Comment by SoftTalker
5 months ago
Prices are actually driven by value. How much do you want the thing? Do data centers value power? I would think so, since they cannot operate without it. Utilities should be charging them a premium.
5 months ago
Prices are actually driven by value. How much do you want the thing? Do data centers value power? I would think so, since they cannot operate without it. Utilities should be charging them a premium.
If utilities charge them a premium, why would they sell power to those which do not pay the premium instead of auctioning all power?
Because they're theoretically regulated and ordered to do so. The market for power is not a free market due to the locally monopolistic nature of it.
Things cost exactly what we pay for them.