Texas has learned the hard way that solar and wind energy are no substitute for reliable fossil fuels which have kept their rates low despite the reliability issues created by wind energy.
... also, your article discusses residential prices so when one looks at the bar chart which contains the description "all users" it is easy to misinterpret this for someone who is not familiar with the reporting scheme of the eia.
It does say all users in the intro but I have added some wording to make things more clear. Also, I added a correction of the $ vs. ¢ thing in the caption. Thank you!
Ok - now I see what happened with your bar chart for February. You plotted the combined average retail price for residential and commercial users. However the eia data is reported in cents per kilowatt hour. Your bar chart is showing dollars without any energy units.
Would you kindly have a look at the eia data link I provided for the month of February. I cannot find the correlation between these data and what you show in your bar chart. You have omitted the units in your chart - but judging from the dollar amounts it looks like per megawatt hour cost. These look like they could be wholesale prices...?
... also, your article discusses residential prices so when one looks at the bar chart which contains the description "all users" it is easy to misinterpret this for someone who is not familiar with the reporting scheme of the eia.
It does say all users in the intro but I have added some wording to make things more clear. Also, I added a correction of the $ vs. ¢ thing in the caption. Thank you!
Ok - now I see what happened with your bar chart for February. You plotted the combined average retail price for residential and commercial users. However the eia data is reported in cents per kilowatt hour. Your bar chart is showing dollars without any energy units.
That's correct. I should have used the cents symbol!
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a
Would you kindly have a look at the eia data link I provided for the month of February. I cannot find the correlation between these data and what you show in your bar chart. You have omitted the units in your chart - but judging from the dollar amounts it looks like per megawatt hour cost. These look like they could be wholesale prices...?
That's the correct chart. I used the all sectors numbers for 2/24.