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> For whom? For the parties transacting in the electricity markets with negative prices. The one producing electricity is paying positive amount of money to th
by beefield 9y ago
> For whom?
For the parties transacting in the electricity markets with negative prices. The one producing electricity is paying positive amount of money to the one that consumes electricity. Of course, transmission costs need to be taken into account, and of course, that is not a long term equilibrium, but at that time, yes, very much, electricity is "less than free" with any sensible meaning of the words.
- srtjstjsj 9y ago"electricity" and "free" are ambiguous terms. Overall, electricity has positive cost. Due to accounting practices and the cost of waste diposal, some electronics are negative priced for the user. A better way to phrase it is that during short time periods "the cost of disposing electrons is greater than the cost of creating electrons" (and for technical reasons it's impossible to stop creating electrons in the short term) , so consumers can make money by offering electron disposal services to cover their electron consumption expenses.