> if I was, you can bet your sweet ass that I would be A. monitoring the wholesale price B. switching off my main breaker the moment the price went above $X.
Unfortunately, we can't really count on people being at all competent like that.
If I was in Texas this past week, you can bet that I would have monitored my lack of heat and shut off my water and drained the pipes in my house.
Instead, there is an astronomical amount of water damage from burst pipes now.
People who haven't considered or dealt with the worst case scenario will always be caught off guard. That's just the nature of it.
I am/was a griddy customer. What all of these news stories do not mention is Griddy called literally every single customer and told them to close their accounts because of the upcoming energy shortage.
Unfortunately, we can't really count on people being at all competent like that.
If I was in Texas this past week, you can bet that I would have monitored my lack of heat and shut off my water and drained the pipes in my house.
Instead, there is an astronomical amount of water damage from burst pipes now.
People who haven't considered or dealt with the worst case scenario will always be caught off guard. That's just the nature of it.