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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by kevindong on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:04PM (#26175028)
The national US average is ~$104.50/MWh (1000 kWh = 1 MWh). So, it's about ~9 times more expensive right than than normal.

https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.ph...

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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by dathinab on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:16AM (#26176170)
This are end-user-prices, but the website is about wholesale prices which are normally much smaller e.g. in 2020 the wholesale average had been around $38/MWh (the price companies selling electricity to end-users and companies pay).

Also note that the site contains not just "real-time" prices but also day ahead prices (selected by default) which due to instabilities are quite a bit higher then real-time prices.

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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by adev_ on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:16AM (#26178107)
I find the average already pretty expensive. You can find here the market price in Europe from the French dispatcher [^1] and it's around 30-40% cheaper depending of the country

[^1]: https://www.rte-france.com/eco2mix/les-donnees-de-marche

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