Quadriplegic Texas man hit with $3G power bill after winter storm: ‘I don’t know how I’m gonna pay this’
After a lethal winter storm left hundreds of thousands of Texans with out power and going through shortages of meals and clean water, some residents are actually seeing exorbitant electrical energy payments.
Nicholas Milazzo, a quadriplegic, advised “America Reports” on Monday that his have to hold the temperature excessive due to his situation has left him with an power bill he cannot pay.
“I have to keep the temperature up because I have trouble regulating my body temperature,” Milazzo defined to host Sandra Smith.
Milazzo stated he was urged by his electrical supplier to modify as wholesale costs skyrocketed through the storm, however not earlier than he was charged $3,000 for heating his house.
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“No providers were allowing me to switch immediately and basically I got stuck with a $3,000 bill that I don’t know how I’m gonna pay right now.”
Griddy, a wholesale electrical energy supplier within the state, addressed the worth hikes in a assertion on its web site final Thursday, writing “We know you are angry and so are we. P—–, in fact.”
The firm defined wholesale costs shot up as a result of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) took management of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state’s power grid, on Monday and raised the wholesale value to $9 per kilowatt-hour till the grid might handle the demand attributable to the winter storm.
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Milazzo stated the expertise has been “pretty tough” on him, as statewide power and water outages have left him with out assist.
“I have a nurse that comes every day to help me out and she lost water and she lost power so I’ve been without help the entire week,” he stated. “I’m worried that my electricity is gonna go out, that my water is gonna go out, so I’ve had to fill my bathtub, fill my sink with water just praying that nothing bad happens.”
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Despite all of it, Milazzo is doing his finest to keep up his optimism, acknowledging that he’s “one of the lucky ones that I still have power,” and vowing to “be strong for everyone” as his state begins a protracted restoration.
Fox News’ Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
