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They have a huge transmission line across Texas for Wind Power. I’ve heard sometimes electricity prices go negative at night due to excess wind power. There are
by denimnerd 8y ago
They have a huge transmission line across Texas for Wind Power. I’ve heard sometimes electricity prices go negative at night due to excess wind power. There are actually tons of free nights electricity plans to match.
- 21 8y agoSo people should buy batteries, charge them at night and use them during the day. Over time, they should recoup the cost. Of course, this will arbitrage the discrepancy away.
- Filligree 8y agoWhat will actually happen is the power producers buying what are, effectively, space heaters. You can never rely on negative power prices sticking around.
- zaarn 8y agoNegative prices will usually result in the produce shutting down the wind generators (any modern generator has a coupling at minimum) Shutting of generation is already part of the grid as you need to do that when the grid becomes underloaded.