbott said he expects power to be restored across the state by Sunday evening.
In addition to the skyrocketing electricity bill crisis, Texas is facing two other immediate crises: food shortages and Lack of access to clean water. Abbott said Sunday that they are suspending trucking rules for drivers to get on the road to deliver food quickly to the grocery store. They suspend cooking rules as long as they comply with state health guidelines.
Abbott also said the state would “prepare meals,” or distribute MREs, and he said the USDA would not. Disaster declaration requested to help in the distribution of grain.
The Texas Department of Environmental Quality said boil and water notices were taken Sunday for about 5 million taxis, including the state’s two largest cities, Houston and most of San Antonio. Two days ago, 14.9 million Texans were under boil water notice.
Residents bats are also brighter in the plunge as residents try to work with broken pipes. He urged anyone with issues to call a plumber as soon as possible as well as insurance companies.
In addition to the triple immediate crisis, B Bote said that from now on, Texas will provide winter to all sources of energy.
“We should never run out of power again,” Abbott said. “Texas is an energy-ridden state, we need to make sure we produce it into power generation to ensure power continues.”
On Saturday, President Biden a Big disaster declaration, Qualifying 77 of Texas’ 254 counties for federal funding to assist in recovery efforts.
Temperatures dropped across the state last week, leading to an increase in energy consumption, which shut down the power grid. The storm has killed at least 0 people in Texas, including a grandmother and three primary school children who died in a house fire in suburban Houston.
The snow began to melt due to the hot temperatures over the weekend.
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