There is nothing inherent or natural about that scenario, it is all due to the failure to properly design electricity markets. See also: the 2001 California e

There is nothing inherent or natural about that scenario, it is all due to the failure to properly design electricity markets. See also: the 2001 California electricity crisis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000–2001_California_electricity_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000–2001_California_electrici... See also: Enron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000–2001_California_electricity_crisis#Involvement_of_Enron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000–2001_California_electrici... If we have designed our markets to price cheap, reliable electricity out of the market and instead prefer expensive unreliable electricity, we've really f*ed up.