This mistake drove Friday electricity prices down to negative €203 per megawatt-hour. Finns could actually be paid to use electricity on Friday because of the extremely low prices. AdvertisementA jaw-dropping blunder in Finland's electricity market temporarily sent prices into chaos today — and could result in Finns actually being paid to use electricity. As a result, the price of electricity plummeted to negative €203 per megawatt-hour on Nord Pool, the Nordic region's electricity exchange. AdvertisementTheoretically, this could mean some Finns would be paid to consume cheap electricity.

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