SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agoHow do Texas residents afford electricity during high-demand?message-squaremessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1216arrow-down1message-squareHow do Texas residents afford electricity during high-demand?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-24 months agomessage-square122fedilinkfile-text
Whenever they have a spike in demand, the de-regulated prices go up by several hundred percent. Example
minus-squareSupermariofan67@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down6·4 months agoThose are the wholesale prices to the utility company itself from the grid operators, not the prices to end users from the utility company. End users pay a flat amount per kWh that does not change by demand.
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minus-squareSupermariofan67@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoI live in Texas. I get an electricity bill. I’ve never seen prices change by demand, nor have I ever heard of anyone else having it happen. Edit: nevermind that’s a troll account
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Those are the wholesale prices to the utility company itself from the grid operators, not the prices to end users from the utility company. End users pay a flat amount per kWh that does not change by demand.
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I live in Texas. I get an electricity bill. I’ve never seen prices change by demand, nor have I ever heard of anyone else having it happen.
Edit: nevermind that’s a troll account
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