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by thebruce87m 76 days ago
tldr: Marginal Pricing

https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-why-does-gas-set-the-price-of...

> In the UK, the marginal unit is almost always a gas-fired power plant. As a result, one widely cited academic analysis found that gas set the price of power 97% of the time in the UK in 2021.