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Some Texans face high electricity bills
Some Texans will handle surprisingly high electricity bills.
Most residents enter into one of two types of contracts with energy suppliers: a fixed or higher variable rate. With the variable, customers take a risk and can pay low rates when demand is low and higher rates when demand increases.
Meghan O’Neill, a Houston resident, paid more than $ 2,000 in two days. Your February account is now over $ 3,000.
“It’s like, OK, I feed my family or I take care of the heating, which one do I do?” O’Neill said.
Joshua Rhodes, an energy expert at the University of Texas, said those with flat rates could also pay more in the future.
“This effect will occur later, you know, dealerships and the like evaluate how much money they need to recover,” said Rhodes. “… Eventually, the customer always pays, you know, kind of at the end of it.”
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San Antonio will open water distribution stations
The San Antonio Water System announced on Thursday that it will begin providing water distribution at seven pump locations around the city. Residents will receive up to five gallons per person and are advised to boil the water they receive as a precautionary measure.
The city of San Antonio and the San Antonio Food Bank will also provide bottled water distribution in locations around the city.
San Antonio experienced water cuts due to the emergence of winter weather, and the San Antonio Water System issued a boiling water warning on Wednesday to customers who still have access to water.
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Winter storms hinder the effort of the COVID vaccine, as the variants fuel new fears
While Americans yearn for their pre-pandemic lives, the distribution of coronavirus vaccines is lagging behind as winter storms strike the United States. The disease has not only affected the way Americans live, but for how long. Jonathan Vigliotti reports to “CBS Evening News”.
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34 deaths linked to the winter storm
As of Friday morning, 34 deaths were related to the bitter winter in seven states.
Most deaths were recorded in Texas, with 20 residents dying in storm-related incidents. Here’s where they took place: Houston (7), Taylor County (6), Sugarland (4), Galveston County (2) and San Antonio (1).
Earlier this week, a grandmother and three children were killed in a house fire in Sugarland. City officials said the neighborhood was without power. The cause of the fire is under investigation.