Whenever they have a spike in demand, the de-regulated prices go up by several hundred percent. Example

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    3 months ago

    Power companies average things out.

    Now some customers specifically ask to pay the instantaneous price, and those people just turn things off. This has the advantage that you end up paying less during times if low demand.