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.

  • douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, those vested interests are part of the free market.

    You don’t get to cherry pick this

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      1 year ago

      It doesn’t seem like a very “free” market with lobbyists, subsidies, and pet politicians propping up the establishment entities in every corner of the market. Too big to fail and all that.