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Texas Blocks Utility Companies From Billing Customers or Disconnecting for Nonpayment After Sticker Shock Outrage
After outcry over skyrocketing energy bills following the severe cold snap that threw millions of Texans into the dark with no safe drinking water, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on Feb. 21 that the state’s utility regulators will temporarily ban power companies from billing customers or disconnecting them for nonpayment.
“Texans who have suffered through days of freezing cold without power should not be subjected to skyrocketing energy bills,” Abbott told reporters on Feb. 12 in San Antonio.
The governor said the Public Utility Commission of Texas will order electricity companies to pause sending bills to customers and will issue a temporary moratorium on disconnection of services for nonpayment.
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Millions don't have safe water at home, and residents looking for groceries or bottled water said they arrived to stores with bare shelves and long lines.
The latest on the storm:
President Joe Biden said Friday that he expects to sign federal disaster aid for Texas once the governor's request reaches his desk and that he planned to visit Texas next week if it was not "a burden."
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Victor Hernandez, left, and Luis Martinez fill their water containers with a hose from a spigot in Haden Park as others wait in near freezing temperatures Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 in Houston. Houston and several surrounding communities are under a boil water notice as many residents are still without running water in their homes, despite power returning to the region.Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
You’ll have to boil your water for another few days, Houston.
That does not include Kingwood and Willowchase, which are not under the notice because they are not served by the City of Houston's water supply system, Turner said.
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