American woman in Texas received over 11,000 U.S. dollars in electricity bills and called "unaffordable"
Overseas Network, February 21. The state of Texas in the United States has been plagued by snowstorms and power failures. The local electricity bills have soared.
Some people reported that they had received over 11,000 U.S. dollars in "astronomical" electricity bills and they couldn't afford it.
According to the Russian News Today website, Akilah Scott-Amos, a woman from Texas in the United States, described her dilemma in the interview: The water pipe in her house broke and the water was broken for 4 days, but it turns out that this is not the worst. , Although only experienced a short power outage, but received more than 11,000 US dollars in electricity bills beyond his imagination.
Data map: Recently, the United States has been hit by extremely cold weather. The temperature in many places has hit a record low in recent years, and at least 31 people have died.
Among them, Texas was the most severely affected. The blizzard paralyzed the power grid in the severe cold and caused long-term power outages in the homes of about 4 million residents.
"I absolutely can't afford it." Amos said when talking about the huge bills, in difficult days, she has been saving power as much as possible.
"Unfortunately, the burden falls on working-class and middle-class families, which will put many people into financial difficulties."
After Amos told the media about his experience, he received a lot of feedback, and many people were in a similar situation.
"People have turned off the power because they can't bear it," Amos said.
Amos believes that Texas infrastructure is not prepared for winter storms, and working people are forced to pay for it, which is unfair.
"Prices should not be driven up during this period," she also urged the government to intervene.
(Overseas Net Li Meng)