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Meanwhile, there are sporadic reports in Toronto of short power outages at 6AM on a regular basis. I suspect it's because power pricing switches from night time
by Scoundreller 4y ago
Meanwhile, there are sporadic reports in Toronto of short power outages at 6AM on a regular basis. I suspect it's because power pricing switches from night time low to high-peak at 7AM, so many people (like me!) have programmed their hard-start Air Conditioners to kick in hard at 6AM for an hour leading to phantom faults.
2020 reports: https://www.reddit.com/r/askTO/comments/hhdv0o/east_york_almost_daily_early_morning_power_outages/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askTO/comments/hhdv0o/east_york_alm...
- atwood22 4y agoIsn't there a spot market for power? Why are pricing changes hard-coded to a specific time?
- Scoundreller 4y agoNot at the residential side in most places. Probably because people would find it "too complicated" and are unlikely to change their habits anyway, but they deal with it for automotive fuel so...