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> Renewable energies are very annoying to grid operators. Their energy production is unreliable,

I don't know if the people involved find it annoying though I doubt it. But the second assertion is flat out untrue.

It is not unreliable, it is reliable but intermittent. Wind power availability can be fairly well forecast.

They are unreliable and unpredictable for the scales considered in the energy market.

and peak solar also typically lines up with peak air conditioning demand

"Typically" isn't good enough though. If you have a hot, summer thunderstorm with no sun but still 100F+ temperatures, someone needs to create that energy for the air conditioners.

So the peaker-gas plant still have to be built, and then run at a lower utilization / less profits, for the community.

Either that, or accept that everyone loses power / not enough AC during those times. I've been to the Philippines, some people can live like that (intermittent utilities: sometimes you have running water / electricity, sometimes you don't) but its not the standard of living USA is used to.

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