In engineering speak, what he means is increased grid efficiency, which can happen simultaneously with increased demand and increased cost. But all that does i

In engineering speak, what he means is increased grid efficiency, which can happen simultaneously with increased demand and increased cost. But all that does is shift the inefficiencies off of the grid. It's redefining the system boundary in a politically/ marketing friendly way, but doesn't eliminate the problem of storage/buffer capacity. Anyone who thinks the grid can approach steady-state operations near capacity hasn't seriously looked at demand patterns, and that's before complicating things by trying to accommodate the transportation needs of replacing gas/diesel. It's the equivalent of claiming traffic problems can be solved by staggering when people work instead of doing road improvements.