On Wednesday evening, spot electricity prices topped $5,000 per megawatt-hour, up more than 200 times from Wednesday morning.

Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency::On Wednesday evening, spot electricity prices topped $5,000 per megawatt-hour, up more than 200 times from Wednesday morning.

  • Destraight@lemm.eeEnglish
    131·
    1 year ago

    I don’t get it. Texans live close to the ocean, just go for a swim if it’s too hot.

    • Doomsider@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Did you see ocean temperature off the coast of Florida reaching one hundred degrees? Cool off in a hot tub…