@Seagoon_ see above - it’s unusual without unusual circumstances, which I can’t see, unless there’s a power station offline or something. Vaguely remember r/melbourne sometimes being useful for these kinds of questions as someone would know something about the industry…
@Seagoon_ yes, but usually there’s someone willing and able to supply the power at a lower than silly price except at times when there is stonkingly excessive demand. It looks like something went awry in SA, but not sure what. Sure the right wing pundits will assume something about batteries failing…
@StudChud @[email protected] yeah but it rarely happens, usually there’s a reason like insanely high demand because of extreme cold or heat…
profiteering
@Seagoon_ see above - it’s unusual without unusual circumstances, which I can’t see, unless there’s a power station offline or something. Vaguely remember r/melbourne sometimes being useful for these kinds of questions as someone would know something about the industry…
the cost of generation remains the same, the same number of watts are being generated if not more, the only reason to put the price up is profit
@Seagoon_ yes, but usually there’s someone willing and able to supply the power at a lower than silly price except at times when there is stonkingly excessive demand. It looks like something went awry in SA, but not sure what. Sure the right wing pundits will assume something about batteries failing…