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It depends heavily on their market incentives. If the local power company is also in charge of the wires, less load on the wires means less cost. In a market wh
by shadowgovt 2y ago
It depends heavily on their market incentives. If the local power company is also in charge of the wires, less load on the wires means less cost. In a market where distribution and generation are different operations, generation only cares about whether anyone's going to buy the electricity they want to put on the wire and you saying "No thanks, I'm full" is in direct competition to their interests (and existence as a firm).
- idiotsecant 2y agoHuh? Transmission networks get directly financially rewarded for more power flowing in the form of wheeling charges. It's wild reading HN discussions of topics that I actually know about. It makes me wonder how much I can trust the discussions I don't know about.
- pjc50 2y agoThis is very jurisdiction-dependent, isn't it? And different for nationalized operators like the UK?
- scrlk 1y agoThe GB grid has a nationalised system operator (NESO). The transmission and distribution networks are privatised.
- tekla 2y agoI know things about airplanes. The discussions here about airplanes is laughable, below wikipedia level.
- ggm 2y agoThis is definitionally "Gell-Mann amnesia" isn't it? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect