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What's behind $15,000 electricity bills in Texas?

  • Written by Seth Blumsack, Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State
What's behind $15,000 electricity bills in Texas?Power to the people, but it will cost you.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Texans who made it through February’s extreme cold weather without losing power or natural gas must have felt lucky.

But for some, keeping their electricity through the blackout may turn out to be more traumatic than losing it. An undetermined number of homeowners have...

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