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Last year private electricity companies disconnected customers 834,000 times for failure to pay during summer months, leaving Texans to swelter in life-threatening heat #HostageToHeat 1/ atxne.ws/2OUSCHi 
A six month investigation found that as residents fell ill and died, regulators and lawmakers failed to provide relief, turning a blind eye to skyrocketing summertime disconnections 2/ atxne.ws/2OUSCHi
People with chronic conditions such as multiple sclerosis, who are more acutely affected by disconnections, have been cut off with alarming regularity, placing them in an even more vulnerable situation 3/ atxne.ws/2MPCWlZ
