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Re:India unveils $2.5B plan to electrify all households by e... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @09:27AM (#15338405)
Even beside economic and pricing issues that can eat away at percents, a perfectly managed system could have surplus 20 hours of the day and a deficit 4 hours a day. You need significant excess power to avoid blackouts in a world without very cheap batteries.
Re:India unveils $2.5B plan to electrify all households by e... by kamaal on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @11:37PM (#15344734)
That is the very definition of shortage. We are sure not discussing things like peak load capacity here.
Re:India unveils $2.5B plan to electrify all households by e... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @12:20AM (#15344899)
> We are sure not discussing things like peak load capacity here.

Right. I'm talking about how there can be an average surplus and also a peak shortage at the same time.

Articles talking about "power surplus" can't seem to decide if they mean average or peak, and I can't find an official definition of the term.