> outrageous amounts

Apologies for the tangent, but variable rates are good. For everyone. For the grid. For the environment. I wish we could stop framing it as consumer extortion and start looking into educational solutions.

$9/kWh was bad but it literally could not get worse due to the market rules. I don't know anyone who was using Griddy who was not aware of this possibility. I had to pay ~$1200 that month for usage and I still came out way ahead of anyone who was using fixed rate plans for the year. This last part is probably the actual reason they made variable rate electricity plans illegal for consumers in Texas.

In BC I’m on a progressive 2 tier system. After x kWh the price goes up. But that’s based on use. I think that’s fair, otherwise it favors the rich.