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- technology@lemmy.world
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- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- usa@lemmy.ml
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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.
okay, i didnt think it this bad. i thought it should cool down quite quickly at night because half of the state is a dessert, but i now realize most of the people life in the subtropical part.