They are literally charging people what they are willing to pay. It’s not as if people didn’t need energy two years ago when prompt WTI went negative, it’s just the market was out of balance. We have the opposite issue now, and charging less doesn’t solve anything. Prices have to go up so that people use less of the thing we don’t have enough of.
If they could manipulate markets as you seem to imply, they would do it 100% of the time.
If they could manipulate markets as you seem to imply, they would do it 100% of the time.