• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Welcome to your deregulated “free market”, Texas. Don’t want to be tied to government regulation? Guess you get to pay more or cook…or freeze. Your choice by season.

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      6 months ago

      This is Enron-scale manipulation. Someone’s ripping off the public and making a mint with the help of the regulators.

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        6 months ago

        Jerry Jones, yeah same one that owns the Cowboys, made almost $1B off the price hikes durning the big freeze that almost crippled the grid.

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        6 months ago

        The vast majority of Texans are on contracted plans and pay a consistent price per kilowatt.

        That doesn’t mean prices won’t skyrocket when that contract renews though