In a shocking twist that surprised absolutely no one familiar with North Lubbock real estate, the residents of a Thunder Sun mobile home park were recently forced to play a high-stakes game of “Will I Freeze to Death?” This time, it wasn’t because of a grid failure, but because their landlord apparently treated their utility payments like a “suggested donation” and just… stopped paying the electric bill.
Despite the tenants being current on their rent, the retail provider told Lubbock Power & Light to pull the plug right as a winter storm was rolling in. Nothing says “Hub City Hospitality” like cutting the heat when the temperature drops, especially when the person responsible for the bill is probably off busy filing their third or fourth bankruptcy of the week.
Naturally, the City of Lubbock’s attorney showed up to court to defend the cutoff with the most bureaucratic shrug imaginable. He argued that if LP&L doesn’t cut the power when they’re told to, the city might have to—gasp—pay for it, or get a stern talking-to from the Public Utility Commission. According to the city, a tenant facing a literal ice storm shouldn’t have gone to a judge; they should have filed a formal complaint with a state agency in Austin and waited six to eight business weeks for a response.
The judge, actually showing a flicker of human empathy, ruled that the lights stay on for now. Meanwhile, the tenants’ lawyer pointed out the obvious: LP&L didn’t bother to notify the actual human beings living there that their world was about to go dark because the accounts aren’t even in the tenants’ names. It’s a classic Lubbock administrative shell game where the only prize is hypothermia.
Is it really a Lubbock winter if the city isn’t arguing that paperwork is more important than preventing its citizens from becoming human popsicles?
https://www.kcbd.com/2026/02/05/judge-rules-electricity-will-stay-north-lubbock-mobile-home-park/
Previous Coverage of the Thunder Sun Dumpster Fire:
- Thunder Sun’s Bankruptcy Gets Tossed Again, Because Apparently the First Red Flags Weren’t Red Enough
- Thunder Sun Files for Bankruptcy… Again, Because the First One Was Apparently Just for Fun
- Thunder Sun Homes: The Sewer Saga Continues, Now With Bonus Jail Threat
- Thunder Sun Homes Flushes Its Reputation Down the Drain — Literally