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Charging based on regional demand works great on the production side, but residential, industrial, and commercial experiences different peak times. Thus distri
by Retric 3y ago
Charging based on regional demand works great on the production side, but residential, industrial, and commercial experiences different peak times. Thus distribution demand at the level of substations don’t necessarily correlate well.
You could model things with individual per customer rates per minute, but charging based on connection sizes is a lot simpler.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoIt isn't clear that connection size is correlated with any production costs whatsoever, and if it is, what the degree of that cost is. If the goal is simply to gouge customers, independent of use or cost, you might as well charge by height.
- Retric 3y agoDistribution costs and production costs are different things. The grid itself needs to be paid for as does electricity production. A random neighborhood that wants a huge number of Christmas lights isn’t an issue from the production side, but it can be a real issue in terms of distribution without using enough kWh to pay for that infrastructure.