Fact-check: Had Texas state leaders been warned of blackouts for years? By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact.com, Austin American-Statesman
Texas power outages left woman with over $10,000 electric bill
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Beto O Rourke: “Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”
PolitiFact s ruling: True
Here s why:The massive power outage in Texas that left millions with no heat amid frigid temperatures should have come as no surprise, according to former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke. Texans are suffering without power because those in power have failed us, said O’Rourke in a Twitter thread.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Sunday urged the state of Texas to pay for the residents ballooning energy bills after a severe winter storm caused a power outage and spiked energy prices.
Last week, major grid failures and increasing demand left millions of people without power amid the dangerous weather conditions. As power resumes for most Texas areas, many households are left with an energy bill as high as $10,000, CNBC reported.
Turner argued that the enormous electricity bills and the bills to repair homes should not be put on the residents shoulders. Those exorbitant costs should be borne by the state of Texas and not the individual customers who did not cause this catastrophe this week, Turner said in the report.
As Texas continues to thaw out after last week’s deep freeze, local leaders in the state are calling for investigations in the hopes of avoiding widespread disaster in the future.
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