SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agoHow do Texas residents afford electricity during high-demand?message-squaremessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1264arrow-down1message-squareHow do Texas residents afford electricity during high-demand?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agomessage-square132fedilinkfile-text
Whenever they have a spike in demand, the de-regulated prices go up by several hundred percent. Example
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 months agoSeems like a pretty sane way to handle market pressures, rather than, “I hope nothing terrible happens and my bill is suddenly thousands of dollars.”
Seems like a pretty sane way to handle market pressures, rather than, “I hope nothing terrible happens and my bill is suddenly thousands of dollars.”