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Peak AC consumption is in the afternoon as people get home from work. You can see a graph about half way down this article https://www.vox.com/energy-and-envir
by rogerbinns 9y ago
Peak AC consumption is in the afternoon as people get home from work. You can see a graph about half way down this article https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/4/4/14942764/100-renewable-energy-debate https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/4/4/14942764...
- trhway 9y ago>Peak AC consumption is in the afternoon as people get home from work. not really. The "duck" curve you're referring to is "net" load - ie. actual demand minus solar. The solar smooths/removes the midday peak (which in summer is significantly higher than the evening demand). https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=19111 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=19111 Btw, the highest yearly peak loads all happened between 2pm and 5pm, including the all-time high record in 2006 at 14:44 http://www.caiso.com/Documents/CaliforniaISOPeakLoadHistory.pdf http://www.caiso.com/Documents/CaliforniaISOPeakLoadHistory....