Electricity contracts with 1-hour pricing are already pretty popular at least in Finland, even for consumers. I myself have one. Plus large parts of Europe are

Electricity contracts with 1-hour pricing are already pretty popular at least in Finland, even for consumers. I myself have one. Plus large parts of Europe are currently transitioning to more granular 15-minute pricing: https://www.nordpoolgroup.com/en/trading/transition-to-15-minute-market-time-unit-mtu/ https://www.nordpoolgroup.com/en/trading/transition-to-15-mi... You can still get fixed tariff electricity contracts but you'll end up paying a bit extra in return for greater predictability…