• Texas power prices soared 20,000% Wednesday evening amid another brutal heat wave.

  • Spot electricity prices topped $5,000 per megawatt-hour, up more than 200 times from Wednesday morning.

  • The state’s grid operator issued its second-highest energy emergency, then later said conditions returned to normal.

  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You are kind of owned, since these red states fucking up just means that more of your tax money will go to saving these idiots from themselves through federal aid