The problem is, in most countries, electricity sales aren't a free market full of competition. No-one here is arguing if the free market helped improve CPUs, b

The problem is, in most countries, electricity sales aren't a free market full of competition. No-one here is arguing if the free market helped improve CPUs, but I think it's an entirely different question if things like free electricity + gas markets are useful (the evidence from Texas exactly seems to suggest "no").