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[Richard230]

You definitely didn't want to be recharging your EV in Texas this month if you had the wrong energy provider. 

[ELEC_CRAZY]

9$ For Kilowatts power? what the hell, its cheaper to produce it yourself..

[EV Moto]

That's outrageous & thievery!  This is a perfect example of why we need to have microgrids & nanogrids -- small communities & individual buildings (respectively) generating as much electricity as they can.  Most people don't realize that solar panels can be installed on building walls & even on other structures that can hold up solar panels, like fences & patios.  And you can have ground mounted systems on the land your already paying taxes (or rent) on -- so you can get a return on the money your shelling out every month for that land.  And we can power our EVs from the Sun!
If you have a flat roof, as some residential & many commercial buildings do, you can install a ballasted PV system -- the structure that holds the PV panels is weighted down, so there're no penetrations into the roof.  This is a good option for people who lease buildings & want to keep the system more easily movable.  And you don't void a roof warranty since there're no roof penetrations, this is something the owners of leased commercial buildings like to hear.

[Crissa]

Here's an interesting sidenote:  https://jabberwocking.com/chart-of-the-day-the-great-texas-power-rip-off/

Those people were already paying more.

-Crissa

[EV Moto]

Wow, even more reason to generate our own electricity.

[Kappi]

There is this "ancient" law in Germany, prohibiting you to produce your own electricity apart from a very limited number of kWh per year, unless your solar panels feed directly back into the grid. Don't know if it is enforced / applied on a regular basis, but it is there.