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nikcubtoday at 12:07 PM1 replyview on HN

It kinda is since wholesale energy prices are often negative in these markets during the day


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abananatoday at 1:35 PM

That's the theory. Others in this thread are reporting the reality.

In practice, any profit-making enterprise will not want to miss out on the income they were previously getting, so will find other times and charges to load it onto. Also, they know some people will specifically choose an energy plan that seems to give them something free, so it's easy to take advantage by increasing the prices they pay less attention to.