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Yeah, I was surprised by the OP’s assertion that energy prices never go negative. I think spot prices have been negative in eg Texas on windy (and maybe also su
by dan-robertson 6y ago
Yeah, I was surprised by the OP’s assertion that energy prices never go negative. I think spot prices have been negative in eg Texas on windy (and maybe also sunny) days.
- rossdavidh 6y agoThey have gone negative briefly in Germany, as well. Both still rare occurrences at this point, though.
- p_l 6y agoDue to issues with transferring energy, German producers will often pay Netherlands ones to shutdown their windfarms and export electricity there.
- martinald 6y agoBriefly? It's very common. Even UK _retail_ energy prices go negative a fair bit. https://www.energy-stats.uk/octopus-agile-london/ https://www.energy-stats.uk/octopus-agile-london/