Texas power company files for bankruptcy
Texas's Brazos Electric Power Co-operative has filed for bankruptcy after winter storms.
Texas's Brazos Electric Power Co-operative has filed for bankruptcy after winter storms. The firm says it's facing a $1.8bn bill as a result of last month's disruption, and Andy Uhler, energy reporter at Marketplace in Texas, explains the implications. Also in the programme, starting a week of special programming about mental health and the pandemic, the ±«Óãtv's Manuela Saragosa reports on what more businesses and governments could be doing to support their employees' mental wellbeing. Plus, a campaign is under way to promote the use of subtitles on television as a means of helping children to improve their literacy. We find out more from Oli Barrett, co-founder of Turn on the Subtitles.
(Picture: An electrical substation in Houston. Picture credit: Getty Images.)
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