SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoHow do Texas residents afford electricity during high-demand?message-squaremessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1262arrow-down1message-squareHow do Texas residents afford electricity during high-demand?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square136fedilinkfile-text
Whenever they have a spike in demand, the de-regulated prices go up by several hundred percent. Example
minus-squarescoobford@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoMost of us do. A few people do sign up for variable rate plans, and they did get astronomical bills during the snowpocalypse. IIRC they didn’t get any aid or anything, it was a small enough number of people that they just got hung out to dry.
Most of us do. A few people do sign up for variable rate plans, and they did get astronomical bills during the snowpocalypse. IIRC they didn’t get any aid or anything, it was a small enough number of people that they just got hung out to dry.