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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by SamBam on Friday March 26, 2021 @11:21AM (#26593178)
I was thinking more along the lines of international standards for how the appliance could tell that it was in a period of low electricity pricing.

Also, since green tech often saves fewer actual dollars from a consumer's pocket than the "real" cost of the externalities saved, subsidies and/or eco-friendly certification would also be good.

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Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt... by VBprogrammer on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:08PM (#26593751)
> I was thinking more along the lines of international standards for how the appliance could tell that it was in a period of low electricity pricing.

The obvious solution to this is grid frequency. It's already a requirement for solar grid tie invertors for example.

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