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schneems • today at 4:31 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

It is also poorly regulated and failed recently and killed several hundreds of people.

Oh, and the energy market that underpins the Texas grid was designed by Enron, literally.

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1004840920/the-disconnect-power...


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AustinDev • today at 4:35 PM

The power has been great since the freeze. Market forces fixed the problems. People were making $9,000/kwh at times. That's never going to happen again.

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fearmerchant • today at 4:55 PM

What regulations would you like to see?