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Re:Clearing price for supplying power to Texas grid –$31.65 by mabbo on Sunday February 21, 2021 @09:21AM (#26213604)
> Maybe the problem here is that loss of electrical power has a significant external cost that isn't absorbed by the utilities.

The utilities don't have to pay for the deaths caused by not providing power, or charging so much they might as well not be providing it.

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