> It shouldn’t be hard for my fridge or hot water heater to buy a kWh of electricity anytime over the next 7 hours to do it’s thing. I think you'll find the id

> It shouldn’t be hard for my fridge or hot water heater to buy a kWh of electricity anytime over the next 7 hours to do it’s thing. I think you'll find the idea of exposing the electricity market directly to consumers is not highly popular with consumers. Not that this is necessarily a bad idea, but definitely not popular right now. If you can think of a good way for the signalling layer of that to work, and find a utility to work with, then certainly it could help, but it isn't going to do everything you want. > Same for dishwashers and clothes dryers: I’m 100% okay with pressing “Clean/dry within 8 hours” setting. Maybe you don't do laundry that often, but leaving wet clothing in a dryer for eight hours is not a good idea, in my experience. > It shouldn’t be hard to convince people to replace their AC with a unit that makes ice overnight if it cuts their electricity bill in half. Due to thermodynamics, this is not helpful. > Same for electric cars: I don’t care if it charges between 2AM and 4 AM or 7AM and 9AM, as long as it’s topped off by 9AM. That's mostly new load (as far as the electrical utilities are concerned), so it isn't helping reduce peak demand.