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There's definitely a vein of "smart grid" technology that is based around the utility shedding the customer's load for them, in a sort of fractional rolling bro
by brandmeyer 10y ago
There's definitely a vein of "smart grid" technology that is based around the utility shedding the customer's load for them, in a sort of fractional rolling brownout. I don't think we need to go there, and that most folks would be rightly pissed off at the imposition of such by their mammoth utility.
OTOH, I could see a Nest-style device which can read the day-ahead price and adjust for the customer based on their own preferences being perfectly acceptable.
- ZeroGravitas 10y agoThere's no need to "impose" this. It provides economic value, so it can either be seen as a discount for opting in, or an extra charge for opting out. People already do this in a manual fashion with time-of-use rates.
- greglindahl 10y agoNote that load shedding can include changing the temperature by a couple of degrees. So, not only can it be an opt-in or opt-out situation instead of being "imposed", it can be something that most folks would sleep right through.