pro_grammer@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTexas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down14
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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up101arrow-down1·2 years agoWelcome to your deregulated “free market”, Texas. Don’t want to be tied to government regulation? Guess you get to pay more or cook…or freeze. Your choice by season.
minus-squareprofdc9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 years agoThis is Enron-scale manipulation. Someone’s ripping off the public and making a mint with the help of the regulators.
Welcome to your deregulated “free market”, Texas. Don’t want to be tied to government regulation? Guess you get to pay more or cook…or freeze. Your choice by season.
This is Enron-scale manipulation. Someone’s ripping off the public and making a mint with the help of the regulators.