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Part of the grid is scaling with power usage, so I think it makes sense that someone who uses more power has to pay more for grid upgrades/maintenance.
by ThatPlayer 3y ago
Part of the grid is scaling with power usage, so I think it makes sense that someone who uses more power has to pay more for grid upgrades/maintenance.
- konschubert 3y agoGrid is scaling with max power draw at times of congestion. Congestion is heavily correlated across consumers, so you cannot prevent it by charging higher marginal power costs. (Like mobile carriers do with data)
- ThatPlayer 3y agoIsn't that the same idea as charging more at certain times of the day? We can bake grid fees into those peak hours. Then if there is equal usage between all consumers like you say, then everyone would get charged equally for the grid . Functionally the same as a fixed price.