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[Cakers3]

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@Spurt wrote:

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@Cakers3 wrote:

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@Spurt wrote:

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@SilleeMee wrote:

In 1989 Texas experienced their last cold wave but since then the need to prepare for the next deep freeze was ignored. 

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@SilleeMee 

Yep you are right!!! They didnt want to pay for winterizing all energy sources, then there was poor planning for catastrophic storms by ERCOT, the State, and by local energy officials who ignored the meteorologist warnings .....and locally they didnt want to pay for backup generators to keep the water pumps going either...Meanwhile these incompetent fools, got BIG BONUSES last year and before the storm were scheduled for more (people were mad because electric rates went up too)

.... A lot of details are slowly leaking out....Meanwhile we are waiting anxiously for our February electric bills ..... which is not only based on wattage used but there's something included called a "fuel adjustment" that changes based on the market cost of energy....

Think what would happen if there was no or little planning for hurricanes in States like Florida and Louisiana....basically thats what we had in place.....

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@SpurtCPS last update-they will not be sending out bills until at least March 13.

In the meantime, payment plans will be available but only for the increase in cost during the storm.

Yet your regular bill for March will have to be paid in full.  I believe the remainder of the February costs before the storm will also be due in full.

So it will actually be a double billing -one with a "payment plan" and one due in full.

What a convoluted system that will not do a darn thing to help.

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@Cakers3 

Thanks for the info ....good to know.... I told my sister I guess Ill put aside my tax refund to pay for my electric bill....Here we consumers get the shaft due to the incompentency of others.... 😡🤬

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@Spurt   It will probably change, again.

Last I heard for across the state the exorbitant charges will be rescinded.

Now they won't be because it will "hurt" all the providers.

Grrrr. 

[lovesrecess]

Am surprised this post wasn’t poofed and so glad it wasn’t. Weather and climate are different and are now being used interchangeably. We can predict the weather better today than we could even twenty years ago but using satellite imagery and other technology. Hurricanes are discovered as they form and so far in advance that most people have time to evacuate or get out of harm’s way. Snow and ice are another story. Difficult to know for sure the extent or the extreme of the cold or precip. So many times forecasts have called for snow; the roads are treated, the schools are closed, and then nothing.....climate depends on where you live. The weather is constantly changing...here in Texas, we call it seasons.

[Sooner]

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@Nuttmeg wrote:

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@Mindy D wrote:

I have no idea where the power grid is winterized. I do know that areas that had warmer winters in the past might need to quickly reevaluate whether winterization should be done in light of climate change and the changing weather we see now days. Floridians would probably laugh if lawmakers tried to winterize locations here, but I'm not laughing. So many unpredictabilities lie ahead that I'd rather be safe than sorry. 

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@Mindy D

I hope people ask questions the freezing cold weather can happen anywhere. 

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The problem is there isn't enough money.