pro_grammer@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTexas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energyfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down15
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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down1·6 months 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-up9·6 months 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.