Originally Posted by artie505
Originally Posted by MartyByrde
What about the crazy electric bills some Texas residents are getting?
I've read that those astronomical bills affect only the small (I believe) percentage of Texans who had elected to be billed at a variable rate rather than a fixed rate, so on the one hand, it's really on them for gambling.

On the other hand, though, it seems like while the unusual demand portion of those bills is just plain gamblers' bad luck, any portion of those bills that may have resulted from grid issues shouldn't be their problem.

Sounds reasonable. So far, our youngest son has not mentioned any issues with that.