Brazos Electric Power Co.

布拉索斯電力公司

Operative filed for Chapter 11 after racking up an estimated $2.1 billion in charges which the states Grid Operator, known as Market said went unpaid.

Operative申請破產保護，在積累了估計21億美元的費用後，各州電網運營商，即市場稱未支付。

Brazos, which supplies electricity to more than 660,000 consumers across the state, is one of dozens of providers facing enormous charges stemming from the deep winter freeze.

向全州66萬多消費者供電的Brazos公司是數十家因深冬冰凍而面臨鉅額收費的供應商之一。

The company said the fallout threatens utilities and power marketers, which collectively face billions of dollars in blackout related charges.

該公司表示，這一後果威脅到公用事業公司和電力營銷商，它們共同面臨數十億美元的停電相關費用。

Unusually high frigid temperatures knocked out nearly half of the state's power plants in mid February, leaving 4.3 million Texans without heat or light for days and bursting water pipes that damaged homes and businesses.

2月中旬，異常高的嚴寒氣溫打掉了該州近半數的發電廠，導致430萬德州人連續幾天沒有暖氣或燈光，水管爆裂損壞了家庭和企業。

Brazos and others that committed to provide power to the grid and could not were required to buy replacement power as prices soared.

Brazos和其他承諾向電網提供電力而無法提供電力的企業，由於價格飆升，被要求購買替代電力。

ERCOT triggered the squeeze when it pushed up spot market rates to $9000 per megawatt hour over more than four days and levied huge fees for services.

ERCOT在4天多的時間裡將現貨市場價格推高到每兆瓦時9000美元，並徵收鉅額服務費，引發了擠壓。

Pre storm prices were less than $50 per megawatt hour, according to market data.

據市場數據顯示，風暴前的價格不到50元/兆瓦時。