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There's one possible 'rational' explanation: the underlying economy between day and night electricity rates is mostly due to non-elasticity energy generation, w
by krasin 13y ago
There's one possible 'rational' explanation: the underlying economy between day and night electricity rates is mostly due to non-elasticity energy generation, which is a common thing for coal, hydro and nuclear plants. Recently, the US has got lots of gas and lots of gas plants which are pretty elastic, so that the utilities can produce the energy on demand (so, there's smaller losses for them).
- lxmorj 13y agoAlso, as more people shift to the off-peak time, the difference between peak and off-peak shrinks, and as such so will the price difference.
- Goronmon 13y agoAlso, as more people shift to the off-peak time, the difference between peak and off-peak shrinks, and as such so will the price difference. And yet, somehow I have a feeling the utility companies will 'forget' to lower peak prices to match off-peak increases.