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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 成人快手'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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Mon 1 Mar 2021 15:32GMT

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