I just wish the negative electricity prices reached the non-industrial consumer.
If it reached me, I'll have an Arduino controlled hot water heater, furnace and fridge/freezer dynamically turning on/off to take the most advantage of prices pronto.
If it reached me, I'll have an Arduino controlled hot water heater, furnace and fridge/freezer dynamically turning on/off to take the most advantage of prices pronto.
When it seems like you might die from the heat but the price charged is $8.50 per kWh how much longer do you want to wait before switching on the AC? (If you live somewhere it never gets hot, figure on the same but for a midwinter freeze and deciding when to pay for your resistive circuit heat pump boost)
In some places, industrial users have the second algorithm.
Line sag is worst when demand is highest or it’s hot outside. Same with running out of transformer capacity.
When an upgrade is triggered, it’s to build more peak capacity.