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Re:US DOE to offer $6B to keep struggling nuclear reactors o... by jimmydorry on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @07:16PM (#30367758)
If anyone wants another example, this has data for Australia [1]. Power usage consistently peaks in the late afternoon, typically as everyone ends work for the day [2][3]. Unsurprisingly, this is also around when the price spikes.

[1] https://aemo.com.au/en/energy-systems/electricity/national-e...

[2] https://i.imgur.com/60kGlIR.png

[3] https://i.imgur.com/nRjBjeN.png

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Re:US DOE to offer $6B to keep struggling nuclear reactors o... by widdma on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @08:11PM (#30368339)
It's worth pointing out AEMO's demand is for the grid, and residential solar typically does not show up on the grid. OpenNEM[1] uses estimates of residential solar to approximate the full load.

[1]: https://opennem.org.au/

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