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The UK is running at 40% non-hydro renewables right now and we have a very stable grid https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

• jonatron 5y ago
  The current retail price is about £0.19/kWh or $0.26/kWH, Texas looks more like $0.12/kWh.
  • SirHound 5y ago
    Yes and one of those is a stable supply.
    • jonatron 5y ago
      True, I can only remember two power outages in my life time in London.
  • vultour 5y ago
    And people in the US commonly shell out hundreds of dollars per month for electricity. I've never even approached anything close to a hundred.
    • lostlogin 5y ago
      Is this due to fluctuating pricing or high usage? It seems that Texas bills vary between a monthly average of $100-200. That seems a lot to me, but the average unit price is pretty good. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=47876 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=47876
  • lostlogin 5y ago
    I had a quick search and immediately hit the headline “ Texas wholesale electric prices spike more than 10,000% amid outages”. That’s concerning. https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2AF19A https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN2AF19A
    • edbob 5y ago
      Consumers were insulated from this because they only pay the price in their contract, not the wholesale price. There was one provider that offered lower rates in exchange for not giving that protection, which did not work out very well.