SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agoHow do Texas residents afford electricity during high-demand?message-squaremessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-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-22 years agomessage-square122linkfedilinkfile-text
Whenever they have a spike in demand, the de-regulated prices go up by several hundred percent. Example
minus-squarePacattack57@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoWe have contracts like everyone else. No one pays the day by day rate.
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThen what’s the point in having a day by day rate?
minus-squareTheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoIt’s the same reason why the fed controls interest rates. Entities higher up the chain deal with those volatile costs so we don’t have to.
minus-squareTexMexBazooka@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoBecause that’s what the electric company is paying, and if it stays high our contracts go up next year
We have contracts like everyone else. No one pays the day by day rate.
Then what’s the point in having a day by day rate?
It’s the same reason why the fed controls interest rates. Entities higher up the chain deal with those volatile costs so we don’t have to.
Because that’s what the electric company is paying, and if it stays high our contracts go up next year