It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area

Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by lawguy on Sunday August 16, 2020 @04:26PM (#24180974)

Look at the "Net demand trend" graph here, and take a look at yesterday: http://www.caiso.com/TodaysOutlook/Pages/default.aspx

Non-renewables (edit: all minus solar and wind), hit their peak at 6pm and stayed there until 8:30pm.

The problem is that solar isn't available during the late evening hours, where, e.g., A/C demand remains high.

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by sliken on Sunday August 16, 2020 @06:51PM (#24182063)

Provide a financial benefit for those who use during peak power (to day get their home down to with AC 65F) while solar production is high, and then turn off their AC from 5-9.

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by beamatronic on Sunday August 16, 2020 @09:06PM (#24182800)

I’ve heard of people charging up their powerwall at night with cheap power. (TOU plans) And then they consume that power when electricity is normally expensive

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by beamatronic on Sunday August 16, 2020 @09:05PM (#24182795)

I’m starting to think a power wall is more useful than solar

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Re:It's been a pretty insane 12 hours across the Bay Area by dehrmann on Sunday August 16, 2020 @05:15PM (#24181389)

The other problem with renewables is that when it's hot in the Bay Area, the wind isn't blowing as much.

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