▲ 263 ▼ How do Texas residents afford electricity during high-demand? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* by snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 133 comments fedilink hide all child comments Whenever they have a spike in demand, the de-regulated prices go up by several hundred percent. Example
[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago Not correct. I have coworkers in Texas that got hit with multi thousand dollar bills during brown outs. Deregulating critical services never ends well for the consumer. permalink fedilink source parent