-
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.
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.
Even in the desert it can be an issue. Phoenix had an overnight low of 97 this summer. Soon that may be commonplace.
Part of the problem is poor planning by utilities but our systems are also being tested by weather that is truly unprecedented in human history. Our grid, and our strategies for keeping cool were developed in a different climate than the one we now inhabit.