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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by jonatron on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:21AM (#26140811)
Half-hourly electricity pricing exists in the UK: https://octopus.energy/agile/ I'm considering switching to it actually.
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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by londons_explore on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:37AM (#26140943)
Notice that it's pseudo-realtime pricing... The price for a given half hour is set the day before. That means the price can't adjust for unpredictable events like a power station failing.
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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by ev1 on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:36AM (#26140932)
Texas: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26138767
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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by jonatron on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:45AM (#26140998)
Oh, cool, interesting to see a similar thing exists elsewhere. It looks like Griddy is missing a reasonable price cap though.
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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by monkeydust on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:30AM (#26140886)
Interesting offering. This is where you want a battery (electric car counts as one). Costs need to come down first.
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Re:Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid by jonatron on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:34AM (#26140915)
I actually don't have a battery. I have a large hot water tank with immersion heaters, heated overnight. I'm already on "economy-7", which is where the price is cheaper for 7 hours overnight.
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