12/30/2025
It's going to be super interesting to see how Texas handles bolstering infrastructure to increase capability with the 80 Megawatts of data centers we have being installed here in the next years coming. That is going to be the lynch pin of all rising costs leveling out.
I say we levie atleast a $300-500 million surcharge on all companies adding a datacenter here to mitigate this.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/electric-bills-increase-across-texas-001741182.html
As temperatures drop across Texas, electric bills are going up.
"Pretty upsetting. I would hope to see it go down because with our bill we just got, it was probably about 50 dollars more than the last month," Sherly Hughes said.
It's not only because more people stay in during the winter months. According to the nonprofit Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute, more of your electric bill will go toward the transmission and distribution of the electric grid infrastructure.
Experts say about 40% of your bill already pays for that.
"When you're driving around and walking down the street, and see those wires, that's what needs to be upgraded to accommodate greater energy use as well as more severe weather so that they'll be effective when we're in extreme cold and extreme heat," Margo Weisz, executive director for TEPRI, said.
The nonprofit did a study called the ERCOT affordability outlook and reported
Eighty percent of energy spending goes towards electricity.
Over the last five years, there's been a 30% jump in prices, and the nonprofit reports that trend will continue until 2030.
ABC13 spoke to some people who agree that there needs to be improvements to help keep them safe during natural disasters.
"I think we need to invest in our infrastructure. I think we've kind of cheated on building infrastructure, and you see the results of that with the freeze and hurricanes," Mike Zubel said.
As temperatures drop across Texas, electric bills are going up.