▲ 728 ▼ Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency (markets.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 158 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] krayj@sh.itjust.works 89 points 2 years ago* (2 children) As another fellow Washingtonian, I'm getting pretty tired of subsidizing willful stupidity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] stewie3128@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (2 children) Red states are a luxury we can't afford anymore. They need to pull themselves up by their freedom bootstraps and start turning a profit, or the spigot turns off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] swab148@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago I can only vote blue so many times. If I didn't laugh, I'd cry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] uis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Man, red states are much different here and there. Here red state means communist state, in US it is exact opposite. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fog0555@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago* (1 child) honestly it's not willful for a lot of residents there because of gerrymandering instead of redistricting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago But does it includes government-protected monopolies? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stewie3128@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago (2 children) Red states are a luxury we can't afford anymore. They need to pull themselves up by their freedom bootstraps and start turning a profit, or the spigot turns off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] swab148@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago I can only vote blue so many times. If I didn't laugh, I'd cry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] uis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Man, red states are much different here and there. Here red state means communist state, in US it is exact opposite. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] swab148@startrek.website 8 points 2 years ago I can only vote blue so many times. If I didn't laugh, I'd cry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Man, red states are much different here and there. Here red state means communist state, in US it is exact opposite. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fog0555@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago* (1 child) honestly it's not willful for a lot of residents there because of gerrymandering instead of redistricting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago But does it includes government-protected monopolies? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago But does it includes government-protected monopolies? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago But does it includes government-protected monopolies? permalink fedilink source parent