ActionfigureJoe Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 TEXAS homeowners have been hit with more than brutal winter storms - they are getting accompanying massive electricity bills. Electricity bills for Texans shot up as high as $17,000 per month following a nasty winter storm that caused power outages and wrecked havoc. 5 Electricity rates in Texas jumped from $50 to $9,000 per Megawatt in some casesCredit: AP:Associated Press The outages created a huge demand for heat, which drove up utility bills for many suffering residents. Rates in Texas jumped from $50 to $9,000 per Megawatt in some instances as demand soared during the energy crisis, according to WFAA. Dallas resident Ty Williams’ bill spiked from $600 last month to almost $17,000 so far this month, he told news station. “How in the world can anyone pay that?” said Williams, who got his bill from the energy company Griddy. 5 A couple tweeted about their massive electricity billCredit: AP/Twitter @katandtonyT “I mean you go from a couple hundred dollars a month… there’s absolutely no way‚ it makes no sense.” Texas is the only state that has a stand-alone electricity grid. Lone Star State residents with “variable or indexed” electricity plans are subject to market demand, at least in part. Texans who still had power during the storm turned up their heat, and their electricity rates rose accordingly. 5 People who did not lose power turned up their heat to try to stay warm, driving up their electricity billsCredit: AP:Associated Press “The last thing an awful lot of people need right now is a higher electric bill — and that’s unfortunately something a lot of people will get stuck with,” a chief analyst in the energy industry, Matt Schulz, told NBC. On Thrusday, a couple in north Texas tweeted a screenshot of their Griddy bill from February 1 to 18, showing a $2 all-in rate and 1,638 kilowatt-hours used. The statement broke down to $3,702.57 in wholesale electricity, plus $68.40 in Transmission and Distribution Utility Charges, plus $6.12 in Griddy membership and $24.06 in taxes and fees. That amounted to $3,801.16, for just over two weeks of service. 5 Some residents got electricity bills in the tens of thousands for the monthCredit: Reuters The couple tagged Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Senator Ted Cruz and news outlets, and tweeted that Griddy told them to switch but the process was on hold for more than a week. “Using as little as possible 1300 sq ft house and this is my bill.. How is this fair,” they wrote. “I only paid $1200 for the whole 2020 year.” 5 The winter storm caused power outages in TexasCredit: AP:Associated Press Dallas suburb resident Royce Pierce said the electricity bill for his three-bedroom home hit $10,000 in a matter of a few days. “We are hoping there will be relief,” Pierce said. “This is something maybe we can skate by and tackle as time goes on but how many people can’t? A lot.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 You know what they say......everything's bigger in Texas! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted February 20, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) Jerry Jones stands to make a killing I guess. He has interest in someway with natural gas electricity production. At a wholesale rate of $9000 for a MWh it is a real profitable business. Better then buying Bitcoin for a penny and selling it at today’s value it best just to produce your own electricity as much as you can. It’s cheaper in the long run. Edited February 20, 2021 by BOHICA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dave said: You know what they say......everything's bigger in Texas! $50 to $9000 a megawatt. Lol. Texas doesn’t care much for government regulation of their energy companies. Oh well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 You get what you vote for. All those cheap megawatt hours for many years will cost you eventually. The payoff is a motherfucker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, BOHICA said: Jerry Jones stands to make a killing I guess. He has interest in someway with natural gas electricity production. At a wholesale rate of $9000 for a MWh it is a real profitable business. Better then buying Bitcoin for a penny and selling it at today’s value it best just to produce your own electricity as much as you can. It’s cheaper in the long run. Or just have a government regulate the energy barons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Mainecat said: You get what you vote for. All those cheap megawatt hours for many years will cost you eventually. The payoff is a motherfucker Ya its a real mess in California Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted February 20, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 31 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: Or just have a government regulate the energy barons. Regulate energy company yes but incentivize individuals, not companies, to become self sufficient. Makes no sense at all to give incentives to central generation of electricity with wind/solar/gas/coal/nuke. Gives those incentives to individuals. the best energy regulation I have seen is California regulating that all newly constructed homes must have some of its own generation. California also has the worst in the fact that they require the grid to be shut off during high fire danger. Edited February 20, 2021 by BOHICA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, BOHICA said: Regulate energy company yes but incentivize individuals, not companies, to become self sufficient. Makes no sense at all to give incentives central generation of electricity with wind/solar/gas/coal/nuke. Gives those incentives to individuals. the best energy regulation I have seen is California regulating that all newly constructed homes must have some of its own generation. California also has the worst in the fact that they require the grid to be shut off during high fire danger. Energy companies in Texas are the politicians biggest donors. The idea of self sufficiency is possible for less than 1% of the population Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted February 20, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: Energy companies in Texas are the politicians biggest donors. The idea of self sufficiency is possible for less than 1% of the population Energy companies across the US are some of biggest donors. Electricity companies love the whole EV thing cause it means more money for them. Billions extra annually for them that will only increase. you would see democrats and republicans cry if somebody proposed removing all subsidies from energy on a utility scale and shift that subsidy to individuals. take paying for poor peoples electricity by governments. Why not put solar and a battery system in a poor peoples residence instead of government paying a utility company for the energy that the poor people use Edited February 20, 2021 by BOHICA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted February 20, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted February 20, 2021 Lone Star State residents with “variable or indexed” electricity plans are subject to market demand, at least in part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Global warming and green energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted February 20, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 20, 2021 Not all of Texas suffered....kind of nice when you can get power from neighboring states. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/18/texas-power-grid-outage-ercot/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 A coal plant looks pretty good right about now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted February 20, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted February 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, ACE said: A coal plant looks pretty good right about now ...... they had a coal plant go down during the cold 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, BOHICA said: ...... they had a coal plant go down during the cold So they needed one thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 14 minutes ago, BOHICA said: ...... they had a coal plant go down during the cold Oops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted February 21, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted February 21, 2021 13 minutes ago, ACE said: So they needed one thanks They needed more then one. Their fossil fuel generation that went off line was probably almost as much that Canada’s entire grid can produce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low-1 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 2 hours ago, BOHICA said: They needed more then one. Their fossil fuel generation that went off line was probably almost as much that Canada’s entire grid can produce I don’t know, man... according to Google, this is the largest power plant in Texas: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WA_Parish_Generating_Station At 3600ish MW, my small town of about 900 people in Northern Manitoba (Gillam) makes the same, with another 700MW coming online in the next year. BC makes huge power, so does Quebec. And a lot of it is exported to the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Wonder why more folks didn't have Generators? I have been out of power for 4 days some years ago and only used about 20-30 gallons of gasoline which we always have here anyhow. Bar down the road has a huge Diesel generator and because they keep tanks of fuel for the Groomers there they never are out of power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted February 21, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 21, 2021 9 hours ago, XCR1250 said: Wonder why more folks didn't have Generators? I have been out of power for 4 days some years ago and only used about 20-30 gallons of gasoline which we always have here anyhow. Bar down the road has a huge Diesel generator and because they keep tanks of fuel for the Groomers there they never are out of power. Because with the exception of east tx , they prolly dont experiance multiple day outages. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 No regulations in Texas.....yeah! They want to succeed from the US.....go right the fuck ahead. Moronica! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted February 21, 2021 Gold Member Share Posted February 21, 2021 10 minutes ago, Mainecat said: No regulations in Texas.....yeah! They want to succeed from the US.....go right the fuck ahead. Moronica! You really hate minorities don’t you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 15 hours ago, BOHICA said: They needed more then one. Their fossil fuel generation that went off line was probably almost as much that Canada’s entire grid can produce What’s their typical usage? You’d think at those revenues there’d be lots of plants being built. Is there something the green energy cult isn’t telling us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 They couldn’t even keep nuclear plants running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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