This is the source NYT cited [0]. From page 11: > Per research and analysis conducted by the Stanford Sustainable Systems Labs, idle load was 218 watts on aver

This is the source NYT cited [0]. From page 11: > Per research and analysis conducted by the Stanford Sustainable Systems Labs, idle load was 218 watts on average across the 70,000 homes in PG&E’s service territory. We estimated the always-on share of this idle load to be 164 watts. Then they go on to say: > ALWAYS-ON, 23% Continuous loads > ACTIVE, 77% Variable loads, including heating and cooling, lighting, and actively used appliances So their definition of idle load includes things like heating/cooling, wtf? Then they guesstimate that 23% of that is always-on load (continuous load) where do they get than number from? [0] https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/home-idle-load-IP.pdf https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/home-idle-load-IP.p...