• 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.

  • @andrewth09
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    121 year ago

    The article was from September 8th. The wind turbine image is from 2017.

    • @crypticthree
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      31 year ago

      I stand corrected. But it’s not so hot now. Also it wasn’t a heat wave, it’s just Texas summer. Which is why there’s no excuse for ercot to be so fucking unprepared.