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  • Griddy Update: Why energy prices were sky high this week (Texas PUC mandated $8,900+ add ons to prices)

    02/20/2021 8:01:16 AM PST · by ConservativeMind · 30 replies
    Griddy.com ^ | February 18, 2021 | Griddy staff
    At Griddy, transparency has always been our goal. We know you are angry and so are we. Here’s what’s been going down: On Monday evening the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) cited its “complete authority over ERCOT” to direct that ERCOT set pricing at $9/kWh until the grid could manage the outage situation after being ravaged by the freezing winter storm. Under ERCOT's market rules, such a pricing scenario is only enforced when available generation is about to run out (they usually leave a cushion of around 1,000 MW). This is the energy market that Griddy was designed...