Texas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energy
fortune.com
For about one hour late Friday, day-ahead prices on ERCOT's website jumped as high as $688 per MWh.

lmao lmao.

Reminder that Texas is a separate grid, which is deregulated and financialized, according to neoliberal ideals of efficiency.

  • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    7 months ago

    right? like a texan chud is ready to shoot somebody for driving too slow, but when a company is forcing them to pay absurd costs or sweat their balls off…

    they can’t countenance the idea of taking revenge