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Not sure about the US energy market -- but here in Aus -- the profit is in the baseload kilowatts and not in the peaks. Your cheap Coal plant can produce elect
by whatusername 14y ago
Not sure about the US energy market -- but here in Aus -- the profit is in the baseload kilowatts and not in the peaks. Your cheap Coal plant can produce electricity really cheaply - but when demand spikes you need to fire up the higher cost on-demand generators. You can still sell this electricity - but you may even make a loss on it at the margins.
- curiousdannii 14y agoIn fact, one quarter of electricity bills goes to 40 hours of peak demand per year! http://theconversation.edu.au/air-conditioning-is-peaking-out-time-to-rethink-cool-comfort-10598 http://theconversation.edu.au/air-conditioning-is-peaking-ou...
- yen223 14y agoHaving stayed in Melbourne for a while, I am honestly not surprised. Melbourne's climate is normally rather mild, but their short summer periods are brutal.