Griddy: Texas energy company that collected huge electricity bills during the storm filed for bankruptcy

Mark Majkrzak distributes water bottles to people in Austin, Texas, on Friday, February 19. Majkrzak, the founder of Rain Pure Mountain Spring Water, said he drove from Georgia to deliver the water.

Brendan Waldon repairs an electricity pole in Odessa, Texas, on Thursday, February 18.

Deloris Sanchez and Mallissa Lee sit on a sofa while taking shelter in a Gallery furniture store that served as a heating station in Houston.

The vehicles are stopped on Thursday at Interstate 35 in Killeen, Texas.

City officials repair a broken water pipe in McComb, Mississippi, on Thursday.

Workers at the Metropolitan Transit Authority clean up the stairs of a subway station in New York City on Thursday.

Emanuale Small walks to a bus station in Roanoke, Virginia, on Thursday. Small had to go to a doctor’s appointment and was told that he would delay the time a little so that he could survive despite the icy conditions.

People take refuge in a shelter in Galveston, Texas, on Thursday.

Cars drive slowly on an icy road in Washington, DC, on Thursday.

Jose Blanco filled a cooler with water from a tap in a public park in Houston on Thursday. Houston and several neighboring cities were under boiling water warning.

Snow falls in New York’s Times Square on Thursday.

The snow is washed out of the US Capitol on Thursday.

Jonathan Callahan expresses his gratitude after being taken to the heating shelter at the Johnnie Champion Community Center in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday, February 17. Some people who were staying at the shelter lost energy, water and heating in their homes after the winter storms. Others were homeless. Food, blankets and cribs were provided.

Charles Andrews walks home through his neighborhood in Waco, Texas, on Wednesday. Millions of people were still without power.

Nathan Halaney and Katherine Pena help their neighbor, Brenda Davis, at the scene of a fire in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday.

Eric Traugott warms up his son, Eric Jr., next to a fireplace made with a discarded wooden cabinet outside his Austin apartment on Wednesday.

Felled and broken trees are seen at a resting stop in Huntington, West Virginia, on Wednesday.

Sara Castillo loads firewood in her car in Dallas on Wednesday. Castillo’s family lost power on Sunday.

Customers wait outside a Home Depot to buy supplies in Pearland, Texas, on Wednesday. The store let in only one person at a time because it had no energy.

A family in Austin melts snow on their stove so they can have water to flush and wash dishes on Wednesday. Electricity was restored, but they still had no running water.

Kendra Clements visits dog owner Billy Madden – with his dogs Leroy Brown and Underdog – at Tribe Gym, an Oklahoma City gym that has been transformed into a temporary homeless shelter.

Manessa Grady adjusts an oil lamp while spending time with her children Zechariah and Noah at their Austin home on Tuesday, February 16.

Maria Patterson breastfeeds her daughter on Tuesday at her home in Austin, which has had no power since Sunday night.

Electric service trucks line up in Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday.

Karla Perez and Esperanza Gonzalez warm up on a barbecue after their power was cut off in Houston on Tuesday.

Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon stands on the kitchen counter to warm his feet on the gas stove in Austin.

Sunlight is filtered by steam in Omaha, Nebraska, where temperatures dropped below zero on Tuesday.

Camilla Swindle is sitting in a shopping cart while she and her boyfriend wait in a long line to enter a supermarket in Austin on Tuesday.

Brett Archibad entertains his family as they try to stay warm at their home in Pflugerville, Texas, on Tuesday.

Residents clear snow from a sidewalk in Chicago on Tuesday.

Customers use the light of a cell phone to buy meat at a supermarket in Dallas on Tuesday. Even with the loss of energy, the store was open for cash sales only.

A United Airlines jet is defrosted at George Bush International Airport in Houston.

A snowplow clears a parking lot in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday morning.

Municipal official Kaleb Love works to clear ice from a water source in Richardson, Texas, on Tuesday.

Steam rises from the frozen Missouri River in Kansas City.

Bethany Fischer washes her face while her husband, Nic, lies on a mattress in a church in Houston on Tuesday. The couple lost energy to their home.

Homes in Houston’s Westbury neighborhood will be covered in snow on Monday, February 15.

James Derrick, who is homeless, peeks out of his Oklahoma City tent on Monday. The city had a record of five days without rising more than 20 degrees, and it was not expected to reach that temperature until Thursday.

Drivers are going slowly in Indianapolis on Monday.

A city official cleans sidewalks in South Bend, Indiana, on Monday.

Austin, Texas, is covered in snow on Monday.

Eithan Colindres wears a winter coat inside after her family’s apartment lost power in Houston on Monday.

Two women cross Main Street as snow falls in Bowling Green, Ohio, on Monday.

A boy feeds his pigs in St. Joe, Arkansas, on Monday.

Ice covers a road sign in Midland, Texas, on Monday.

Kirk Caudill clears snow in Louisville, Kentucky.

The vehicles clear the ice at Nashville, Tennessee, international airport on Monday.

The teams unload snow removed from the streets of Oklahoma City.

People help a driver arrested in Oklahoma City on Monday.

People walk on a snowy road in Austin on Monday.

Men remove ice and snow in front of stores in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday.

Some cars drive in San Angelo, Texas, on Sunday, February 14.

People enter a Covid-19 test site in Seattle on Saturday, February 13. Seattle reported more than 28 inches of snow over the weekend, the most since January 1972.

Harrison Walsh skis through Seattle’s Pike Place Market on Saturday.

Cars drive on Interstate 705 as snow falls in Tacoma, Washington, on Saturday.