Now you’re repeating yourself. And repeating something that is besides the point. They make the cost up on equipment with ALL the pricing. The equipment doesn’t become unavailable off peak. That “extra” equipment allows them to maintain capacity and do off maintenance.
Yes, much like all the movie theaters charge 5 times as much as they should for a candy bar. Captive market pricing is captive market pricing. It’s not better when it’s a utility than something else.
You just made my point for me. Your cavalier attitude is exactly like there’s. It’s straight out of Goodfellas “#$%^ you pay me”. NOTHING about the cost of making the capacity excuses peak pricing. Peak pricing is simply the chance of charge more when you want. The “reality” you’ve laid out does not excuse it. It just shows you like getting buggered by the electric company.
The reality is you’ve confirmed my earlier assessment and that you’ve never done serious engineering economy-type financial analysis past maybe a house mortgage.