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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Seriously if it was free for me to run a hot tub I would be a more relaxed person…but somehow these negative power prices never seem to trickle down to the consumer 🤔.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It still costs real money to maintain the infrastructure; so even if the power was always free; you would still have to pay something to cover the maintenance costs.

[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm thinking in the next several years the electric companies will only be maintaining electric lines as generation decentralizes

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Lines, network transformers, insulators, surge arresters, reactors, sectionalizers, etc.

But yes

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Yep, PG&E charges me a connection fee, a maintenance fee, and delivery fee. However the dynamic rates for electricity never go below $0.40 (and go up to $.70 with more price hikes in the works) even at the cheapest times when the state electricity market is at negative rates. Funny how that works.