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It is. Most people’s air con will switch on at similar times. People mostly shower first time in the morning, or in the evening, cook around the same time. Amu
by andylynch 6y ago
It is. Most people’s air con will switch on at similar times. People mostly shower first time in the morning, or in the evening, cook around the same time. Amusingly and semi-notoriously, the Uk national grid monitors for ‘tv pickups’ like halftime in the football or the cliffhanger in the latest Eastenders - they can spike hundreds to thousands of megawatts. There are special power stations to handle to peak while others spin up, otherwise the frequency drop would cause grid failures.
- jayd16 6y agoBut that all seems like human behavior/usage that would have to change, not automated processes. Even still, wouldn't randomly fuzzed automation times be easier to implement than an fully connected system?
- Nasrudith 6y agoThe concept is at best to try to use them as a local "lossy capicator" when the baseload power is unused to minimize dispatched power. I suspect in this area they would get more flies with honey by letting them use power cheaper when they want to get rid of it. A "free/cheap power" signal essentially that tells any device which wants it to disregard efficiency - any utility is better than nothing. Power banking batteries are the trivially obvious way to exploit and monetize it while fortunately stabilizing the grid as a side effect but well the infastructure costs are expensive. Fuzzing would be easier to implement assuming the fuzz period is meaningful on a time scale without causing other problems like "power cycle it if it doesn't come on in twenty five seconds" because the end user/technician rightfully thinks it isn't working and when it rolls 5 second delay next time it gets a faster end boot.