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Re:Texas Power Prices Briefly Surpass $9k Amid Scorching Heat by Dumblydorr on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @07:08AM (#20694280)
Demand response can load shift cooling onto times when solar is more abundant. DR is criminally underused and will be one of the top ways we will utilize renewables going forward.
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Re:Texas Power Prices Briefly Surpass $9k Amid Scorching Heat by ip26 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @12:13PM (#20697002)
Hell, you can even use DR to shift electric water heating to free up scarce power during peak A/C load.
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