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Exactly - even in summer, I recall reading that utilities have been begging for power consumption.
by 2sk21 8y ago
Exactly - even in summer, I recall reading that utilities have been begging for power consumption.
- agumonkey 8y agoWith Power pack like products I also wonder if there's an opportunity to 'level wear' the energy demand programmatically.
- ben_w 8y agoA less smart version already exists. In the UK, some domestic energy is supplied at different costs at different times of day. This is optional and typically used for heating, but means that night time energy is cheap compared to daytime energy.
- agumonkey 8y agoof course, I got caught in my technological views, but the price ranges are made for this entirely
- distances 8y agoSome areas in Europe do offer spot pricing (~hourly interval IIRC) for electricity, even for consumers. I don't have such a contract, so I'm not sure how good the pricing APIs are for autoscaling your consumption.
- kasey_junk 8y agoSeveral utilities in the states offer hourly rates. Most use human behavior inputs (sms messages) to drive the changes but others actually deliver the spot prices via smart meters.