nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3 89S7|||Texas Attorney General Sues Griddy, Saying Electricity Provider Misled Customers||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The state says it received more than 400 complaints about Griddy in less than two weeks. One woman who was hit with $4, 677 on her credit card said, “I do not have the money to pay this bill.”

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“As Texans struggled to survive this winter storm, Griddy made the suffering even worse as it debited outrageous amounts each day,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said as his office sued the company. Here, electrical lines run through a neighborhood in Austin during the recent winter storms.

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Texas Attorney General Sues Griddy, Saying Electricity Provider Misled Customers

The state says it received more than 400 complaints about Griddy in less than two weeks. One woman who was hit with $4,677 on her credit card said, “I do not have the money to pay this bill.”

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