As a historic winter storm raged across Texas over the weekend, Akilah Scott-Amos received an alarming message from her power company: Please switch services because “prices are about to explode.”
The 43-year-old owner of an organic skincare and apothecary shop was initially confused by the message from Griddy, which sells wholesale power for a monthly membership, but she began to look for other providers.
Then she checked her bill.
“I paid $450 for one day. I was in shock,” Scott-Amos told The Daily Beast on Wednesday. “It made no sense because we have a gas heater, a gas fireplace, and we have been keeping the temperature around the house at 65 degrees. With that amount of money, and the labeled amount of usage Griddy said was used—we would have to be lighting up the whole neighborhood.”
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/5-152-power-bill-texas-winter-storm-hell-only-gets-worse/ar-BB1dLKDE
Should be illegal.
Especially if a state of emergency has been declared.
It’s no different than price gouging on say gasoline or water.
I would tell these people to only pay what they paid on average and let the courts figure it out.
AC