On Wednesday evening, spot electricity prices topped $5,000 per megawatt-hour, up more than 200 times from Wednesday morning.

Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency::On Wednesday evening, spot electricity prices topped $5,000 per megawatt-hour, up more than 200 times from Wednesday morning.

  • Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    1 year ago

    The free market is trying to supply renewables, they are cheaper, more flexible and simple to deploy, the free market loves that shit.

    It’s vested interests fighting it at every turn that’s the issue.