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>thousands of dollars People are already receiving such bills: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/02/20/17000-electric-bill-deregulated-power-
by everybodyknows 6y ago
>thousands of dollars
People are already receiving such bills:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/02/20/17000-electric-bill-deregulated-power-grid-texas-griddy/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/02/20/170...
Two problems:
1. Most consumers who signed up for such plans had no awareness of the risk they were taking. Sales people would have tried to hide it.
2. Many such bills will prove uncollectible, bankrupting the middlemen involved.
A bailout is surely coming:
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2021/02/20/griddy-customers-face-5000-bills-for-5-freezing-days-in-texas/#:~:text=Now%20customers%20say%20they%20never,story%20townhouse%20was%20also%20%245%2C000 https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2021/02/20/griddy-custom....