>We have a fictional belief in "base load" power here rather than responsive power. What are the time-frames to qualify as 'responsive power'? I can imagine a

>We have a fictional belief in "base load" power here rather than responsive power. What are the time-frames to qualify as 'responsive power'? I can imagine a battery acting like a capacitor and smoothing out supply on a second by second basis, but big pumped hydro like snowy 2.0 can (will) provide 'base load' within 90seconds of being turned on.