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No, seriously, during summer, peak residential and commercial load correlates with solar heating. Unless you have residential load-shedding installed in your fo
by jpitz 9y ago
No, seriously, during summer, peak residential and commercial load correlates with solar heating. Unless you have residential load-shedding installed in your footprint, coordinating with industrial loads is your best bet to reduce peak demand.
The article isn't silly.
It's a known problem, but utilities and operators move at a glacial pace due to their scale and regulatory issues. This can make it difficult for startups to get sales and stay afloat.
Lots of people are trying to get rich in this space and it turns out to be a non-trivial set of problems.
And yes, it is a fun problem to work on. I would encourage anyone who is interested to get into the storage / smart grid management space.
- Caveman_Coder 9y agoIt's not really a problem at all...the WECC utility companies have ample reserves, CA will just buy MW from APS, BPA, and PGE on the EIM (run by CAISO)...I'm not sure how this process is affected by utility company and operator "pace" in the slightest, in fact the ability to buy energy and transfer it from one BA to another happens every second...how would you envision this industry being "disrupted"?
- luckydude 9y agoSo the problem that I (and I think others) see is a time where solar is providing more than 50% of our power. Or 100% of our power if that makes it more clear. Then where do you pick up the slack? Maybe your point is that we get it long distance from places that are not covered in clouds?
- Caveman_Coder 9y agoThat's the whole point of an energy market and a grid system...if Cali can't cover their own energy needs (which they don't do already btw), they'll purchase however many MWs are needed from AZ, OR, WA, NV, or UT