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hector@lemmy.today 5 hours agoI don’t even think everyone had the option of not getting a variable pricing, but even if they all did have the choice, no one would assume the companies would charge over a thousand times the going rate of electricity. How you could defend that is just astonishing. Yes it’s their fault for not realizing the should choose the option that gives a flat rate, and not try to save some money using more electricity when prices are lower, as clearly the industry would fail and charge them a year’s salary for a week’s electricity.
It’s their fault, for not realizing they were going to be gouged to a ruinous extent, after those companies failed in their duty, and that their politicians would abandon them, and have abandoned them already?
ramble81@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
That’s where you’re wrong. The wholesale pricing is very much optional with a few providers, some don’t even offer it. It is not something you’re forced in to, nor is it the norm. It’s basically a plan you have to go looking for an choose.