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Re:Two-thirds of North America at risk of energy shortages d... by everybodyknows on Saturday May 27, 2023 @11:41PM (#36100937)
In California TOU plans, there are caps on all three of:

1. Price per kWh - $1 last I checked

2. Hours per day at max price - ~9

3. Days per year max price charged - ~10

Even in the worst case, not too scary.

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Re:Two-thirds of North America at risk of energy shortages d... by 0cf8612b2e1e on Sunday May 28, 2023 @01:34AM (#36101445)
With the horror stories in Texas, I was assuming significantly worse caps. Regardless, I have very little consumption I can time shift to off-peak hours (laundry? dishwasher?), so dynamic pricing would unlikely ever work out for me.
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