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GP suggests capping power, not energy, which avoids this scenario.
by bittercynic 4y ago
GP suggests capping power, not energy, which avoids this scenario.
- bombcar 4y agoDo you mean limiting the size of the service to a house? Because unless you have massive batteries for intermittent loads that would prohibit dryers and ovens from being electric.
- bittercynic 4y agoIf we're going to the effort of having dual-service to each home, we could have the "essentials" service of 500W or something that we'd try to make very reliable, to operate the fridge, medical equipment, communications, or whatever the residents deemed essential. Then the other, regular service could still have whatever capacity was already there, but would be subject to intermittent blackouts as necessary to keep everyone's essentials on. This would require some additional infrastructure, but might be worth it if the blackouts are going to be too frequent.