▲ 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
[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago Because that’s what the electric company is paying, and if it stays high our contracts go up next year permalink fedilink source parent