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I'm with you all the way up to affecting appliances. The key is the power shift should be virtually invisible to consumers. You don't turn off A/C, you just bum
by zaroth 10y ago
I'm with you all the way up to affecting appliances. The key is the power shift should be virtually invisible to consumers. You don't turn off A/C, you just bump up the set point by 1 degree for that 15 minutes. The individual impact is minuscule, the aggregate impact is leveling out the peak.
But you need everyone to be wired for this in order for a small change to add up to a big impact. Which isn't worth the cost unless it's mandated. Which is a political mess.
So we solve the problem another way; with batteries to meet the peak power demand at a reasonable cost, and not demand a massive IoT network, constantly monitoring usage and with override control authority.
- yessql 10y agoNest is planning this.
- SamPhillips 10y agoThey actually already do it, we enrolled in Boston this summer in "RushHour". They pre-cooled our house 6 times over the summer before a expected peak demand and gave us a $40 or $50 credit. It was great, we were not home 3 of those times and the others we didn't notice at the time at all, so it was basically just free money.
- WalterBright 10y agoYou don't need everyone wired up, just a sizeable chunk. All that is really necessary is for the power companies to make spot pricing available via the internet. Appliance companies will find it worthwhile to add this capability because customers will want it because it saves money for customers. The system will convert over as people normally replace their appliances, just like bluray has pushed out dvd players.