Which means that someone, somewhere is going to get paid to create a dummy electrical load. We've never (as far as I can tell) seen "grid stability" payments fo

Which means that someone, somewhere is going to get paid to create a dummy electrical load. We've never (as far as I can tell) seen "grid stability" payments for using electricity before. Kinda, sorta. The whole conceit behind wholesale energy markets is balancing congestion on the system by changing the locational marginal prices (LMPs). If you have a very congested line, a generator with a negative shift factor (their generation will reduce flow on the line relative to the constraint) will see high prices to turn up, while generators on the other side with positive shift factors (will put more flow on the line and exacerbate congestion), will see low-to-negative prices to turn off. There is a lot of development in these markets (in terms of energy, capacity, and ancillary services) with respect to energy storage resources, and co-located (solar+storage) facilities. If you want to know more about that, reading up on FERC Order 841[1], and the various RTO/ISO implementations to date is a good place to start. [1] https://www.energy-storage.news/news/ferc-order-841-us-about-to-take-most-important-step-towards-clean-energy-fu https://www.energy-storage.news/news/ferc-order-841-us-about...