영국은 가정에서 전기 쓴만큼 돈 준다

        



        



The
 pandemic has played havoc with energy markets. Last month, the price of
 benchmark American crude oil fell below zero as the economy shut down 
and demand plunged.





And
 this weekend, a British utility will pay some of its residential 
consumers to use electricity — to plug in appliances and run them full 
blast.





These
 negative electricity prices usually show up in wholesale power markets,
 when a big electricity user like a factory or a water treatment plant 
is paid to consume more power. Having too much power on the line could 
lead to damaged equipment or even blackouts.





Negative
 prices were once relatively rare, but during the pandemic they have 
become almost routine in Britain, Germany and elsewhere in Europe. The 
reason is similar to what caused the 
price of oil to plunge
: oversupply meeting a collapse in demand.





In
 Britain, Octopus Energy is offering to pay some customers 2 pence to 5 
pence per kilowatt-hour for electricity that they consume in periods of 
slack demand, such as are expected on Sunday.





“This
 needs to become the normal,” said Greg Jackson, the company’s and chief
 executive, who said the pandemic was offering a preview of “what the 
future is going to look like.”



In recent weeks, renewable energy sources have played an increasingly large role in the European 





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원유값이 네거티브인 이유와 비슷.

너무 전기가 많이 흐르면 장비가 망가지고 정전이 올수도 있다고.

이 무슨 엽기적인 세상인지.