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Yes, in a situation where this was easy to track (eg smart meters), it would definitely make sense to compensate people to disconnect from the grid temporarily
by brutusborn 3y ago
Yes, in a situation where this was easy to track (eg smart meters), it would definitely make sense to compensate people to disconnect from the grid temporarily for stability sake. This would incentivize people to build more solar panels and personal battery storage.
The difference is that this is very complex and would have a minor effect (compared to shutting down a single large industrial consumer).
- icehawk 3y agoIt is easy for ERCOT to to track. They know I used 4.2 kWh in the last hour. They send me energy usage in 15min increments once per day. Its uncomplex and effective enough that I even have emails where this was done elsewhere and BGE was telling me: "Congratulations, you earned $4.13 for saving 3.3 kWh."
- brutusborn 3y agoI’m reading that as the frequency of smart meter measurements is 15 mins. Those are rookie numbers for stabilizing the grid. If they could contact you and you could cut the connection in <3 minutes then it might be useful, but only if many consumers were in the same boat. Compare that with the crypto miners: ERCOT knows how long they take to shutdown and their load, as well as already having commercial arrangements for the shutdown. And with one switch they reduce many multiples of an average homes load.