What's wrong with Texas Republicans?

Seriously:

Low-income households will soon pay 10 percent more for electricity because budget writers raided a discount program for the poor to help balance the state budget.

Monday the Texas Public Utility Commission began sending out 391,000 letters to low-income Texans, including the elderly and disabled, telling them the days of discounts are over.

"The electric low-income discount program, also called LITE-UP Texas, has been discontinued due to lack of funding. Your electric bill discounts will end after your August bill," the letter said.

Roughly 115,000 households in the greater Houston-Galveston area will lose the discount, up to about $17 monthly or about $200 a year.