Profits Over People: The Deadly Cost of Texas' Deregulated Energy Market [View all]

From Winter Storm Uri to Hurricane Beryl, the Texas energy market produces a pattern of failures.

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This morning, it was reported that three heat-related deaths had occurred in Houston due to power outages caused by Hurricane Beryl. The situation in Harris County is reminiscent of what we saw under Winter Storm Uri. There are still 576,000 homes without power, and we’re seeing reports of Houstonians sleeping in their cars to escape the heat as the outrage grows. While the temperatures have dropped slightly, they are still in the 90s.

Now, we’re hearing reports of angry people with guns pulling them on CenterPoint employees.

How is Texas the world’s energy capital, yet its biggest city has hundreds of thousands of people without power for five days?
The math ain’t mathing.

Where are the leaders of Texas while all of this is going on?