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Problem is peak electricity usage is 4-9pm when people come home from work, turn on the A/C, TVs, stoves, lights, etc. Residential users, not factories. Moving
by ThatPlayer 3y ago
Problem is peak electricity usage is 4-9pm when people come home from work, turn on the A/C, TVs, stoves, lights, etc. Residential users, not factories. Moving that peak is not feasible unless you're somehow changing the standard 9 to 5 workday. So raising peak hours prices too much will just hurt a majority of people
California has already mandated migrating plans to variable pricing, because there's so much solar. They call it time-of-use plans, and that's where I'm pulling 4-9pm from. Weekend peak hours are also priced lower because more people are home during the day and the peaks are lower.
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/balancing_authority/CISO https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electr... Last weekend's lowered peaks are a bit less noticable because of the holiday Monday though.