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[Celcius]

Normally my electric bill is like $50-$60, but this time my bill is $150 (due to the winter storm we had). I have a one bedroom apartment and this is the largest electric bill I’ve ever received, but fortunately I’m on a fixed-rate plan. What about the rest of you?

 

[eddie4]

usually about $100, now its about $160 due to the storm.

 

[West Texas CEO]

$187

 

[Dacon]

Dunno yet, kinda scared tbh.

Some lady in Houston my mom knows got a 9 thousand dollar bill.

Like wtf.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

In the US the price for electricity fluctuates with the market????

 

[West Texas CEO]

In the US the price for electricity fluctuates with the market????

Texas has the only de-regulated electric grid in the entire country.
(I'm only counting the contiguous 48)

 

[YCoCg]

I would say that's illegal but America finds a way to surprise me. Honestly your electricity companies can change prices on a whim and not give notice?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I would say that's illegal but America finds a way to surprise me. Honestly your electricity companies can change prices on a whim and not give notice?

Yeah, that part is just bizzaroland.

 

[McHuj]

I would say that's illegal but America finds a way to surprise me. Honestly your electricity companies can change prices on a whim and not give notice?

only if you decide to sign up for that type of plan. If you want to pay super cheap rates at the risk of a getting hit with a huge bill during a crisis, you’re free to gamble like that. All that information is available to you.

where I live in Texas I don’t have that option, but I wouldn’t signup for it if I could as I prefer to keep my rates known.

 

[Arkam]

$118. Up from $80 for January. But I also had a house guest for a week in Feb. We never lost power during the freeze either. So honestly we lucked out.

 

[eddie4]

It's a shit-show. I didn't realize how many options there were for power before moving here. In Oregon, there is usually 1-3 options for a power provider, and it's almost all the same prices. Here, there are about 70 different plans to chose from just for my address.... and they vary from a fixed rate to variable, wind/solar, then there's free days, or highest use day for free, or nights free, $50 credits for over 1000 kWh, and so on. Too many options to list, and generally, you have to sign a 12-24 month contract. It's kind of ridiculous.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Can’t wait to leave behind this winter hell I thought Texas was a hot place to go

 

[trikster40]

I’m in Houston, mines right on par, a little less than the month prior. No $17,000 bill here

 

[Arkam]

Can’t wait to leave behind this winter hell I thought Texas was a hot place to go

Just wait til August when you will feel like 95 degrees with a breeze is cool.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Why is the bill higher? Did they raise the rates? Weren't a lot of people without power? So why would the bill be larger?

 

[DarkestHour]

In the US the price for electricity fluctuates with the market????

Only if the customer makes the mistake of getting a variable rate instead of being smart and just doing a fixed rate.

 

[Celcius]

Why is the bill higher? Did they raise the rates? Weren't a lot of people without power? So why would the bill be larger?

My power never went out and my heater was running constantly when it got super cold.

 

[Teletraan1]

Out of curiosity what are your prices per kWh? I am currently paying $0.085/kWh

 

[bender]

Texas has the only de-regulated electric grid in the entire country.
(I'm only counting the contiguous 48)

It will pay off when the succeed from the union.