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Re:Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now by mrDmrTmrJ on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:27PM (#26175805)
Yeah, a large fraction of the natural gas infrastructure froze and the governor prioritized gas for home heating over electrical generation.

So natural gas spot prices have gone from around $3-MMBTU to like $350-MMBTU and there is 30GW of electrical generating capacity offline.

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