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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by pickle-wizard on Monday February 15, 2021 @11:50AM (#26144408)
I was on Griddy for about 9 months a couple of years ago.

Until one very hot August, when the wholesale price hit $10/kWh in the afternoon. My power bill for one day was $130. I didn't even wait till the end of the month. I switched back to my old power company that afternoon. Thankfully they were able to switch me back the next morning.

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by Scoundreller on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:44PM (#26145021)
Trick is to set up a couple transfer switches and make a deal with your neighbour on a fixed rate plan. Could do it just for the air conditioner and gain most of the savings.

We’re you able to set up anything interesting to take advantage of ebbs and flows in rates?

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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by pickle-wizard on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:28PM (#26145541)
No I never did. Griddy didn't have an API by the time I left. I had thought about setting up something to scrap the data from ERCOT's page, but decided it wasn't worth the effort.
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