Re:US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data c...
by mapt on Friday July 11, 2025 @11:02AM
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Yes, that's an option.
Or just buy electricity from one state to the north or south where they didn't catch the same storm as you.
Or start running a nearby hydroelectric dam at 300% of average flow rate.
Or stop smelting aluminum in your attached aluminum smelter. Or equivalently, your bitcoin mine.
Batteries and panels continue to rapidly drop in price.
As your PV+battery system gets bigger in relation to your load, chance of a failure mode drops much faster than linearly; Not only are you looking at the far end of a bell curve from battery capacity alone, you're also generating more PV on the cloudy days.
With that little battery you’re going to need to keep some natural gas plants running to be able to survive a few cloudy days in a row without a blackout.