▲ 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
[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent