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Texas power prices soar 20,000% as brutal heat wave sets off emergency (markets.businessinsider.com)
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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.

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[โ€“] Destraight@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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