• efstajas@lemmy.world
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      If you have a dynamic pricing contract of course you get a discount… If you don’t, you chose not to in return for price stability 🤷

      Though yeah, last time prices went negative in Germany I was still paying 10ct/kWh in just taxes and fees. Would be pretty cool if they’d have paid me for using electricity during that time, but of course that’s not how that works.

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      Depends on where you live. With my tariff I get paid to use energy during negative price periods.

      Edit: typo.

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      Thats because the majority of the cost is not in the direct cost of generation but in maintaining the grid. That’s a fixed expense that does not fluctuate and there is no way generation costs will offset maintenance costs.