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by nawitus 1018 days ago
A house will not cool down immediately. It will cool down rather slowly in most cases (or at least if it's well built). There are also various ways to store thermal energy or use alternative, non-electric heat sources.

If the price goes up 10000x there will be blackouts in any case regardless if spot pricing is used or not. Spot pricing will _reduce_ blackouts.