{"id":53628,"date":"2021-02-22T11:20:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T15:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=53628"},"modified":"2021-02-22T11:21:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T15:21:25","slug":"griddygate-odessa-texas-resident-stunned-with-12000-electric-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=53628","title":{"rendered":"GRIDDYgate: Odessa, Texas Resident Stunned with $12,000 Electric Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Odessa man receives $12,000 electric bill<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>He usually pays around 14 cents per kilowatt of electricity &#8211; but when demand for power in Texas soared this past week, Sagnileni was spending nine hundred dollars per kilowatt.<\/h3>\n<p>By Kate Porter<br \/>\nCBS7<\/p>\n<section class=\"body | w-100\">\n<div class=\"article-body | article w-100\">\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) &#8211; The winter storm has passed, and the lights are back on, but what happens when the electric bill is due?<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">One Odessa man checked his account to discover that his bill was quadruple the average amount.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cMy problem is how am I gonna pay for this,\u201d said Griddy customer Johnny Sagnileni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Johnny Sagnileni is talking about his twelve thousand dollar electric bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He usually pays around 14 cents per kilowatt of electricity &#8211; but when demand for power in Texas soared this past week, Sagnileni was spending nine hundred dollars per kilowatt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThey want me to do a pay plan. On a pay plan, on a pay-as-you-go&#8230;if I admit to that pay plan, I\u2019m admitting to that amount. I\u2019m not gonna admit to that amount. That\u2019s a lot of money,\u201d said Sagnileni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sagnileni is a Griddy customer &#8211; a company that sells wholesale electricity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Customers end up paying whatever the price per kilowatt because they are using the electricity. After all, there is no fixed rate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">It\u2019s a little bit like playing the stock market with your electricity bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI feel like Griddy is taking advantage of people like me. I\u2019ve noticed online and gone on the news channels NBC, Dallas, Fort Worth&#8230; they\u2019re all people complaining about this,\u201d said Sagnileni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sagnileni says he is always trying to think of others first, so he\u2019s not sure what to do now that he needs a helping hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">His multiple attempts to contact Griddy have gone unanswered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThere has to be some help somewhere, some relief that I don\u2019t have to pay that kind of money,\u201d said Sagnileni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><i>Copyright 2021 KOSA. 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