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perhaps we need to shift some of our habits to high sun hours where possible. Like run the washing machine and dishwasher at mid day. So you need less battery storage for the nights. And perhaps build houses that store thermal heat better so you can run the heater less aggressively in the evening.

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Exactly. This is what the whole "iot" and "smart grid" were supposed to get us -- appliances and EVSEs that can be readied to start, and will then start themselves when the energy price is favorable.

We apparently have that for some EVSEs, but still not for my stupid dishwasher. (It uses electric heat to boost the water temperature, no matter how much I prime the hot water plumbing, and it's quite a pig energy-wise.)

Real energy has curves, and the sooner we embrace that, the better off we'll be.

Worse, my energy provider put me on a time-of-day rate that's _most_ expensive during peak sun hours, which seems backwards if they're supposed to be introducing more PV to the mix. I guess it's time to negotiate with the landlord and get some panels on the roof so I can start offsetting my own consumption at their so-called "peak" times.

In a lot of places, your local electric utility is nudging you towards Time-of-Use rates to encourage exactly this.

so we can save daylight? some sort of time where we save the light of day? Possibly by shift our clocks? I wonder what we'd call such an arrangement.

Saving 1.5kWh is not going to be impactful.

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