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It's possible to get a smart meter in Illinois, and I've thought about rigging up appliances to run when rates are negative. However the price feed is lagging b
by Declanomous 9y ago
It's possible to get a smart meter in Illinois, and I've thought about rigging up appliances to run when rates are negative. However the price feed is lagging by 15 minutes or so. So while you can have a pretty good idea rates would be negative, you can't actually be sure.
It's not a huge deal if you are doing something productive with the energy, but if your goal is to make money it's probably not very effective.
That being said, it might be productive to rig up your gaming pc to mine bitcoins or fold proteins when the price is close to zero.
- URSpider94 9y agoI'm not aware of any utilities that pass on spot pricing on power to their customers on a minute-by-minute level. Even with smart meters, most just tier the pricing into 2-3 levels per day that stay constant for 6 months or so (here in CA, it resets every summer/winter)
- Declanomous 9y agoCom Ed in Illinois only has two types of metering: standard flat rate, and hour-by-hour. https://hourlypricing.comed.com/ https://hourlypricing.comed.com/ https://www.comed.com/SmartEnergy/SmartMeterSmartGrid/Pages/ForYourHome.aspx https://www.comed.com/SmartEnergy/SmartMeterSmartGrid/Pages/...