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

  • Texas power prices soared 20,000% Wednesday evening amid another brutal heat wave.

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

  • The state’s grid operator issued its second-highest energy emergency, then later said conditions returned to normal.

  • @NightAuthor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2•10 months ago

    Idk about the bureaucracy being useful, maybe it just needs tuning. But rn Portland (or maybe it’s the county) has $10million set aside for homeless services/projects and no plan for any of it.

    • @bradorsomething
      1•10 months ago

      Exactly, they move slowly, but it’s better than the southern plan.