> in many EU member countries can be two to three times the cost of electricity in the US.

Yup, I wonder why that might be, perhaps its due to our main supplier of gas and oil invading a country. Not sure though, if only the price graphs reflected that. oh wait.

> shutting down nuclear power plants

Germany fucked up there. but france and Finland haven't done that.

Spain has cheap electricity because of solar power its wholesale price is currently lower than the US, in winter.