I've started to become more and more convinced that the longer term view of the power grid is that it may no longer supply an assumed base-load. Instead every e

I've started to become more and more convinced that the longer term view of the power grid is that it may no longer supply an assumed base-load. Instead every electronic device will end up having some measure of chargeable battery backup along with the building/facility the device is in. Over a day the batteries will soak up power and charge and at night they'll power the devices. Current thinking about power grids is that power generation is cheaper at night because people are using it less. But in a solar powered system, power generation during the day is essentially free, it's the capture devices (and storage devices) that cost anything. This notion helps the power companies share and distribute the storage costs while making the direct users of the power responsible for sizing their storage costs.