
How Texas's deregulated market for power led to exorbitant electric bills
CNN
Those closely familiar with Texas's energy market say these thouand-dollar electric bills are less a bug than a feature of the state's deregulated system.
"I felt almost guilty with these people not having electricity that I was complaining about my bill," she told CNN on Monday. "At the same time, my complaint is: How am I gonna pay this?" Tanner is just one of a number of Texans who now face exorbitant electric bills after last week's widespread power issues, which caused life threatening blackouts and shortages of water, food and medicine.
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