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Texas power prices soared 20,000% Wednesday evening amid another brutal heat wave.
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Spot electricity prices topped $5,000 per megawatt-hour, up more than 200 times from Wednesday morning.
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The state’s grid operator issued its second-highest energy emergency, then later said conditions returned to normal.
The article was from September 8th. The wind turbine image is from 2017.
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.