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That's something you could decide for yourself and vote by moving there or away. Many residents of Houston would gladly tolerate an occasional outage to not see prices go up, and critical services like emergency services, hospitals, and datacenters all have generators, so it seems to be something that can be worked around with a bit of effort and expense.



> Many residents of Houston would gladly tolerate an occasional outage to not see prices go up

Source on that?

Also, when did people vote for this issue specifically? Was there a referendum about this?




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