▲ 852 ▼ Price of electricity in Finland peaks at 2.35€/kWh today. Keeping my tiny granny cottage warm costs me over 50 euros for a single day. It's negative 25C (-13F) outside. (i.imgur.com) submitted 2 years ago* by Critical_Insight@feddit.uk to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 286 comments fedilink hide all child comments That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that's already insanely expensive
[–] odium@programming.dev 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) That happened because winterproofing windmills and power plants is expensive and no one was forcing the companies running them to do it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Which, from this thread, sounds like what's happening in Finland. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not quite the same. Their demand has outstripped their capacity, the same as happened in Texas. But since they could import from other regions, the supply was still there. So people won't be dying from widespread power outages, and some people who chose more risky fee structures will be paying exorbitant prices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] red@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago We're actually importing as much as the lines from Sweden to Finland are currently able to support. Guess what country is on our east side? Yeah. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Which, from this thread, sounds like what's happening in Finland. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not quite the same. Their demand has outstripped their capacity, the same as happened in Texas. But since they could import from other regions, the supply was still there. So people won't be dying from widespread power outages, and some people who chose more risky fee structures will be paying exorbitant prices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] red@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago We're actually importing as much as the lines from Sweden to Finland are currently able to support. Guess what country is on our east side? Yeah. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not quite the same. Their demand has outstripped their capacity, the same as happened in Texas. But since they could import from other regions, the supply was still there. So people won't be dying from widespread power outages, and some people who chose more risky fee structures will be paying exorbitant prices. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] red@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago We're actually importing as much as the lines from Sweden to Finland are currently able to support. Guess what country is on our east side? Yeah. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] red@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago We're actually importing as much as the lines from Sweden to Finland are currently able to support. Guess what country is on our east side? Yeah. permalink fedilink source parent
