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Texas power prices spike to 16x during spring heat wave

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Texas power prices spike to 16x during spring heat wave

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news@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months ago

Texas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energy

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.

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I had the exact same experience in Dallas. Do we work for the same company or is that just how Dallas is everywhere.
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  That’s just metropolitan Texas. Houston is just as bad if not worse. Austin is a lot better though but only because the bar is pretty low.

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