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> Electricity problems in Texas are very overrated. Otherwise people and businesses wouldn't do that (i.e. there are no incentives for them to stop wasting huge

• jimmaswell 4y ago
  It's not a good solution for poor people to have to choose between heat stroke and a huge bill.
  • DennisP 4y ago
    This is solvable by giving everyone a fixed rebate.
    • toomuchtodo 4y ago
      Typically this is done by utilities with price tiers (first 1000kwh costs X, next 1000kwh costs X * multiplier, etc). This trivially encourages conservation and discourages excessive consumption without complicated taxing and rebates. With that said, ERCOT has $20B worth of renewables projects in the interconnect pipeline, so the cost of energy should trend down over the next 3-5 years.
  • deepsun 4y ago
    Poor people would pay way, way less than wasters. Also rebates or progressive costs (same as PG&E in California already does) can control that even more. But still I think those businesses I've seen waste like 100x more than normal household, so we only need to make the price non-negligible.